viva outdated technology!
This is very true indeed! Some manufacturers just grab the first DSP they can get their hands on just because the specifications sound good or the chip is easy to program or has a good price tag.is it not performing?
a lot of the latest and greatest don't work too reliably
Glad you are ok.I just caught the serious accident and thanks for Ford, their well built car saves my life, I am still alive.
I just caught the serious accident and thanks for Ford, their well built car saves my life, I am still alive.
...the SD card from other one is empty. that is the case, the camera looks always working,, but when you need the recordings, nothing there.
No, as I found out in the early days. I owned a T-eye dashcam that I ended up binning as it appeared to be recording - but wasn't.All the DashCams with their screens on, recording light lit, beeping noises, synthesised voices messages ... do these reassuring things really prove that the device is recording to memory card?
All the DashCams with their screens on, recording light lit, beeping noises, synthesised voices messages ... do these reassuring things really prove that the device is recording to memory card?
Anyway, back on topic...! It would be great to see a 1080P/60 version of the mobius but I guess it's going to take a while. It would be a blunder to abandon the Mobius name and brand awareness so I guess they would still use the same name and basic form factor.
The price of the mobius starts to look a little high compared to the Xiaomi Yi so I wonder if there's room for the manufacturer to drop a little, or if the component costs haven't reduced so much.
Xiaomi business model is always about large volume at very small profit, what price it sells for isn't really comparable to the mobius, don't see that they have room to reduce pricing, its already very cheap
Hi @DucknDive
As @jokiin states Xiaomi will be turning over a huge volume at just a few dollars profit (maybe less). There is also little support for them other than unofficial customer support threads in forums and Xiaomi have a great history of releasing an amazing product, updating it for about 3-6 months and then just leaving it. Also, as I have mentioned in blog posts/forum posts, the cost of the camera does not just reflect the hardware, but rather their time, effort, support, development etc. If you want a good comparison, compare the G1W with the Mobius...which one is better? Virtually the same hardware but look at how much better one is over the other.
We are soon to be a manufacturer ourselves and the learning curve of what actually goes into developing and manufacturing a camera is astronomical...so the Mobius is not only a great price, but for everything you get it's a bloody steal.
Kind regards,
Dan
Making a blanket statement like this, makes it sound as if all Mobius are, as you say, "flakey". I have two that do not exhibit this behavior and have been working reliably through many firmware updates. In fact being here on DCT for quite a while and reading countless posts about countless cameras, none have been more reliable than the Mobius nor have been more updated and improved than the Mobius. My few month old C lens is as sharp and reliable as my year and a half A lens.Why is the Mobius so flakey? I'd rather you brought out some new firmware that addresses the numerous glitches in the unreliable current version of Mobius. For instance:
1) Mobius goes on standby in mid record, or never starts recording at all (even when set to loop)
2) More worryingly, the Mobius now doesn't even start with any lights on a couple of times a week... Even unplugging and re-plugging doesn't show any LED lights. Then you might use it a few hours later and it will work.
This to me suggests poor design and components. I've spoken to other who have Mobius cameras and whilst they are great when working, they are just too hit and miss and cannot be relied upon.
So can any manufacturing visions and fix the current substandard Mobius.
This might be a harsh follow-up, but you need to be told.
Just because your Mobius doesn't perform as it should there is absolutely no reason to call the design "flakey". If you had any understanding of electronics you'd know the Mobius is a well designed and stable camera. The components used are standard components of good quality but obviously not military grade. In addition the hardware is constantly being updated.Why is the Mobius so flakey? I'd rather you brought out some new firmware that addresses the numerous glitches in the unreliable current version of Mobius. For instance:
1) Mobius goes on standby in mid record, or never starts recording at all (even when set to loop)
2) More worryingly, the Mobius now doesn't even start with any lights on a couple of times a week... Even unplugging and re-plugging doesn't show any LED lights. Then you might use it a few hours later and it will work.
This to me suggests poor design and components. I've spoken to other who have Mobius cameras and whilst they are great when working, they are just too hit and miss and cannot be relied upon.
So can any manufacturing visions and fix the current substandard Mobius.
This might be a harsh follow-up, but you need to be told.