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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not Ready for Prime Time, June 24, 2007
Google the Vehicle Safeguard and you will see find a video or two that demonstrates the rather excellent quality of the image produced by the camera (for such a light, small device). Unfortunately, that's the only good news there is to report. On my unit, the laser was not centered as described in print, instead was way off, near (but not exactly) the upper right corner. With a unit this small, just twisting the device a fraction of an inch to guess where center-frame really is, will make the center of the frame off by a foot or more. I returned mine only to have it replaced with another which possessed the exact same defect. Even if you try to compensate for this by knowing the laser shows the upper right of the frame, the laser is invisible in daylight, so you have to try to set it up at night, when the high lux requirement of the lens makes the camera itself useless: you ride in blackness except for oncoming headlights. For battery operation you will go through three triple A batteries every four or so hours of driving. The vehicle power option (included with the unit) has a less than thought-out design, making it not only blatantly obtrusive as it connects to the top of the unit, but impractical as well. Since many vehicles have a sloped windshield, trying to get the camera close to the windshield becomes geometrically impossible. It also appears you are tailgating when you are not. One of the online videos I saw shows a car following another as it commits that violation. When I played my own recording I appeared to be doing the same tailgating--when I clearly was not. It took a 2 gig card just fine, but the loop that begins the cycle over has a delay of roughly five or six seconds. Wouldn't it be a kick if that's when an accident occurred? And why not have it turn on automatically with vehicle power so you don't forget? Applause for attempting an inexpensive device with good intentions but for constantly providing an accurate record of what occurs just beyond my windshield I will wait for version 2.0. (My purchase was not from this seller and therefore reflects only the device.)
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
stay away like the plague Ultra cheap product not worht 80, May 25, 2007
At first when I purchased this I assumed it would provide some decent recording of my driving. However, it just doesn't work well.
The video is very grainy. The device itself is ultra cheap. You can feel the cheap plastic that is used for this device. It feels like it is about to melt when I am driving under the sun. The buttons haven't broken yet, but because of the way they are designed, will be embedded into the unit if you press too hard.
Worst of all, this device does not work with batteries. I don't know why. Also if you wish to use the car charger, the a/c hole is on TOP of the unit! It does not look good already having the unit placed on the dash but now a wire sticking out from top just looks worse.
Sure, it was pretty flashy cover box; however this Made in China brand is probably worth only $10 dollars. No response from my seller duangnapas.
Stay away like the plague!!!
Oh yea, just like to add it does provide a 3M sticker, which is probably the most expensive part of the unit. Then again.............it might be bootleg.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Barely Functional, July 8, 2009
For the low price, I wasn't expecting much from this unit. It looks decent, it seems to be fairly durable, and I like the video looping feature (in principal). Unfortunately, it has a lot of shortcomings that render it largely useless for recording traffic:
*The resolution isn't good enough to record license plates, or many road signs.
*The field of view is very narrow, which makes careful aiming/mounting essential.
*If the unit looses power while recording, you will loose the video footage.
*The camera won't begin recording automatically when powered up.
*When the memory card is full, the unit formats the entire card (and doesn't record for a few seconds while it erases all of your footage).
*Like at least one other reviewer's camera, my unit records about every fifth video as a black screen with just a sliver of unrecognizable video at the bottom. Since the camera is permanently mounted, is only used in daylight hours, and is always turned on while pointing at a normally lit scene, I doubt that the problem is the result of anything that I'm doing.
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