Hi guys, new to this forum. I came across it when researching the issues I was having with the DVR207GS I bought.
I bought this item on EBAY.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360735320943
It looked legit...
I received it quite quickly and have had chance to do some recording with it. I got suspicious when the image appeared to be quite grainy and could not get a good image of license plates. I've tried resolutions from 480 upto 720 as I know the 1080 is really just upscaled.
Here are the differences as I've seen when compared to what I believe should be a genuine 207GS...
1) the date time is yellow and is on the bottom
2) the firmware version does not match the format of the real dvr207 . In this case it is 2013-02-21SD
3)power is supplied via the mini hdmi connectoro
4) most important -and I did take it to pieces... It does not appear to have the Zoran chips
Here are a few images -perhaps someone can confirm whether these are Zoran or not but they don't look it to me... Sorry for the lacking detail they were snapped with a phone camera...
I've already contacted the seller as I don't intend to ship this thing back but it would be nice if I could get confirmation about the observations and the chips used. Maybe it would assist others looking at this same item....
Thanks!
Chris
I bought this item on EBAY.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360735320943
It looked legit...
I received it quite quickly and have had chance to do some recording with it. I got suspicious when the image appeared to be quite grainy and could not get a good image of license plates. I've tried resolutions from 480 upto 720 as I know the 1080 is really just upscaled.
Here are the differences as I've seen when compared to what I believe should be a genuine 207GS...
1) the date time is yellow and is on the bottom
2) the firmware version does not match the format of the real dvr207 . In this case it is 2013-02-21SD
3)power is supplied via the mini hdmi connectoro
4) most important -and I did take it to pieces... It does not appear to have the Zoran chips
Here are a few images -perhaps someone can confirm whether these are Zoran or not but they don't look it to me... Sorry for the lacking detail they were snapped with a phone camera...
![view2_zps2bf37a17.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi205.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb215%2FZbeest%2Fview2_zps2bf37a17.jpg&hash=5333c950df31d3cce08c871675c39c25)
![view1_zps4b1e3478.jpg](/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi205.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb215%2FZbeest%2Fview1_zps4b1e3478.jpg&hash=f5ea956036afe947eb931c881616a96b)
I've already contacted the seller as I don't intend to ship this thing back but it would be nice if I could get confirmation about the observations and the chips used. Maybe it would assist others looking at this same item....
Thanks!
Chris