M4 Dash Cam reccomendations?

[KELVIN7]

Originally Posted by smithf32

I can assure you its not the same. But hey, congrats on your cheap dash cam that will break in 6 months with no warranty and enjoy the chinese iPhone app.

Yet again the owner of a brand new BMW finds a way to cheap out on something so simple.

No, I call them first, they have office at greater LA area and have warranty, they even do the free installation. Blackvue is actually Korean brand and made in China, too. So.....it's ok, my apple products are all made in China and still working great. as long as they have warranty and even have an office just not that far away from my place.

[KELVIN7]

Originally Posted by smithf32

I can assure you its not the same. But hey, congrats on your cheap dash cam that will break in 6 months with no warranty and enjoy the chinese iPhone app.

Yet again the owner of a brand new BMW finds a way to cheap out on something so simple.

The app is actually English, not bad at all. They do have Blackvue, and showed me both of them, the exterior look not much differences, but I believe they definitely do. Like I said, as long as they have warranty for the product and even an company office around here, should be trustable, got any problem, just straight up to there and fix or even exchange one right away. And they even provided installation, wire is really hidden.

[NeilT]

I'm looking at the BlackVue for both my F30 and E84, but one thing i'm confused about is the difference between 'Normal recording' and 'Event recording'.

The Event recoding seems to save video for a pre selected time before and after an event is detected, does this mean that everything else is not recorded, of does it mean it hard saves it so it cant be over writen automatically?

The BlackVue website suggests there is a button you can press if you want to record something such as road rage, but I cant see that in the instruction manual I downloaded.

[jwzimm]

Originally Posted by NeilT

I'm looking at the BlackVue for both my F30 and E84, but one thing i'm confused about is the difference between 'Normal recording' and 'Event recording'.

The Event recoding seems to save video for a pre selected time before and after an event is detected, does this mean that everything else is not recorded, of does it mean it hard saves it so it cant be over writen automatically?

The BlackVue website suggests there is a button you can press if you want to record something such as road rage, but I cant see that in the instruction manual I downloaded.

Event recording while driving is simply flagged and can be set up to be protected (i.e. not overwritten first). During driving all video is saved. During parking mode only the events will be recorded.

I don't think there is a button for that. The best way to make sure the event is flagged is to flick the camera (no joke). This will trigger the acceleration sensor and record the event.

[MN2///M]

Originally Posted by F30_335iMPerformance

The app is actually English, not bad at all. They do have Blackvue, and showed me both of them, the exterior look not much differences, but I believe they definitely do. Like I said, as long as they have warranty for the product and even an company office around here, should be trustable, got any problem, just straight up to there and fix or even exchange one right away. And they even provided installation, wire is really hidden.

If it's good, how about some video?

[KELVIN7]

Originally Posted by MN2///M

If it's good, how about some video?

It's clearer than I expected, honestly, but I don't have mine in PC, here are two videos I found couple ones on Youtube.

[AYTifosi]

Here's one from my car. I have since learned to tip the angle up slightly to help with the reflections. The "race" happens at 28 seconds - he was revving his motor, but getting ignored. In the background my wife and I are learning Italian. You can hear the audio is a but muffled. That's normal I guess.

[KELVIN7]

Originally Posted by AYTifosi

Here's one from my car. I have since learned to tip the angle up slightly to help with the reflections. The "race" happens at 28 seconds - he was revving his motor, but getting ignored. In the background my wife and I are learning Italian. You can hear the audio is a but muffled. That's normal I guess.

why don't you smoke him?

[F80 ZCP]

Got my second set of Blackvue 650 two channel. I found out they now sell a filter for the camera lens, which is good.