Is this a good in-car camera?

nodiscount

What do you think? Are they usually this big?

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/module.jsp?moduleId=cpc/692184.xml

Features:

• HD in-vehicle video journey recorder
• Ideal for journey recording
• Up to 16 hours on 32GB SD card (not provided)
• Provides quality video evidence in case of accident/incident disputes
• Infrared night vision feature with motion sensing activation
• Continuous loop recording on SD card ( not provided)
• 2.5inch screen compact in-car digital video recorder
• AVI HD video
• Simple USB 2.0 - hi-speed PC connection for fast downloading
• Real time on screen information

zayn

Look for Techmoan on Youtube and the mini 0801 , it is a much better dash cam

davetrousers

If you have smart phone you can download an app for free.

DUTR

nodiscount wrote: »

What do you think? Are they usually this big?

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/module.jsp?moduleId=cpc/692184.xml

Features:

• HD in-vehicle video journey recorder
• Ideal for journey recording
• Up to 16 hours on 32GB SD card (not provided)
• Provides quality video evidence in case of accident/incident disputes
• Infrared night vision feature with motion sensing activation
• Continuous loop recording on SD card ( not provided)
• 2.5inch screen compact in-car digital video recorder
• AVI HD video
• Simple USB 2.0 - hi-speed PC connection for fast downloading
• Real time on screen information

I can't see a price, but be wary of the features or none features, infrared night vision is pointless, the leds reflect off the screen diminishing the subject, the holder is rather bulky and may attract unwanting eyes, not forgetting you will have trailing power leads.
There are smaller dash cams for similar or less money. I use a mobile phone and app at present.

forgotmyname

Under £35 when you click buy it..

Advertises infra-red night vision so you know its going to be crap. The night vision doesnt work in a car because the light just reflects off the windscreen.

oops already said above..

Stoke

dvr-047 is an excellent cheap dashcam option.

Nodding_Donkey

zayn wrote: »

Look for Techmoan on Youtube and the mini 0801 , it is a much better dash cam

Another vote for the Mini 0801 here. great bit of kit.

Strider590

There's the GoPro copy (SJ4000) also worth considering, i've just bought one, should arrive in a week or so.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

If you go the smart phone option, be sure to buy a correct holder for it and in car charger especially if you rely on using Bluetooth tech to connect to your phone to the car stereo drains the battery quick, also buy a 32GB memory card, some apps let you record video with no audio (to minimize the file size), some apps are linked to GPS and will provide vehicle speed long and lat details in the video and have have a quick save feature in case of emergency. down side, come smart phones are not the smallest things in the world, and when you got a phone as a vid recorder and a sat nav half your screen is obscured, you may end up being tugged by police for obscured vision and recieve a penalty so placement is key if you run satnav and vid recorder, there are smaller cams on offer that can be discreetly placed.

Slowly_does_it..

I have the Mobius 1080, it is really nice and small and fits in behind my rear view mirror. It does not have a screen on it, but if I need to view anything, I take the sd card inside.

Really great little camera, small, no annoying screen, works really well.

Recommend looking at Techmoan - he reviews lots of cameras.

roddydogs

That camera look like an E-Bay £20 job, its ok but night time they are pretty hopeless, the cable is a pain as well unless you can wire it in.