Alright well, I'm certain these forums receive plenty of posts like this (lazy needing help) but...I'm having some difficulty in my solo attempt at research (given the fairly chinese amazon.com nature of this market apparently). I'm a nerd who happens to drive a tow truck for a living. Recently...I've become interested in setting up a camera system in my truck. It started with watching this:
at the thirty second mark...so i started thinking I wanted a gopro...
But...after much consideration, research, surfing etc... I've become really interested in a two channel dash cam set up...even if it's two seperate cameras that I sync video when necessary. I've been a professional driver for about a decade, towing for approximately four of those. My main interest in having a rear cam...is if someone were to hit me with their vehicle while I'm loading a vehicle and to have that evidence available and useful if such were the case or to show that I didn't damage someone's vehicle while loading or transporting it for them...so...I suppose I'm looking for a camera with good rear quality (not a 480 eprance setup in the back) .
I'd like to keep the cost reasonable (200-300), I'd like ballpark 1080 30 minimum with a suction mount...I'm not concerned with if it has to be hard wired or is simply on 12v lighter plugs...night performance isn't generally an issue for me (mainly day side).
The problem is most trucks in this industry, including mine, have fairly vertical glass both front and rear (especially rear)...so I've thought about some of the dual cam single units...but...then I'd be wasting my front cam mounting in the rear and I'd still like a decent front cam to go with the rear...any ideas folks?
But...after much consideration, research, surfing etc... I've become really interested in a two channel dash cam set up...even if it's two seperate cameras that I sync video when necessary. I've been a professional driver for about a decade, towing for approximately four of those. My main interest in having a rear cam...is if someone were to hit me with their vehicle while I'm loading a vehicle and to have that evidence available and useful if such were the case or to show that I didn't damage someone's vehicle while loading or transporting it for them...so...I suppose I'm looking for a camera with good rear quality (not a 480 eprance setup in the back) .
I'd like to keep the cost reasonable (200-300), I'd like ballpark 1080 30 minimum with a suction mount...I'm not concerned with if it has to be hard wired or is simply on 12v lighter plugs...night performance isn't generally an issue for me (mainly day side).
The problem is most trucks in this industry, including mine, have fairly vertical glass both front and rear (especially rear)...so I've thought about some of the dual cam single units...but...then I'd be wasting my front cam mounting in the rear and I'd still like a decent front cam to go with the rear...any ideas folks?
