General rule, if its less than $80 its probably a clone with upscaling or less a chipset/guts.

Theres a dashcam thread about somewhere, that has samples of the many I've had. (DVR-027, Mini0805, G1W-CB).

They all come with relatively long cables, so for mine I've run them across the passenger visor down behind the trim into the ciggy port area. Watch your memory cards, largest bringer of issues. You would think a Class10 samsung from 1-day would be the knees. Nope, I've had 2 fail with constant writes. Transcend seems to truck on.

https://dashcamtalk.com/ 

My $50 fixed one with wifi works great, except the wifi on it is so trashy slow that its almost impossible to get the clips off it unless you sit there constantly touching the screen on the phone so that it doesnt turn off and disconnect from the cams wifi network.

No idea why these things dont do wifi direct so that the phone doesnt give up on the network as having no internet.

Seems as soon as you go beyond 1080 or 30 fps the price goes up astronomically, but the low spec ones are basically an actioncam chipset in a different case. The one I got has no battery, just takes 12v, accessory, and ground which I got from behind the stereo. Cable was easy to route along the trim up the side of the windscreen but if you have airbags in there it might present a problem.

richms:

 

My $50 fixed one with wifi works great, except the wifi on it is so trashy slow that its almost impossible to get the clips off it unless you sit there constantly touching the screen on the phone so that it doesnt turn off and disconnect from the cams wifi network.

 

No idea why these things dont do wifi direct so that the phone doesnt give up on the network as having no internet.

 

Seems as soon as you go beyond 1080 or 30 fps the price goes up astronomically, but the low spec ones are basically an actioncam chipset in a different case. The one I got has no battery, just takes 12v, accessory, and ground which I got from behind the stereo. Cable was easy to route along the trim up the side of the windscreen but if you have airbags in there it might present a problem.

 

well i do have an action camera, can just mount that

I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond yesterday and they had car video cams for $35 .... still showing on their web site too.

I just purchased one of these - https://www.dicksmith.co.nz/dn/buy/transcend-drivepro-200-dash-cam-with-free-16gb-class-10-micro-sd-ts16gdp200-transcend/

The Transcend brand seems pretty popular.

timmmay:

 

You're a brave man, telling your wife about mistakes she's making with her driving!

 

How long has OP been married? Prepare to sleep on the couch, cook your own dinner, do your own laundry too!

joker97:

 

timmmay:

 

You're a brave man, telling your wife about mistakes she's making with her driving!

 

 

How long has OP been married? Prepare to sleep on the couch, cook your own dinner, do your own laundry too!

 

What could possibly go wrong ?/

well i always get the same answer when i tell her about her other mistakes, she is like " next time you do it yourself " plus while going a voice is heard " cook your own food " & " dont sleep on my bed"

Gosh,!!! all womens are same !!!!

Rickles:

I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond yesterday and they had car video cams for $35 .... still showing on their web site too.

DjShadow:

 

... problem I do have is it doesn't set the time on it from the GPS (tried fixing this the other day and didn't work)

 

 

 

@DjShadow

That's odd, I've got the exact same one and it seems to work fine.  You've done this, right?

PaulBags:

Rickles:

I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond yesterday and they had car video cams for $35 .... still showing on their web site too.

That's a nice price, is it any good?

floydbloke:

 

DjShadow:

 

... problem I do have is it doesn't set the time on it from the GPS (tried fixing this the other day and didn't work)

 

 

 

 

@DjShadow

 

That's odd, I've got the exact same one and it seems to work fine.  You've done this, right?

 

 

I'm expecting I've done it wrong, can you link the instructions on this so I can double check?

ZollyMonsta:

PaulBags:

Rickles:

 

I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond yesterday and they had car video cams for $35 .... still showing on their web site too.

 

That's a nice price, is it any good?

I've had one that looks just like that from Trademe.

Trash. Not worth the $35.

Looks like the one I got from warehouse red alert a while ago. Even the bracket was junk. Think I still have the second one I got in the box unopened somewhere.

richms:

ZollyMonsta:

PaulBags:

Rickles:

I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond yesterday and they had car video cams for $35 .... still showing on their web site too.

That's a nice price, is it any good?

I've had one that looks just like that from Trademe.

Trash. Not worth the $35.

Looks like the one I got from warehouse red alert a while ago. Even the bracket was junk. Think I still have the second one I got in the box unopened somewhere.

DjShadow:

 

floydbloke:

 

DjShadow:

 

... problem I do have is it doesn't set the time on it from the GPS (tried fixing this the other day and didn't work)

 

 

 

 

@DjShadow

 

That's odd, I've got the exact same one and it seems to work fine.  You've done this, right?

 

 

 

I'm expecting I've done it wrong, can you link the instructions on this so I can double check?

 

Here you go:

http://www.swann.com/us/downloads/dl/file/id/1662/product/118/swads_140dcm_manual.pdf