Your opinion about an Annke X9

[88Suburban]

OK, I am looking for a dash cam with a wider angle than 120 degrees, 170 is my preference, but I think 140 will work. I am on a very limited budget of no more than $55. I found this camera on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/B0166EBWKUHere is the manufacturer website for the same camera: http://www.annke.com/car-video-recorder/annke-x10-1080p-hd-wide-angle-driving-recorder.html I found a few videos on Youtube about the X9 and it looks good, I know the chipset is a General Plus GPCV2159A, but it supports a 64GB memory card which is necessary because of all the driving I do. Anybody seen this camera or have one. What are your opinions, the other camera I am looking at is a G1WH or G1WHT. So what do you guys think? My current camera is a genuine DVR-207 which has been great but lacking in video quality. Thanks for any help you could be.

 

[ThePro]

Go for a G1WH instead, image quality will be much better and it can take 64gb cards too (just avoid SanDisk).

 

[CheckYourLights]

This looks like a re-branded GS98C with a lower end chipset. (I think the GPCV2159A comes in the G1W-HT). It seems like the pins don't really come on the camera as people on Amazon have mentioned.
I would also stay away from it.

know the chipset is a General Plus GPCV2159A,

Can you provide a link to something that says this?
Thanks.

Here is my GS98C for casing comparison.

 

[88Suburban]

Yes, thanks for the replies, go to the Annke website here: http://www.annke.com/car-video-recorder/annke-x10-1080p-hd-wide-angle-driving-recorder.html, then click Specs in the upper right hand side, first thing it says is the chipset. And I sort of figured at that price it was a knock-off.

 

[jokiin]

I would look at something else

 

[CheckYourLights]

know the chipset is a General Plus GPCV2159A,

go to the Annke website here: http://www.annke.com/car-video-recorder/annke-x10-1080p-hd-wide-angle-driving-recorder.html, then click Specs in the upper right hand side

Thank you

 

[88Suburban]

Thank you all for your help, out of curiosity, are the GPCV2159 chipsets really that inferior to the Novatek 96650?

 

[ThePro]

From what I've seen they do an awful work with tricky light situations. I saw a video a while back and it would constantly change between balance modes brutally, suddenly the sky would switch from yellow to blue. I've also found the night video to struggle a bit with the framerate, not that noticeable, but if you looked at parked cars you'd see a bit of choppiness.

 

[jokiin]

these factories don't change to cheaper chipsets because they're better, it's only because they're cheaper

 

[88Suburban]

ok, thank you for the reply