Audio Quality
Audio quality is good and completely usable for normal dashcam recordings.
Voices, road noise, and normal music are captured clearly enough, and I did not have any issues understanding what was happening inside the car. (or outside)
However, the S1 4K Infinite is still on another level here. It has probably the best microphone quality I have heard from a dashcam so far. Even with heavy bass and loud music, it manages to avoid the distortion that many other dashcams struggle with.
The S1 QHD does not quite reach that level. With louder bass, the difference becomes noticeable.
That does not make the audio bad. It is still good and perfectly usable, just not as exceptional as the S1 4K.
Firmware, App and Support
The Vueroid HUB app remained reliable throughout my testing.
It works a little differently from most other dashcam apps, but once you know where everything is, it is quick and easy to use.
Connecting to the camera worked reliably, recordings could be accessed without much effort, and I did not experience crashes or connection problems.
Vueroid also continues to release firmware and app updates.
What I especially appreciate is how quickly they react when something is reported. Feedback is taken seriously, and if something can be improved through software, they usually investigate it quickly.
Not every hardware limitation can be fixed through firmware, but the general support throughout my testing has been very good.
This applies to the app and the firmware. Even little things such as translation issues are quickly addressed.
Reliability
After several months of use, reliability has been one of the strong points of the S1 QHD Infinite.
I did not experience random reboots, corrupted files, or recurring recording problems.
The TFF file system also worked as intended despite the camera not using a battery or supercapacitor.
Parking mode remained reliable, motion detection performed better than I initially expected, and the camera also handled the European heat wave without any permanent issues.
At very high temperatures, I noticed a slight temporary focus shift. Once the camera cooled down, the focus returned to normal.
Durashift also helps manage high temperatures during parking mode. Instead of fully shutting down, the camera can switch into Extreme Low Power Mode while still reacting to impact events. Once the temperature has dropped enough, it returns to the previously selected parking mode.
The Good
- Very good image quality for QHD
- Sony STARVIS 2 IMX675 sensors on the front and rear
- Good nighttime plate capture with Infinite Plate Capture
- Very wide 160° field of view
- Excellent coverage for city driving and parking
- Reliable motion detection with very few false positives
- No noticeable gaps compared with continuous low-bitrate parking recording in my testing
- Useful Durashift heat management
- No battery or supercapacitor required
- Reliable TFF file system
- Good and stable Vueroid HUB app
- Regular firmware updates
- Very responsive manufacturer support
- Included CPL filter
- Included hardwire kit and fuse taps
- Support for microSD cards up to 512GB
- Good audio quality
What to Consider
- The very wide 160° FOV makes distant license plates smaller and harder to capture
- QHD resolution gives less room for digital zoom compared with 4K
- Infinite Plate Capture introduces more motion blur during the day, so I recommend using the timer from sunset to sunrise
- Colors can look slightly pale compared with more saturated cameras
- Audio quality is good and completely usable, but does not reach the excellent level of the S1 4K Infinite
- A slight temporary focus shift can occur at very high temperatures, but the focus returns to normal once the camera cools down
What Could Be Improved?
- Rear camera adjustment can be limited on horizontal mounting surfaces
Final Thoughts
After several months of testing, the S1 QHD Infinite has proven to be a very solid and reliable QHD dashcam system.
Image quality is one of its main strengths. For a 2560 x 1440 camera, the amount of captured detail is very good.
The very wide 160° field of view is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
For city driving, parking surveillance, and general coverage, it is excellent. The camera sees a large area around the front of the vehicle.
For pure license plate capture, a narrower lens would make things easier. Plates appear smaller in the frame, and at higher speeds there is more movement across the image.
Combined with QHD rather than 4K resolution, this limits how far you can zoom into distant plates.
Infinite Plate Capture works best at night. During the day, I found the normal recording mode sharper with less motion blur.
For that reason, my preferred setup is normal recording during the day and timed IPC from sunset to sunrise.
Parking mode also impressed me more than expected.
I was sceptical about relying on motion detection instead of continuous recording, but during my comparison I did not find noticeable gaps. False positives were also surprisingly rare.
Continuous recording can still have an advantage in extremely dark areas or with very small events close to the side of the vehicle, but for normal parking situations the motion detection worked very well.
The unusual TFF design without a battery or supercapacitor has also proven itself during my testing.
Combined with Durashift, the camera handled hot summer conditions without lasting issues.
Audio quality is good, the app is reliable, and Vueroid has been very responsive with firmware updates and feedback.
Overall, the S1 QHD Infinite performed very well throughout my testing. It combines good image quality, strong parking features, wide coverage, and reliable operation in a very complete QHD package.
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