Dashmellow
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I can get a fibre optic HDMI 4K 60fps HDR cable for £40, not much more than a high end copper one, and I guess most of that cost is due to low sales numbers:
ATZEBE HDMI 2.0 Fiber Optic Cable 2M
Looks rather more complex inside than might be necessary for a dashcam remote camera, wouldn't 1 optic core per remote camera do the job? Only needs cheap plastic fibres for the short distances in a vehicle:
Perhaps, but I don't see it happening any time soon.
For one thing, aside from the high cost of the cable you'd have to add the cost of a fiber optic engine and I'm not aware of any that would easily fit inside a typical dash cam lens module. Plus HDMI fiber optic cables are usually used to send video signals to a monitor from a source. Sending video imagery from a lens module to a dash cam console is a different matter and such technology for dash cam purposes may add significant development costs to the price of the camera. As it is, the current business model for the dash cam industry is to build products entirely out of existing, off the shelf components.
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