I was dealership(Valley Stream - NY) last thursday (5/21) and I saw a grey TL that had a dash cam. I like the size of the dash cam. If the guy is in this forum, can you tell me the model of the cam.

 

While I don't think you'll find them on here, my guess is it was probably a Blackvue one:


or

 

It diffinitely was not blackvue. It was a small square cam he had on his front wind shield.

Just thought I would give it a shot. Figure he might be part of this forum.

 

was it the mini 0806?

 

Nope...it was not that either.

it was square in shape but the edges were rounded off. it was nice and compact. I should have waited for the guy but i was in a rush.

 

lol the mini is kinda square if you squint.

honestly, those are the most popular. the blackvue's, the finevue's, and the Mini's 0805 and 0806

 

OoOo look at this square one!

 

or this square one!

 

but honestly, i would only buy one from either blackvue, finevue or the mini's.

 

Are you sure it was even a camera?

Blackvue is one of the more popular ones for sure. And it's only 12cm long, it's incredibly small.

 

I know a lot of people like to push Blackvue on this forum, but Blackvue is a terrible choice for a dashcam. They're unreliable, just Google and you'll see. There are much better options for cheaper, and even better options if you want to spend the same amount as you would for a Blackvue.

I personally have a G1WH which cost ~50 bucks which records at 1080p. I'll take a picture to show you what it looks like mounted next time I have a moment.

If you want higher end, I'd look into FineVu.

 

Do you hardwire the cord?

 

It's none of the camera mentioned...oh well. I guess the guy is not part of the forum.

Since we are talking dash cams, what is a good camera to get for the rear view window. I dont want a camera with a screen, it should be compact and dont take up much room on the rear view window. Finally, it should have gps/mi built in.

Any recommendations?

 

I've read that finevu have horrible customer support and they dont upgrade there firmware often. Too bad cause I do like one of there camera.

 

Yup, I have it hardwired to my fuse box

I'm not really interested in customer support or firmware upgrades if the hardware is reliable and working. But I suppose you wouldn't need customer support and firmware upgrades unless there was a problem.

 

The camera I saw was similar to this

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500HCEC...7123745&awdv=c

 

The camera I saw was similar to this

Alpine HCE-C155 Universal rear-view camera at Crutchfield.com

 

that one looks awesome!

 

That's an nice list of some cameras. I might have to take a plunge myself.

 

Here is my G1WH mounted to my rear view mirror. I have it hardwired to my fuse box.

 

I have the G1WC which is the capacitor based model of this camera. I've had it for about 7 months and it's been great so far.