04-29-2019, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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Opinions on a Dashcam and recommendations?
As i await the delivery of my G05 (at the port and on the train as of yesterday en-route to Oxnard, CA) towards the end of this month, I wanted to know if folks think it is necessary to have a dashcam installed and if yes then why so? Besides the driver assistance professional package, I have everything else loaded on to the car so I am not sure if there is a way i can activate one of the front cam's on the front end of the car to record (noob question maybe)?
If yes then which one should I get? If I am getting one then I think it should be one that records on loop on a SD card and has 4k resolution maybe? If I do get one then I will be getting it installed professionally as I don't have the heart to open up a brand new car in the 1st week lol. My wife would have a heart attack if I did that ha! Thanks in advance for any recommendations, opinions one way or the other and advice. |
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04-30-2019, 07:25 AM | #4 |
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Among the existing threads:
https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1586693 https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1575454
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Also, as mentioned you need at least 4K to get a clear shot of the license plate unless the camera snaps them up close and without any motion blur. |
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05-02-2019, 05:47 AM | #8 |
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FWIW After lots of research, I decided on Thinkware and not BlackVue - because (at least in UK) their aftersale service is not considered good. I'm going for Q800Pro and prof installation
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05-02-2019, 08:02 AM | #9 |
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If you have rejected BV and the BMW camcorder, you might look at an RDF subforum where these radar detective 'enthusiasts' constantly post videos:
https://www.rdforum.org/index.php?forums/132/ You should also look for YouTube videos by "Vortex" like this one on the BV 900S: He also has videos on 'budget' models with notes about pros and cons.
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09-24-2019, 11:39 AM | #10 |
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Dash Cam....Yes
I had an aftermarket Dash Cam in-my 2016 X5. It "caught 2 wrecks......one when my wife was driving and lady in front of her lost control, fish-tailed, hit the median wall and caromed into another car 3 lanes away. I offered the video to the police, as the fault was with a speeding driver, who did not stop. The other time was when my wife was driving.......hmmmm...a pattern here? and a woman in an old beater Toyota pulled out in front of...yep, my wife, and got creamed. The Toyota suffered life ending injuries (car, not driver) and the X5 cost over 15 k to fix. Of course the at fault lady had no insurance or DL.
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09-27-2019, 03:57 AM | #11 |
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So I would definitely go for the BMW Advanced Car Eye 2.0 quite simply for the reason that the camera works solidly while driving as well as in parking mode without any extra batteries working. I had a blackvue with 2 additional batteries before and despite 40km of driving the day the batteries were actually always empty, since I have the BMW Cam is really everything in park mode and I'm on the safe side
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