Dash cams

I found that BlackBoxMyCar.com has better pricing than Amazon. My cam was north of $400 on Amazon. Actually, funny story. When I priced it on blackboxmycar it came to about $390. My buddy had purchased the same thing from them on sale and he showed me his invoice $361.66. So I contacted Blackbox and asked them to sell it to me cheaper than my friend so I would have bragging rights. That's how we came to $360 even. No joke, look at the promo code they made for me!

 

And another fun fact with dash cams. That I hadn't realized. One factor being that I wanted one with a screen and unplugged power so I could detach and show an officer. But this is not needed I guess as a review I read indicated that all youd need to do is pull the sd card and the officer can load it up in their car! Didn't even think of that.

 

The last thing I would do is give an officer my sdcard.

 

Elaborate?

 

Been looking at these. Is it inconspicuous enough to leave up when parked or do you pull it down?

 

Most cops that I have seen don't like being recorded or proved wrong. I would rather remain silent accept the ticket and take the video home to make copies then submit it in court.

 

I don't know why TW hasn't been notifying me my thread is getting replies.

 

That's freaking awesome. They've won my business.

 

Unwatch the thread (link near the top), then click Watch Thread and make sure email is checked.

 

Just bought a G1W for a road trip at the end of the month. Should be a good test for it.

 

Dash cams can and are used for more than just proof of fault.

 

Also, it won't show an alert for every single reply if there's multiple at the same time. It will say " there may be more posts after this".

 

Just pulled the trigger on a G1W-C it'll be here friday

 

Yes, it's very low-key, I have a tint strip and the camera lens just pokes below it. I don't pull it down, but it's easy enough to do so if you would prefer

 

Got it today. I'll install on Saturday along with a Gentex mirror and post up a clip shortly after

 

Took a couple quick vids. Nothing exciting captured yet but here's a sample of the 1080p front and 720p rear
http://youtu.be/IiRkVADHvaw

http://youtu.be/4U4OW89Lo7c

 

Great thread. I've purchased a Cobra brand (from Love's or Pilot gas station), it eventually pieced out. I purchased one on Black Friday last year, Uniden brand for a steal of $35-40 bucks and it, too, eventually pieced out. Seems with dash cams, you really do get what you pay for.

 

I'm running a couple USB webcams hooked up to an old laptop, one out the front one out the back... I'm using the free Dash Cam app from the windows store. The video quality sucks but it is proof of concept... The cameras are capable of much better. Now I just need to find a better app for recording.

 

If you have an old Android or IOS device there are apps that turn your phone into a dash cam.

 

Paul, you install yours yet?