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Is it my imagination, or is there availability shortage with this camera right now? Every VicoVation outlet I checked lately is out of stock. No one seems to have any available for sale.
 
knapp7 said:
Is it my imagination, or is there availability shortage with this camera right now? Every VicoVation outlet I checked lately is out of stock. No one seems to have any available for sale.
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TBH I'd be more worried about getting memory for it as I'm not sure it's worth buying any dashcam atm, as it's near impossible to find a high capacity U3 rated card due to a reported world wide NAND shortage.

A cam without a card is like a fire without fuel!

Yep, I know it's rated for Class 10, but I seem to remember reading a post somewhere on here where someone had issues with Class 10 and had to upgrade to U3. Maybe they just had a bad card.

However, given the cost of large capacity cards, I'd personally want to put a U3 card in there from the start. If you're prepared to risk Class 10, then you may find more choice. However, after several days of searching, I found cards in my country very difficult to find as most retailers seem to report them as out of stock, and I really struggled to find any of tested brands in 64GB+ and high speed at anything like reasonable cost if at all.
 
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Did you check Amazon? That's where I got mine, with 2 day shipping as I am a prime member. Vicovation direct I believe. Good luck and enjoy.
 
c4rc4m said:
TBH I'd be more worried about getting memory for it as I'm not sure it's worth buying any dashcam atm, as it's near impossible to find a high capacity U3 rated card due to a reported world wide NAND shortage.

A cam without a card is like a fire without fuel!

Yep, I know it's rated for Class 10, but I seem to remember reading a post somewhere on here where someone had issues with Class 10 and had to upgrade to U3. Maybe they just had a bad card.

However, given the cost of large capacity cards, I'd personally want to put a U3 card in there from the start. If you're prepared to risk Class 10, then you may find more choice. However, after several days of searching, I found cards in my country very difficult to find as most retailers seem to report them as out of stock, and I really struggled to find any of tested brands in 64GB+ and high speed at anything like reasonable cost if at all.
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I was one of the guys who went to the U3. Has been a way better experience IMO. I'm actually considering going to Transcend 128GB MLC card as I am missing morning footage on my driving. But B and H electronics wants $123.00 + tax + S and H. Thats the only one I can find at the moment.
 
Yeah I'm struggling to find any and what few there are sky high in price - between £80-250 for 128gb!

As I said above, there's little point in buying a camera if you can't find a card for it.
 
Strange. Jay from vico still offered me to buy opia2 yesterday 🙂 i wonder if i say yes, what's happen ? 😀
 
freightguy said:
I was one of the guys who went to the U3. Has been a way better experience IMO. I'm actually considering going to Transcend 128GB MLC card as I am missing morning footage on my driving. But B and H electronics wants $123.00 + tax + S and H. Thats the only one I can find at the moment.
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Slight thread hijack, what did the included card perform like?
 
Yeah sorry. I just wanted to reply so people knew it was me. Got rid of pixelation and blurriness. Was actually like night and day between the 2 cards. No clue as to why.
 
Ok Thanks. Sounds a little bit as if the data rate was being throttled to accommodate the slower card, but I've never heard of a codec doing that. Either way, I thought I'd ask as I suddenly discovered that the Opia 2 package comes with a 64GB card class 10 included, which was something I didn't know previously.
 
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