Bulletcams/recorders again

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Seggons

I moved next to: http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/single-bike-camera-kit.htm

That's a super bit of kit. 3 switches to flick and bam, your recording. I was getting just over 3 hours to a 4GB SD card but that was with the 5 hour battery pack.

The only problem is I found it had reliability issues when used day in day out. If you want to use it every now and then, this would be the perfect solution.

I quite like the look of that, I'm after something for just the occasional vid of my favourite roads or something I can sling on the bike if I am doing a big rideout or want to records bits of road on along tour of something like that.

Sounds ideal for what I need I think...

[northwind]

Here's a surprisingly good single box option, the vholdr... This is a vid filmed by an SV Rider guy, nicely showing why helmet cams can suck- but very nice quality for a self contained cam. Very expensive though, £275 or thereabouts currently.

http://nichelob.smugmug.com/gallery/...738_u9bky-A-LB

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Thanks for the correction of my typo

The other importer has the 80Gb one for £299, the 60GB one for £269 and the 30GB one for £229

Is it so expensive becasue of the playback functions? ie, becasue it has a good screen etc? I just want something that can record at good quality, but I'm not worried about playback on the unit, I just want to be able to transfer to my PC when I get back.

Tht 4Kam looks brilliant, just as good as a dogcam (or better) but seems cheaper. Does that DV1 recoder in the start-up package not record as good quality as the Cowon unit?

Thanks,
Matt

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by cartwrim

Is it so expensive becasue of the playback functions? ie, becasue it has a good screen etc? I just want something that can record at good quality, but I'm not worried about playback on the unit, I just want to be able to transfer to my PC when I get back.

Tht 4Kam looks brilliant, just as good as a dogcam (or better) but seems cheaper. Does that DV1 recoder in the start-up package not record as good quality as the Cowon unit?

Thanks,
Matt

The gubbins that does the encoding (recording) is the same as that does the decoding (playback)

Yes the screen on the A3 is good, but the price difference between good screens and bad screens is not THAT much (as I understand it)

Read the blurb - see what all you get for your money with the Cowon

http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/...ponou76uvut3j1

Originally Posted by northwind

So, for the JXD people... What sort of battery life do you get? Can you run the unit off the bike, or recharge it off the bike? If so, did you have to buy any extra stuff, and was it spendy?

I use a JXD 921 with a 420 line dogcam bullet camera. Battery life is around 4-5 hours, 5 is I'm playing music, 4 if I'm recording video. On the max setting (640x480 IIRC) it's roughly 1gb/hour. So generally, I have the 1gb internal memory with MP3s on it, and record to a 4gb card.

I have a 5v reg/rec on the bike that I can charge the JXD (either whilst in use or not in use). Total cost for that was probably £22ish. £20 for the regulator (get the expensive ones for Audio/Video use or you *will* affect the quality of the video when charging from the bike), then a couple of quid tops for the wire & connectors, nothing flash really.

Originally Posted by northwind

Here's a surprisingly good single box option, the vholdr... This is a vid filmed by an SV Rider guy, nicely showing why helmet cams can suck- but very nice quality for a self contained cam. Very expensive though, £275 or thereabouts currently.

http://nichelob.smugmug.com/gallery/...738_u9bky-A-LB

I had spotted that unit on Dogcam and instantly dismissed it since it uses CMOS. Working with CCTV regularly, that is not a technology that normally appeals.

That footage is pretty damn good mate. Almost too good for a CMOS unit. I'm impressed really. Did you pop onto http://www.vholdr.com ? There are more vids on there and they look just as good although their server(s) seemed to be getting killed when I was on - ground to a halt.

One guy has done some night testing footage too - that's where CMOS usually falls flat on its face. I couldn't get to the vid though.


Cheers,

Garry

[northwind]

Thanks folks! Getting close to a decision now, I think it's down to a JXD (based entirely on price) and a reasonable camera, or a used mini-dv camera and a good bullet cam. Still thinking... But now I think I more or less know what to look for at least!

Originally Posted by independentphoto

That footage is pretty damn good mate. Almost too good for a CMOS unit. I'm impressed really. Did you pop onto http://www.vholdr.com ? There are more vids on there and they look just as good although their server(s) seemed to be getting killed when I was on - ground to a halt.

One guy has done some night testing footage too - that's where CMOS usually falls flat on its face. I couldn't get to the vid though.

Yeah, you can see some of its limitations- the pulsing at the start from the flourescents, and occasional bits of tearing and things- but by and large it's pretty ace, better than a lot of "proper" cams. I'm pretty sure it's not a fake, considering the source (I automatically distrust all demo vids on a company's website and on youtube )

Too expensive just now, I think, and very limited in options, but then it's brand new- there's more brackets etc on the way apparently.

One thing northy JXD 921 are only usb 1.1 so that will be painfully slow to transfer to ure pc, it's only an over sight, but it's one i'd take in to consideration

Either way, i'm itching to get a decent set up my self

[northwind]

Is that just that one model? It's the 960 I'm thinking of currently, it's a little more expensive than most but has a removable battery- just waiting to get a price on that.

Originally Posted by northwind

Is that just that one model? It's the 960 I'm thinking of currently, it's a little more expensive than most but has a removable battery- just waiting to get a price on that.

Dude, just buy 2 cheaper ones ... you will have the same battery life as that one but with 2 batteries, one less point of failure and only 50% at 'risk' in an off

p.s. I have 2 JXD638s