- HD 720P 2.5" LCD Monitor CAR Dash Dashboard CAMERA Cam VEHICLE VIDEO Accident RECORDER DVR Support SD/MMC Memory Card : Up to 64GB
- HD720P Portable DVR-007 Car Camera is another "eye" in you car.
- It can capture high definition(1280 x 720P) pictures & display it on its 2.5 inch TFT LCD Screen
- WXGA: 1280 x 720 Pixels, 30fps ( can set 1280*960,but it is not Full HD.Recommend 640*480)
- Support SD/MMC Cards: Up to 64GB (Note: SD Card is not included in the package !)
- At the same time, this DVR007 car camera will record automatically &save the video files in the SD/MMC memory card.(memory card not included).
- Files can be saved per 2 minutes/ 10 minutes/ 15minutes- with recyle recording.
- With the camera holde/ mount, you can fix it on the car dashboard or car windshield very easily.
Pros:
*Suction cup mount for windshield holds pretty tight (better than my GPS mount, which would fall often), even tugging at it wouldn't budge it.
*The actual camera screws into the mount, like a digital camera does onto a mount.
*Once memory is full, it overwrites older data.
*Car charger cord is pretty long; I can probably run it through my headliner into the dash so its not in the way.
*3 recording options: 2 minutes/5 minutes/15 minutes
Cons:
*Not true HD on highest setting.
*Highest setting results in choppy recording\playback.
*Night time recording not very good, unless you're close to other cars or in well lit areas.
*Not too many options (Just video size, light frequency, audio record, timestamp).
*All video resolutions can't record little details such as license plate number, car make\model badging.
Overall, the camera is decent. Daytime is alright. You can't really see license plate numbers or signs during the day, even on the highest quality setting. Those little details get blurred out. Even when behind a vehicle at a stoplight, I found it hard to make out the license plate number from the LCD and video. Zooming in would further worsen the quality and made the license plate impossible to read.
The highest setting isn't true HD (everything is still blurred\pixelated, just a bigger picture size), and playback is slow while on the setting which makes it pretty useless. Every other second, you see the lag while it records, and it shows when you play it back.
Another issue is the lens; there is too much fisheye effect at times. It might be my placement, but I will try different configurations and edit the review as necessary. But in a nutshell, cars\bikes that have been dangerously close look like they're much farther away.
The microphone is a bit sensitive; it catches many noises as you can hear in the video. The video is with the windows up, and with the A/C on low setting. Much worse with the windows down. I don't think it can record a conversation without being obscured by background noises very well.
The seller I got the camera from included an SD card reader with my order. It did not work very well on my laptop (Windows 7) but it worked better on my XP. I instead, plugged in the camera through the USB to my Windows 7 laptop and was able to view\upload videos from the SD card that way without hassling with the SD card reader.
Overall, its a neat little gadget. Its not the best, but the quality for daytime recording is acceptable. I plan to keep it and use it daily until I can find a suitable replacement.
I watch a lot of video on similar products before purchase, most of the video are good, but I can not find any video of camera facing sun, so here is the one for you.
The video is acceptable for the price, but I don't think is in real HD mode. the 2 minutes video clip is about 80 MB, 4 GB SD card can do the job.i took a chance on this camera, both based on the reviews and the fact that i have other chinese security cameras that work well. first let me say, all of these chinese cameras have horrible directions. they are often wrong and hard to read, so you basically have to figure it out yourself. however, after i got the camera set up, the video is pretty good. it gets a little choppy at times but i like the camera and may buy another. you can also set the mode to be a camera, up to 15 mega pixels and it will take still photos. the camera says it has audio with a built in microphone, i tinkered with this only a few minutes then decided to turn off the audio. i couldnt hear anything in my test videos, so the audio may or may not work. i have only had the camera a day so i will update my review if i find any issues. here are some helpful tips for you to set up the camera:
1) first, change the language to english, it is in chinese by default. hit the buttons in this order:
menu > mode > down > down > menu > then up/down to find english. hit the menu to save.
2) the mode button switches between video, picture and playback.
3) also, the resolution in the manual is wrong. the camera lets you pick vga, qvga and sxga resolution, in that order. one would think that vga is the best or least, and then qvga is the middle. however, upon my testing, here is how i believe the order is, and their resolutions:
qvga 320x240, smallest and less choppy
vga 640x480, medium and more choppy
sxga 1280x1024, highest and very choppy
i have my camera set to qvga and the videos seem small but very watchable to me.Video & Audio Quality is pretty decent. However, the unit stopped working after 4 months. One day, I noticed smoke coming out of the case, touched the camera and it was very hot, that was the end of the camera. Cheap electronics.
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