Just a cheap alternative to in car recorder!

[Laworder17]

If you are using i-phone, i think there is a few application enable you to use ur phone as a recorder.

[Parkingidiot]

i also tried the phone cam method before, tried both Nokia and Sony phones ... it's not good enuf for many reasons.

1. clarity, no way the phone cam is a good as a dedicated hd car cam to capture number plates - which may be crucial for purposes of recording whilst driving

2. unable to loop record

3. angle of capture not wide enough

4. if call comes in recording stops...

5. sibei lecheh to keep setting up phone to record, you have to adjust angle everytime use for recording, etc, and then turn off recording for normal phone use out of car.

..

 

It's similar to phone GPS. Yes, most smartphones have GPS - but it's inconvenient compared to dedicated GPS device, which may cost only a couple of hundred bucks these days, with larger screen and good maps.

 

A phone cam may be useful for trial testing the usefulness of in car recording.. but for a permanent solution, it definately cannot make it.

[Gadgeter]

Haha, how did that turn out pal? What recorder you using now?

 

 

I'm using this now.

 

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/2-5-lcd-high-...ide-angle-35356

 

[Nhrisuzu]

I'm using this now.

 

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/2-5-lcd-high-...ide-angle-35356

 

 

this is good.. budget..

 

i tried running a 4GB SDHC card on it..

 

sort of jammed up.. froze a few frames before recording again.. is this happening to urs?

[Sg2303]

I am using my old hp for recording.

 

Pretty good I must say.

[Achtung7]

I use a kodak Zi8 Kodak Zi8 Link

 

Mount it using a cheap "iphone" suction mount and charge it while in use via the ciggy socket using an adaptor.. everything bought online.. total cost < SGD150

[Bystander50]

if need to record both front and back? [laugh]

 

Go mod a mount and place it on the roof between the cabin lamp and rear mirror.

Adjust the position such that the phone is able to capture the view from the rear mirror as well as the front.

Now u got 1 hp cam that can capture front n back.

 

 

[Gadgeter]

this is good.. budget..

 

i tried running a 4GB SDHC card on it..

 

sort of jammed up.. froze a few frames before recording again.. is this happening to urs?

 

 

I have that as well, but I can live with it.

[Windwaver]

I use a kodak Zi8 Kodak Zi8 Link

 

Mount it using a cheap "iphone" suction mount and charge it while in use via the ciggy socket using an adaptor.. everything bought online.. total cost < SGD150

 

Where did you mount this? On the windscreen?