On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 12:02:55 -0400 Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > > Has anybody tried one of these? > > http://www.pulsetv.com/prodinfo.asp?number=7068 > > Hmm, looks like it's not a hot deal for $25: > https://www.amazon.com/Lecmal-Recorder-Rotatable-Dashboard-Camcorder/dp/B01GJM8CL6 It's not even a hot deal at $17.78: Top Customer Reviews 2.0 out of 5 starsIt works, but worth $17. By Mr. R. M. Wigzell on July 23, 2016 Verified Purchase Length: 7:37 Mins You will get $17 worth of dashcam if you purchase this item. The first thing that I noticed was that it resembles a cheap toy. It is of molded plastic construction and not precision made. The nuts for the mounting attachment and swivel attachment are molded plastic and I was afraid to strip their threads, and cross-threading them is very possible. The swivel screen is equally non-precision and moves laterally about its hinge pin. Since I was afraid to tighten the swivel nut more than moderately finger tight, the entire assembly moved when I closed the swivel screen so I had to guess the correct position, which was too low to capture traffic lights as a result. It has approximately 60° field of view, forward only, and the image quality is not great. It records in AVI format and a 16 minute drive video was 1.2 GB, so it will probably loop after several hours which is OK. However, in the videos I took, the license plate numbers of other vehicles could not be distinguished (see video). Only the date and time accompany the videos, there is no GPS function therefore no speed or location information. It records sound but the sound volume becomes inaudible after about a minute of the video playback, indicating an anomaly with the microphone pickup level management. I have not tried it at night yet, nor have tried it long enough to asses the battery life. I am really scratching my head about all the unbiased 4 and 5 star reviews...........but on a positive note, it records video, and takes pictures. Oh well, I shall probably donate it to a needy person (not worth the hassle of RMA) and buy a more upmarket product. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com