Reyalp
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- Nov 25, 2013
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- Location
- Glasgow
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Dash Cam
- E-Prance 0801 8Gb int. GPS + 0805 8bg int. GPS
Hi Guys,
Please bare with me, i tend to rant on a bit...
I already have a Mini 0801 (front facing) which i'm very happy with now they've finally sorted out the firmware. Its been running perfectly for months now and has even seen me through an insurance claim (the insurance company jumped for joy when they saw the footage!) and has therefore paid for itself with no claims discount still intact less than a year after i bought it, couldn't be better. I've even ordered one of the new A7 chipped mini's in celebration!
Ongoing from the front facing camera's success i'd like to introduce a rear facing dvr camera along with the ability to use it for reverse parking. I could put my beloved old 0801 in the back window when my new A7 mini arrives (to go in the front) but there lies my problem. I have a honda civic, the spaceship version, and it doesn't have a rear wiper (or a spare tyre, but thats another story!) The rear view out of the civic is best described as "crap" in good conditions, and next to fxxking useless at all other times (and i live in scotland, guess the conditions i get most!) So camera viewing out the rear window is a no go for me.
So basically i need an external rear facing camera, of high res, that i can use as a reversing camera as needed that i can link to a display near to my driving position thats discrete. I thought of these rearview mirrors a few months back but to be honest the spec's and reviews were pretty poor. I had a look again recently and saw these android devices that look like they might fit the bill, they have a lot of "bells an whistles" on that i dont actually need but they looked quite promising. I was looking at "higher end" devices ( circa $200 range) that had 'auto-reverse-display' etc but can't find one that will do higher than VGA resolution.
Has anyone had any experience of these things? Are they any good?
Your thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.
regards
Mark
Please bare with me, i tend to rant on a bit...
I already have a Mini 0801 (front facing) which i'm very happy with now they've finally sorted out the firmware. Its been running perfectly for months now and has even seen me through an insurance claim (the insurance company jumped for joy when they saw the footage!) and has therefore paid for itself with no claims discount still intact less than a year after i bought it, couldn't be better. I've even ordered one of the new A7 chipped mini's in celebration!
Ongoing from the front facing camera's success i'd like to introduce a rear facing dvr camera along with the ability to use it for reverse parking. I could put my beloved old 0801 in the back window when my new A7 mini arrives (to go in the front) but there lies my problem. I have a honda civic, the spaceship version, and it doesn't have a rear wiper (or a spare tyre, but thats another story!) The rear view out of the civic is best described as "crap" in good conditions, and next to fxxking useless at all other times (and i live in scotland, guess the conditions i get most!) So camera viewing out the rear window is a no go for me.
So basically i need an external rear facing camera, of high res, that i can use as a reversing camera as needed that i can link to a display near to my driving position thats discrete. I thought of these rearview mirrors a few months back but to be honest the spec's and reviews were pretty poor. I had a look again recently and saw these android devices that look like they might fit the bill, they have a lot of "bells an whistles" on that i dont actually need but they looked quite promising. I was looking at "higher end" devices ( circa $200 range) that had 'auto-reverse-display' etc but can't find one that will do higher than VGA resolution.
Has anyone had any experience of these things? Are they any good?
Your thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.
regards
Mark