Dashboard Cameras

Russell S said:
After watching this video, and with the way people drive and the way the police behave, I think it is a good idea to get one.

Does anyone here know where to buy a decent quality one locally?
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I use my galaxy note 3 and a stand i bought for R20 on the side of the road the money i was gonna use for the camera i bought a big memory card

negatives
Videos are huge
need a charger in the car

Positives
Quality is HD
 
...which dash cam is a good one to have?

Thanks.
 
I have been looking around for a dashcam, but I am specifically looking for one that can swivel around easily to record the inside of the car. Reason being I want to record the road in front of me 99% of the time. But I want the ability to be able to record inside the car so that if I get pulled of by the cops, I can record the incident.
 
AdrianH said:
I have been looking around for a dashcam, but I am specifically looking for one that can swivel around easily to record the inside of the car. Reason being I want to record the road in front of me 99% of the time. But I want the ability to be able to record inside the car so that if I get pulled of by the cops, I can record the incident.
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So one that sees North and West? Then you need the Kim Car Dash CM. Too many ifs and buts though...
 
bdt said:
You see this 32GB (apparently) hard limit everywhere and I suspect it's as simple as a formatting requirement (or at least worth checking out). Basically it's about FAT32 vs exFAT and, as we all know, *nothing* (without appropriate licencing from MSFT) gets to read exFAT so, given that there are tools that let you override default settings, who's able to take a 64GB and munge FAT32 onto it?
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I am licensed from MS to know about that.
Beyond 32Gbytes, the FAT32 system becomes an impediment to performance, in addition, it becomes prone to error.
I could write a whole essay as to why.
Beyond 32Gbytes, a new file format will either have to be released (likely), that is compatible with everything (difficult), or Microsoft will have to de-classify (NTFS) not likely. I also see NTFS being a challenge in embedded (its freaking complicated)
 
Koosi said:
Beyond 32Gbytes, the FAT32 system becomes an impediment to performance, in addition, it becomes prone to error.
I could write a whole essay as to why.
Beyond 32Gbytes, a new file format will either have to be released (likely), that is compatible with everything (difficult), or Microsoft will have to de-classify (NTFS) not likely. I also see NTFS being a challenge in embedded (its freaking complicated)
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Okay, to off on a brief aside as it's arguably germane to the thread overall, let's chew on this a bit? All the material I'm finding indicates that FAT32 as a storage structure/format can to up to 2TB, it's just that Windows refuses to allow you to format anything above 32GB and it's perfectly possible to format a partition up to 2TB in non-Windows OSen (so Mac/Linux) ...or, as is also evident, with an external utility that gets around Windows' (arguably) artificial limitation. Note that I'm not conflating partition capacity with the *file size* limit (which is < 4GB per any one file).

So, given that it certainly appears credible that FAT32 up to 2TB is doable, where do the problems come in, and how are said problems influenced by the medium (spinning disk vs solid-state memory)? Oh, and I have at least one 64GB flash drive formatted as FAT32 and use it extensively (it's my software install drive), apparently without corruption/error problems so how are these errors manifest? The more specific question then becomes: how is a USB flash device different from an SD flash device that >32GB works on the former but not on the latter?

Beyond that, short of a miracle, there's neither any way MSFT will open up exFAT to general use, which would make it accessible the way FAT32 is and, given the nature of manufacturing, do you really some other as-yet non-existent file system come into being to which everyone will have royalty-free access? As for NTFS on flash, is it down to things like file-system journaling and permissions (leaving out the question of discrete device compatibility)?
 
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AdrianH said:
I have been looking around for a dashcam, but I am specifically looking for one that can swivel around easily to record the inside of the car. Reason being I want to record the road in front of me 99% of the time. But I want the ability to be able to record inside the car so that if I get pulled of by the cops, I can record the incident.
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The cheap one they sell on the side of the road "Edwin Swales,Durban" they swivel
 
marine1 said:
Went and picked one up, very nice unit, like the flip video option.

Any idea where to get additional mounts? Need an extra one for my bike.

Thanks
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How much better would you say is the video quality compared to your old geeko ?
 
Zenbaas said:
How much better would you say is the video quality compared to your old geeko ?
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Cant compare at all. The Geeko you can see is Chinese cheap stuff.
I will take both tomorrow and record the same and post links ok?

The screen is a bit small for my big hands but its ok and the touch screen is not like a Samsung or Apple for example but its nice and works well.

I am happy so far
 
marine1 said:
Cant compare at all. The Geeko you can see is Chinese cheap stuff.
I will take both tomorrow and record the same and post links ok?

The screen is a bit small for my big hands but its ok and the touch screen is not like a Samsung or Apple for example but its nice and works well.

I am happy so far
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Thanks please do.
 
marine1 said:
Cant compare at all. The Geeko you can see is Chinese cheap stuff.
I will take both tomorrow and record the same and post links ok?

The screen is a bit small for my big hands but its ok and the touch screen is not like a Samsung or Apple for example but its nice and works well.

I am happy so far
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Does your camera loop record when in dash cam mode? Mine displays memory full instead of recording over the old rcordings. Ive checked the quick start guide and it says that the camera should loop. Ive sent an email to hp support to find out whats wrong.
 
marine1 said:
Can confirm same thing.

It says memory full.
Does not over write
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It overrides older recordings when the memory fills up while recording. Once you stop the recording and want to start again it displays memory full. Im still waiting for a response from Hp support regarding this.

Did you manage to figure something out regarding the 32gb limitation?

So after a couple of days are you still happy with your purchase?
 
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