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Designed to help you document driving and parking accidents, hit-and-runs, insurance fraud, and other scenarios, the Ausdom A261 records clear HD video (up to 2304 x 1296p) with a wide 130-degree viewing angle. With a built-in G-sensor, it’s capable of motion detection when the sensor is tripped, meaning you can keep a record of any event in which your car is hit Read More
Also, for me, YouTube was showing 720, and this thing will do much higher resolution video. And youtube probably recompressed it, which is going to hurt quality.
I just got mine from another site.
This is a really good dash cam.
It does not come with a TF card. I'm using a SanDisk Ultra Plus microSDXC UHS-I Card 64GB, all seams to work.
The suction mount hasn't fallen off yet. It's a bit different than any I have ever used and seems to be very secure.
The software called GoogleGPSPlayer(2.0) does not work.
GPS Meta data is recorded continuously. Speed, Alt, Heading, G (x,y,z), and Lat/Long.
I was able to see it play everything on my way home from BestBuy(64gb Sandisk), and it simply works with no fuss.
I am not too excited about not being able to turn off the display though, maybe it's a setting I haven't found yet.
I set to record 2560x1080x30fps and it simply did it. I found a player from datakam.com that works fine.
It has colision and lane departure warning that is easy to setup, but may not be of any value.
So far totally 4.5 star this camera, -.5 for not being able to "mute" the display.
Good luck!
JoshCB7When people purchase items from Massdrop I imagine they are discovering it for the first time and are in no hurry to receive the product. People like this won't mind waiting a few weeks for a product in order to save a couple of dollars. I agree though, for most people, myself included, instant gratification is worth $3.
I think Dash-Cams are a very good idea. However we all need to cover 360 degrees, I wonder when a full coverage system will be available for less then $100.
Hmm... while I've read through these comments, one user mentioned because this cam has a Li Battery, it can hold up to 15 minuets of charge without being plugged in. That being said, in the event of a (hopefully never) serious accident where power is lost, one could imagine the camera could continue recording provided the battery has had sufficient charge. However, I would imagine battery life diminishes over time and exposure to direct sunlight.
Additionally, current price on AMZN is $93.99 with free shipping ($7 more than MassDrop for me in NY), I could get it in 2 days, or wait until this drop ships..hmmmm
I wish dash cam makers would use the relatively new (most people haven't heard about these yet) variable and rechargeable super capacitors. The relatively small number of current dash cam's that do have capacitors use traditional capacitors that do not replace batteries, but have just enough capacitance to allow the camera to save the currently recording file to memory, so your video clip isn't lost in the event of a power failure (unplugged, turned off, major accident that disrupts power). The newish super capacitors are called 'super' because they can store power and release it with control, much like a battery; in fact they can in many applications actually replace batteries. There are many advantages to super capacitors over batteries, if anyone is interested in learning more about this; this link is a great place to start: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Forever-Rechargeable-VARIABLE-Super-Capacitor-/
ConsumerAdvocateSupercapacitors are cool (I've used them as pseudo UPS on SBCs before) but they're more for the technically-inclined and might not be suitable for consumer devices (yet). For starters, they're:
1. Huge (compared to batteries) and require additional circuitry - and you don't want a gigantic device sitting on your dash
2. Shorts lead to extreme heat that can can burn you or melt your dashboard or the device
3. Expensive
TLDR: There's a lot of advantages in using supercapacitors, but they're not really applicable to dashcams. Meanwhile, their cons make them very unwieldy for consumer-based applications.