I am thinking of the xiao mi Yi can b4..mayb coz of the price??go pro is more higher end..will consider your advise gp4 silver ..haha..
Actually silver is more than enough ad right ? As compare to black one.hmm

Which one will be your 1st priority??hehe

wanna ask can I turn of the display while I am recording?? since I might mount it on my helmet and I cant see what is happening up there..

IMHO

Image quality, sony win against gopro hero 4 silver

Accessories and versatility, gopro hero easily win over sony

Many third party gopro accessories available and ready in the market

Sony accessories price always premium.

Sony as200v seems like a lil bit bulky (mini handycam size)

gopro hero 4 silver come with touch screen lcd, and adventure edition come with diving housing waterproof up to 30m depth.

I recommend you to use gopro hero 4 silver, simply because: You gonna use it for cycling, and with gopro you can easily mount it anywhere you want.. helmet, monopod / selfie stick, bike frame, handle bar, car window, etc (various type of mounting available and easily support its size & weight)

and if you gonna use the sony i believe its gonna be to bulky to mount it on your helmet..

comparison image quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqMiuKmulNc

thanks for the advice..
I found out something from groupon for gopro hero4 black edition. Should I consider black edition or silver still??
http://www.groupon.my/deals/national-deal/...et-20/720441551 - gopro hero4 black
http://www.ensogo.com.my/deals/gopro-hero4...tion-1432802773 - gopro hero4 silver

because I am trying to set my budget less than 2k so that I can use the other money to buy accessories and etc.

This post has been edited by im_engineer: Jun 25 2015, 01:42 AM

If you are not professional shooter, no point you are getting black edition. because black edition come with more feature and for pro, but Gopro 4 Black edition did not come with the lcd screen. you have to purchase it separately as additional accessory

I was in similar dilemma choosing between black or silver. And yes I am in the video industry and yet decided to go for silver edition.

Black edition with original additional lcd backpack screen will cost you easily over 2k.

If i were you here is my plan:

Hero 4 silver adventure edition: RM1369 (lowest in the market)
Triple Charger battery + 2 Additional Battery from smatree RM 149 (trust me you need at least additional 1 battery. and i recommend minimum of 2 spare battery for you. but for me now i have 5 spare battery)
Monopod stick third party
Helmet Mount third party
Bike clamp third party
Aluminium CNC case
floaty handgrip for swimming
anti fog for swimming..

some pic for your reference..


Hope it helps, cheers...

This post has been edited by R4yMoNd: Jun 25 2015, 01:56 AM

DUH, definitely, theres a dedicated button to off the display located just at the lower left corner of the back screen

i help with youtube link as well..

may I know where u found the go pro hero4 silver with that price RM1369 is cheap though because I survey at low yat plaza, most of the shop that selling gopro not willing to discount for me and they stand still for RM1699..and where u get your accessories ?? because if I buy from the gopro original shop most of the accessories are RM100++ per part.

aiks.. u gave me the link in earlier post dude..
for accessories i purchase online from china

oh.. that online one I have to check whether got warranty or not.. coz some of the online site selling like lazada, some of their gopro does not provide with warranty.. that's the thing I feel unsecure..haha

DO u mind to share me the website u brought these accessories?? Come with set or u brought it separately??
I did planna buy extra battery as well u brought the original battery or the third party one?

for the extra battery i purchase it from smatree
Battery Link

many accesories in that cameralah web

or else you could shop from china online here..

I wouldn't side any because both has strength and weakness. And both weakness can be fix via post processing..., or your skill of adaption... And computer skills. Having no antishake can easily fix via postprocess for stablelizing effect.

I would talk about aerodynamic. I'm bike rider... As in 120kmh is my normal speed. (And up to 200kmh during long distance rides) Mounting go pro require dynamic location, else it will cause so much drag (eg helmet) that becomes a discomfort... As for sony... The design really really make sense.

Mount in bike also requires spotting a good location as bike actually vibrate fiercely(get worst when at high-speed with wind drag)... Hence gopro suffer a lot of good location to mount. As for sony... It's very friendly to mount anywhere with good forward aerodynamic.

There are a lot 3rd party accessories for both brand... Even some argue that gopro has more... To me those "more" are 4th party china replicate's replica.. I won't bother to use them, as I have many of my rider friend lost their cameras(including those rm400 China's cam) to cheap mounting broke during riding.

So yea, I'm a little bias toward sony for bike riding... I'm not sure for other sport.
If mount on your body, then gopro aerodynamic surely is better then sony.

As for quality, both brand are leading with their quality. I would say number 1 and number 2 spot.... So there isn't any need to argue "who's better"... They are surely better then action camera 3years back... So pick the one yourself really bias on(like some ppl have brand preference, as we know many people are anti sony for whatever reason, from handphones to Tv).... And learn to love it, and learn to cope with its weakness.