Tony Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I think yes looking at this lot Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Yep deffo a good idea looking at that lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freaky Roadster Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Definitely a great idea, might even be able to identify yobs on flyovers chucking concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Definitely a great idea, might even be able to identify yobs on flyovers chucking concrete. I'm surprised the insurance industry doesn't make more of a fuss about getting them installed to make at fault claims more straightforward. Or the government come to that - they seem to be keen on having cameras everywhere. ttfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I've been thinking of getting one as they're so cheap now, good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 are they cheap ER ? the roadhawk ones are still £200 ish. If i was to get one fitted it would have to be a tiny FF camera that i can place infront of the rear veiw mirror so its not easily to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'll get something like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 apparently though the picture quality isnt good enough to get licence plates clearly especially when the offending car is traveling towards you and takes your mirror out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Didn't somebody post some details on here about some fairly reasonable and small cameras that wrote to an SD type card? Sure I've seen posts and reviews. Edit Here you go: DV Camera Review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I bought an R300 from iCove (or whatever it's called) for £60, to see if it was worth it. Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! I would say that on the whole it wasn't for the following reasons: Even parked behind a vehicle you can't read it's numberplate, When a file is saved you only get the .avi - no GPS or acceleration data, though the device does store this data as part of each journey you can't save it? The dual-camera is ok for a taxi driver, but it doesn't do a good rear view out of the car (which is what I was hoping it would give). You need a separate micro-SD card reader since it doesn't act as a drive when connected to USB (USB does power only) It does some good things that are worth checking: Records a journey from engine on to off in one file (doesn't , Easy to fold out of the way when not in use. Has a separate GPS aerial, Not too big. Easy to use despite the chinglish instructions. I don't know what it is like at night or going through a tunnel etc. but it's a typical 'get what you pay for'. If I was driving a lot then I would invest in one of the roadhawks or similar - as it is if I do have an accident this might help, though speed and position aren't savable so they are rather redundant. ttfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Didn't somebody post some details on here about some fairly reasonable and small cameras that wrote to an SD type card? Sure I've seen posts and reviews. Edit Here you go: DV Camera Review Here's a vid taken with my Muvi to show the picture and sound quality, which I think is reasonable from something so small. However, clipping it to the passenger sun visor wasn't the best placement as it made it a bit shaky which prevented the reading of number plates when the car was moving, but as you can see, it wasn't a problem when stationary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hms Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Heres the £10 camera on Lexie, on a slow lap, at the ring a couple of years ago. http://www.vimeo.com/12077227 h Edit. Looking for that video caused me to reread the 'ring thread, brought back some happy memmories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Ok the car-cam that I bought blew up it's micro-SD card. I wasn't too impressed with it anyway so I ended up getting one of these. I was looking around and found this review of both that camera and it's little brother which looked promising. I'll try and post some real-life footage when I get a chance, but I'm hopeful that it will be a good buy. At this rate though I might as well splash out on a proper one or maybe one of these. ttfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Ok - here is some footage from the new camera (a G-206 HD car video recorder) on a really sunny day - it's the first journey out, so I think I may need to reposition it to reduce reflections. Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! Much clearer than the previous one, and this one just saves avi files on the micro-SD card so it's really easy to transfer files - either by using the card directly, or plugging a USB cable into a computer and accessing them. ttfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 yeah great if you only get hit from the front...if you get stuffed in the rear or sides then you back at square 1..thay aint puttin 1 in my car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 yeah great if you only get hit from the front...if you get stuffed in the rear or sides then you back at square 1..thay aint puttin 1 in my car Well by definition if you're hit in the rear then they were too close - and i was going to say 'as long as you don't suddenly brake' but of course you SHOULD be able to suddenly brake and not be hit by the person behind, after all the person behind can't see what you can see and you may have a very good reason for slamming the brakes on. So if your front-pointing camera shows you slamming your brakes on and then you get hit in the back it's still valid evidence of the person behind being too close. Similarly for side collisions - unless you are doing something really stupid a camera can show that it was someone elses' fault the accident happened - if of course it was an accident.. there have been people deliberately causing accidents to scam insurance companies. At the moment of course it's a personal choice to have a camera in your car - but I do seriously wonder how long it will be before car manufacturers, insurance companies and the police start insisting on them being installed as a matter of course - and if they do they will probably end up being an MoT item as well. Carry on citizen. ttfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Ok - here is some footage from the new camera (a G-206 HD car video recorder) on a really sunny day - it's the first journey out, so I think I may need to reposition it to reduce reflections. Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! Much clearer than the previous one, and this one just saves avi files on the micro-SD card so it's really easy to transfer files - either by using the card directly, or plugging a USB cable into a computer and accessing them. ttfn That looks very acceptable. How long can you record on (say) a 32gig card without overwriting, and how long does battery last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Ok - here is some footage from the new camera (a G-206 HD car video recorder) on a really sunny day - it's the first journey out, so I think I may need to reposition it to reduce reflections. Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! Much clearer than the previous one, and this one just saves avi files on the micro-SD card so it's really easy to transfer files - either by using the card directly, or plugging a USB cable into a computer and accessing them. ttfn That looks very acceptable. How long can you record on (say) a 32gig card without overwriting, and how long does battery last? I don't know about the battery (since I have mine wired into the car) but I'll run it tonight and see. 5 minutes of video is 470Mb, say 500Mb, so 10 mins = 1Gb, 32Gb = 32x 10mins = 5hrs 20mins ttfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 The battery lasts 53 minutes, though it was showing full bars it may not have been fully charged, but that's what I got on mine anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Cheers. Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Little video I got on Sunday , I think white car with shiny bonnet is messing with the auto brightness but its good enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Yeah it's good..... Would have liked to hear the engine though ....... Where was that anyway, it looked familiar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 j14 of the m4 at hungerford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Nah that's not what i was thinking...... What's with the sound though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Turned off , you wouldn't hear the engine anyhow just me singing along to the radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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