you do realize on the over exaggerated bloom/lens flares right? i can increase the brightness and it can do EXACTLY (if not better, lol) what your vid do
notice the fluid motion of frames and picture quality too... lol

one thing for sure will kalah to you: pricing

i find that rattling sound super annoying..... anyway to get rid of it? if its just the mounts then should be easy.. but if its the camera's internals... abit the susah.
got the tracking number already for my G1WH... i guess mebbe another week it should arrive.

- it's 14 year old iswara that is speeding over 100km/h (last vid is having around 176 km/h based on gps
- the mount is a simple 'click' secure mount, no mechanism/place for you to put paddings
- instead of windscreen suction, the mount is HARD GLUED to the windscreen using 3M tape (it's going to ruin the glued part when i remove and transfer it to my new car later )
- the DVR mic is known to be, well subpar considering the insane premium price i paid for it. and yes, wind noise (you know how old car feel/sounds at higher speed right?

=edit=
i'll update if the issue still persist on the new car XD

i'd say the mic is pretty decent, quite on par with mine anyways... and especially if you compared the pricing between the 2 lol

oh btw...has anyone tried using these dvrs powered by in car handphone chargers? can work ah?

ive got a dual socket charger... one socket pushes 1A n the other is 2.1A... can it work? coz ill need to power the camera as well as my phone at the same time

How come u guys dont use the type that clip onto the rear mirror?

This is what I'm using
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2481996/all

1080p , also makes your car mirror widescreen so u can see 2-3 lanes at once (but takes a little getting used to)

Any car DVr that you guys can recommend for budget 500-1k?

Lol. Don't want 2 la. If good one below 500 also I ok liao Any to recommend?   

i dont understand, is it that important to have crystal clear quality, as long as you can see the car plate is enough right? unless you are racer and take video of your driving skills, then i understand lah, like those gamer with fraps.

Like when i look at your night video above , even in 1080p i can't see the license plate of the cars that are passing you by. If accident happen like the car cut in and all that you wont be able to capture the plate.

I just got this unit last week from FoxOffer. Ordered on the 12/12/13 and received it on 1/3/14 in Los Angeles. I was hoping for better video quality because of the sensor and chipset but I'm just overly disappointed. The video from this unit is very noisy when you compare it to GT300W, which I also have. GT300W is amazing at night but K100 is just very bad at night. Night video is very noisy and just not sharp. I would consider night video to be useless at this point because you can't see the license plate number clearly unless you're a foot away from the car in front of you.

I'm not sure if it's better but K100 file uses AVC 4.1 profile at 15Mbps. GT300W uses 4.0 profile at 15Mbps. It doesn't seem to have WDR/HDR and the EV adjustment just adds more noise to the footage. Picture on FoxOffer site does show HDR in the menu but it doesn't show up on my unit. K100 is rated at 1Lux min illumination so I know I wasn't getting better image at night when compare to GT300W's 0.3Lux min. But GT300w appears to me to be at least 4X brighter and sharper. The video from K100 just looks like 720P extrapolated to 1080P. It's just not sharp.

The microSD is on top and the slot is very recessed. You pretty much have to take the thing off your mirror to remove the memory card. You'll need a long fingernail for a male to press the memory card that it would eject. You can't really adjust the lens angle much unless you move the mirror to the point where you can't really see behind you. If I aim the lens to get a good front view then I can't see the middle and left side of anything behind me. It's just a very poor design. With so much space on the unit, they should have used standard SD card instead of microSD. That would at least help fix one issue.

The battery on it is either defective or not meant to be used more than 1min. I let it charge overnight and was only able to get max 1min of usage before it turns off. This really doesn't matter much if it's easier to remove the memory card to copy the videos. But because the card is so hard to take out without removing the whole mirror, I have to cut power to the unit and use the USB port to copy the video off it. The USB port should have been moved a bit lower. At the current location The USB is at the top so the USB cable will hit the headliner of your car unless your stock mirror is mounted pretty low. This makes it difficult to unplug the unit to copy the video files off because you have to tilt the whole mirror forward to unplug the cable.

Had I not have the GT300W, I would think that it's borderline acceptable but because I have been using GT300W for over 6 months, K100 is just a big disappointment to me. I was really looking forward to have something more discrete but I will have to keep using GT300W for now until something better comes along.

I will try to upload the video comparing the K100 to GT300W later on.

if you had bolded the 2nd part of the first sentence you wouldn't have to nitpick like that la. Im just asking why you need to have clear quality when the most important thing is the license plate. No?

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hopefully it arrives thia week though I have my doubts especially with the 2 public holidays...

as long as it arrives before the 30th, im good...coz theres a track day on the 30th that I might be joining...decided not to join the one on the 8th bcoz based on feedbacks, ignition.my organized trackdays are like "who let the dogs out"...especially since they dont really limit the number of cars...

no one has experience powering up the dvr with the handphone in car charger before? would like to avoid buying the splitter thing as it adds clutter to the car n I dont really have a good place to mount it.

as for the quality thing, I bought it mainly to record my drives...n yes I need good quality as I wanna see everything clearly....its like watching a movie at home...takkan wanna watch cinema quality? like that means better watch movies on small 14" crt tvs instead of big flat panel tvs

G1WH Test Videos.. 4 minutes of day shots with a few different lighting conditions and 22 minutes of night shots with multiple situations and lighting conditions as well as speed...

did more of night shots mainly coz there isnt any... day shots u can find on youtube already...

night shots are pretty decent although at times i wish it was better...but definitely good enough i suppose... bulb colour of street lamps makes a diff in quality of the recording... can see it in the video.... i find white bulbs better for video quality as compared to yellow bulbs
as always... set the video at Full HD (1080p) to see it in all its glory.


i think i may need to "dampen" the microphone.. i find that it cant really take the noise from my exhaust and makes a rattling sound in the video...heck of alot worse at high revs. but not sure if its the mic... or its the plastic case itself that cant handle the noise... hahahahhaha

I've also managed to answer my own question about using the DVR with a mobile phone in car charger. answer is yes, it works. all functions like auto record during startup works... i used USAMS 3.1Amp Quick In-Car Charger...so yes.. i can record my track session and charge my phone while using a GPS Lap Timer like Race Chrono

mADmAN
too bad G1WH doesn't come with SOS function...
the picture quality is good in my opinion

Nightstalker1993
i think this WDR tech that shadow GT680W use is more benefit towards china market...
because on their plate colour combination...blue and white

you can see it pretty clearly in their video advertisement
but in your video...malaysia plate number is quite blur
and china vehicle plate number also seems using some reflector material just like most of our road signage
so the WDR can capture more lights in night time

mADmAN
if you met an accident...
you can just push the SOS button so the video will be save in your memory card automaticly
without the possibility of video looping record on top of the SOS video

Nightstalker1993
so what you saying are the GT680W can captured clearly malaysian vehicle number plate??
you estimation... what the distance between yours and car in front of you in order for the DVR to capture the number plate clearly???
because when i'm seeing their video advertisement i'm quite impress..
but from the video you posted it doesn't impress me much...sorry

eerrr.... isnt that what the g sensor is for? and dont even have to press a button

but ive turned mine off due to my car's stiff adjustable suspension as I dont want it to save each n every one of the videos everytime I hit a bump or rough patch on the road

yup...that's why in my opinion g-sensor is not very effective..
and that's also the reason i like DVR that comes with both..
g-sensor and SOS button
like GT680W

Thinking to grab one over here, they have 12megapixel dashcam etc, lots of option for you to choose. not sure good or not.

http://list.tmall.com//search_product.htm?...0075017&style=g

Edit : Top selling - http://list.tmall.com//search_product.htm?...075017#J_Filter

Finally got the time to make a sample video.

This is my Tourmate G100 (someone selling in LYN GS). You can see the video quality is not good, sound quality even worse.



Well, at least it was able to record what's happening, except when it overheats and hangs after long usage. One of the air vents have to be pointed at this unit to prevent it from overheating and hang and all the videos that were recorded halfway are not viewable.

I randomly checked what's in this card and was very disappointed. Most of the clip can't be played and some of the clips went crazy. Formatted the card and it worked fine today (i'm using 16GB Class 10, only 2 hours of recording). Plus, i can't format memory cards with this unit as it'll just destroy it completely and it'll cause computers to freeze when trying to read/format them (2 memory cards were destroyed. RIP)

But was impressed with the gapless recording and very clear date & time stamp. That's it.

P/S: The month of the date will always stuck on October. No idea why.

yup...the quality is horrible even when set to 1080p... i could barely read the number plate of the golf and the nissan u were trailing on federal highway...

on the other hand... this video is a good example for spacelion to see why good quality is needed... coz without quality u can barely read the number plate.

I have been using the PAPAGO P3 for some times now, except for overheated issue, no other complaint.
Here are some sample pics I had prepared:

Day:
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Night:
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Note: I am not a PAPAGO agent or seller.

yes theres a quite difference... notice the white myvi's number plate as well as the number plate on the wira in front of the myvi.

also notice the rear wheels of the red wira on the right...in youtube, the wheels looks a round black blur... with the raw file u can actually see the

raw file direct from G1WH
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2165/ykcr.jpg

after trimming, merging and encoding using MPEG2 1080P in AVS Video Editor 6
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7060/6plt.jpg

Youtube
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9097/ci54.jpg
here is why i think it sux...screenshot from my JDownloader...i copy the youtube link and itll automatically detect all the different versions of the file available.



notice the sizes is at max 720P even though the file i uploaded is a 1080p file... i have a feeling that Youtube dont really have 1080p videos, instead, they upscale the 720p version to 1080p

It's 720p upscale. That's why there's no difference between the two. It's the same. 480p is the worst.

I'm looking for another car camera and last time I mentioned G1W, but since mADmAN mentioned G1WH, and from the following video, it's not bad, I think, so where can I buy these locally? I saw someone selling the LS330W and LS430W on Garage Sales for RM500+ and RM600+. Just wondering where can I get G1WH locally. I don't mind paying a little extra as long as I can test it out before getting. Any shops in Lowyat/Digital Mall/anywhere else sells these?

dont think u can get the G1W or G1WH locally actually...

the nearest u can get is probably the foxoffer offices in Singapore...and since free shipping, might as well just buy straight.

im quite happy i took the plunge... pretty satisfied with it so far... hopefully will be recording more videos on the 30th

foxoffer office in singapore???
not directly from china meh??
http://www.foxoffer.com/contact_us.html

oic...so if case of warranty..
we can just post it to singapore office is it???

hahahhahaha...
warranty is quite important bro for electronic stuff
that's why some of us prefer to buy locally...
and more importantly we can check the device function before commit to purchase..

p/s:
or maybe the singapore office is just their reseller??
damn..i see an opportunity to became a foxoffer malaysia reseller can ahh???

naah...thats the software I use to download movies n series...just so happens it works with youtube oso... and only 700mb?? original file is 2.4gb

u could do that, but dont la order all one shot....since free shipping from foxoffer, u cam just order 1 pc a day

cannot promise bro... next week going digital mall/lowyat to source for it and see.

I've been lurking here for a while.
The poison has finally seeped in and I'm gonna buy the Shadow GT680W from foxoffer. 
I have been using iON Air Pro as a dash cam, it is really horrible in low light conditions... will post some vids later. 

CNY promotion from foxoffer:


BTW, is the free postage trackable?

Most of you guys have watched those Russian car crash compilation videos, and one of the most "Famous" scenario is where the tyre of some trucks exploded and the car that's recording the scene was/wasn't able to avoid crashing into the truck. Well, it happened to me just now, a tyre of a truck just exploded, lots of dusts and stones hit my car (a newly painted car!!!) but I was able to avoid it. What really makes me mad was after that I found out that my car DVR hang, again, as usual. Now I wasn't able to find that scene, but this is what I was able to show you:



Just to prove that you can't simply take a 150hp Camry to chase a 280hp Golf R. LOL.

YES I'M GETTING ANOTHER CAR DVR.

THINGS TO AVOID
1) A Camry with 2.0 engine and 4 speed auto
2) This car DVR brand

I LOLED when the DVR was bouncing to the bass.

Anyways, after much stalking in this thread, I just bought myself a GT680W with all the shebang. Hopefully the GPS module works properly 

wah....everyone buying GT680W....

I HAZ A JELES!

Is the vibration... because of the bass? Not bad, 165km/h on KESAS.