Panzer Platform
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This is my first, and last post about the U3000.
What a disappointing Flagship release.
First the disaster of the BlackVue DR970X, and now the U3000.
How can both premier Korean manufacturers drop the ball for 2023?
These things are $500+ and overall image quality is worse than a $120 Viofo A119 Mini 2.
The U3000 was sent for test & review on 9/2/23.
I played with it for a few days, (checked focus, HDR Test, low light test, use smartphone APP).
Without HDR the STARVIS 2 (IMX678) image sensor is almost useless during night time & low light conditions.
They can’t add HDR because it’s incompatible with the current processor.
Maybe in another 4 years the U5000 will get a new processor to add HDR.
By that time we’ll be on STARVIS 3 with 8K resolution.
Just kidding. lol
I informed my Thinkware representative (Joey) with my displeasure of the U3000.
I informed Joey if I continued testing, and made a YouTube review video it would be negative.
I do not wish to make a negative YouTube review video because I don’t think that would be completely fair to Thinkware.
I requested a pre-paid shipping label to send the U3000 back, and Joey complied.
Sayonara U3000.
No wait, Annyeong.
What a disappointing Flagship release.
First the disaster of the BlackVue DR970X, and now the U3000.
How can both premier Korean manufacturers drop the ball for 2023?
These things are $500+ and overall image quality is worse than a $120 Viofo A119 Mini 2.
The U3000 was sent for test & review on 9/2/23.
I played with it for a few days, (checked focus, HDR Test, low light test, use smartphone APP).
Without HDR the STARVIS 2 (IMX678) image sensor is almost useless during night time & low light conditions.
They can’t add HDR because it’s incompatible with the current processor.
Maybe in another 4 years the U5000 will get a new processor to add HDR.
By that time we’ll be on STARVIS 3 with 8K resolution.
Just kidding. lol
I informed my Thinkware representative (Joey) with my displeasure of the U3000.
I informed Joey if I continued testing, and made a YouTube review video it would be negative.
I do not wish to make a negative YouTube review video because I don’t think that would be completely fair to Thinkware.
I requested a pre-paid shipping label to send the U3000 back, and Joey complied.
Sayonara U3000.
No wait, Annyeong.