Cheapest price i could find for a brand name dash cam. Price match at Officeworks brings it down to $121.60
It's $58.00 -
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/car-sound/car-accessories/uni…
Officeworks have it also so a price match will make it $55.10 -
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/GPS…
i don't know how wide the single lens angle is but i doubt it's more than 150 degrees. having two lenses out the front is very useful in cases of when you get hit from either side.
i agree you should buy separate ones for the front and back, but not a single lens if you want maximum coverage.
neg this too if you want.
my dashcam's lens is 120 degrees and mounted top/centre on my windscreen for the best possible view. (even the Blackvue DR500GW-HD for a few hundred$ more only gets you 123 degrees wide) however, i can only get a few cms to either side from my car's fenders. there are a few unbranded cameras offering 150 degrees but it's still nowhere as good as having coverage from twin-lenses covering as much angle as possible.
so hope you don't get t-boned because you're going to get sweet f-all on your camera.
so hope you don't get t-boned because you're going to get sweet f-all on your camera.
Who the cares about capturing getting T-Boned on video? What does it even prove?
isn't it right there in the product title?
"Uniden - iGO CAM 800 - Accident CAM Vehicle Recorder"
if you were involved in such an accident, wouldn't you want to have video proving you weren't in the wrong? isn't that the whole point in buying a dashcam in the first place?
isn't it right there in the product title?
"Uniden - iGO CAM 800 - Accident CAM Vehicle Recorder"
What is there in the title?
if you were involved in such an accident, wouldn't you want to have video proving you weren't in the wrong? isn't that the whole point in buying a dashcam in the first place?
What's happening on the side of you isn't relevant in proving anything when your direction of travel is FORWARDS.
Or you going to start telling us that unless we have Google street view camera car setups that dashcams are useless?
What is there in the title?
when you view the product on the Bing Lee website
What's happening on the side of you isn't relevant in proving anything when your direction of travel is FORWARDS.
i think it is. there are a different situations when side impacts occur where there could be some doubt…turning across on-coming traffic, travelling through intersections. and don't count on the person who runs into you stopping at the scene of the accident.
this happened to me exactly 1 year ago: i'm driving along a road at night with full right of way. a 4wd on a side-street on my left is waiting to turn across may path to go opposite to where i'm heading. only s/he is an impatient idiot and starts moving into the left lane, i sound the horn, slow down a bit and move to the vacant right lane. normally, the other driver then stops or reverses out of the way. instead this special person charges out at me, hitting the side of my car near my left front wheel all the way down to the left rear wheel causing me to lose control and almost crash into a bus stand. i swerve to avoid that and end up stopping just over a median strip. i manage to reverse out of the way of oncoming traffic (car still thankfully drivable) and park up a nearby driveway.
the other driver who hit me? took off like a snotty little coward. no witnesses either. or probably none forthcoming.
the worst thing out of all this was when i called my insurance company…"can you provide any details of the other driver?" uh no, they did a hit and run. "can you provide their vehicle registration?" no. sorry. i was too busy trying to control my bloody car after that!
so you now know why i make such a big deal about side coverage? if i had this camera, i reckon i would've had a fighting chance of getting that coward's plate or at least a visual of that car.
Or you going to start telling us that unless we have Google street view camera car setups that dashcams are useless?
you did, not me. that sort of setup would be perfect, actually, but as this is still a new-ish technology and there aren't many major electronics manufacturers yet. i'm definitely not calling these dashcams useless but the more lenses you've got pointed out your car, the more useful they'll be.
and whoever's negged this: you missed some other posts of mine. go on, take a swipe at that too.
if i had this camera, i reckon i would've had a fighting chance of getting that coward's plate
Yeah? How would you get that when it this was at night and they would have had their headlights on? And if it was daylight, do you really think your wide angled dash cam would have the resolution and the frame rate to read a tiny number plate as you whiz by at 20 metres a second?
or at least a visual of that car.
Why was your dash cam not able to see the car as you approached the side street?
i didn't have a dashcam at all then, single lens or multiple. like i said, even if it didn't manage to get a plate, that footage could have been used to get the make/model of the other vehicle. the only description i could give was that it was a dark coloured 4wd, possibly a hyundai or kia.
however since that incident, i have been driving with one, day and night. you need to tweak the exposure setting depending on the amount of sunlight and whether or not your headlights are on. during the day you need to increase the exposure to about +0.7 or +1.0. i reviewed some footage once and recognised a co-worker's car from their number plate as i was passing in the other lane at about 65km/h. after playing around with the play/pause i did a screenshot and emailed it to her.
getting back to my original point about wide angles…there's an obvious benefit to doing so, otherwise we'd all buy the narrowest, cheapest lens that just captures what is straight ahead and that will do. however we don't drive around with tunnel vision, and accidents don't occur from one particular angle. and the benefits don't stop with just recording accidents but things like vandalism when a cyclist or motorcyclist knocks your side mirror off. how do you prove to insurance that someone hit it rather than your own poor driving skills? road rage or attempted car-jackings?
i didn't have a dashcam at all then
Well then your entire story about needing side cameras isn't really relevant. A cheap dash cam would have proved what your actions were at the time. And that's all that's required to prove you were not at fault.
i reviewed some footage once and recognised a co-worker's car from their number plate as i was passing in the other lane at about 65km/h. after playing around with the play/pause i did a screenshot and emailed it to her.
Getting a record of a number plate of a vehicle you're slowly overtaking in an adjacent lane is completely different to a vehicle sitting in a side street at a 90' angle to the direction of your travel.
how do you prove to insurance that someone hit it rather than your own poor driving skills?
Doesn't really matter, with most insurers unless the other party can be identified then you'll still be up for your excess.
road rage or attempted car-jackings?
At first you were saying that dash cam video is to prove that you were not in the wrong in an accident situation - now you're saying wide angled cams are a must for car jackings. How does a camera recording you getting car jacked prove or disprove fault?
Well then your entire story about needing side cameras isn't really relevant. A cheap dash cam would have proved what your actions were at the time. And that's all that's required to prove you were not at fault.
you're completely wrong there. because i was not able to provide the details of the other driver, nor an independent witness, to the insurance company, they automatically deemed that i was at fault!
Getting a record of a number plate of a vehicle you're slowly overtaking in an adjacent lane is completely different to a vehicle sitting in a side street at a 90' angle to the direction of your travel.
it's in response to your claim that even in daylight you still can't get a shot of a plate. 65km/hr isn't a "slow overtake" either.
Doesn't really matter, with most insurers unless the other party can be identified then you'll still be up for your excess.
now you're saying wide angled cams are a must for car jackings. How does a camera recording you getting car jacked prove or disprove fault?
and now you're just putting words in my mouth. show me where the hell i said "wide angled cams are a must for car jackings"? i said USEFUL, a word i've used throughout this discussion. and don't limit yourself in thinking these cameras are only good for determining fault.
have you ever been in a situation where you were assaulted, the offender took off and you had to give a description to the police? it will surprise you, as it surprised me, how little many people will remember of the attacker(s) when it comes to giving a detailed description. things like clothing colour, height, build, hair, eyes. and when you're still reeling from incident your memory suffers. so such footage is useful for the police to see what happened and who was involved.
you're completely wrong there. because i was not able to provide the details of the other driver, nor an independent witness, to the insurance company, they automatically deemed that i was at fault!
So you were also charged by police for negligent/careless driving? Just because your insurance policy says your claim is an at-fault claim because you couldn't identify the other driver, doesn't mean you are at fault for the accident.
it's in response to your claim that even in daylight you still can't get a shot of a plate.
Do you even read what you're writing? My "claim" was referencing you saying that if you had a side mounted camera or a wide angled lens camera that you'd be able to read the number plate on the front of a car that's sitting 90' to you while you drive past. And then you reply back saying you slowly overtook a car travelling in the same direction and recorded their plate, as proof that I'm wrong.
65km/hr isn't a "slow overtake" either.
Can't determine that until you tell us what speed the other cars were doing. If it was over 50km/h then there's at least several seconds where the number plate would be in view of the camera, vs probably less than 0.05 seconds if you drove past a car in a side street with a side mounted camera.
and now you're just putting words in my mouth. show me where the hell i said "wide angled cams are a must for car jackings"? i said USEFUL, a word i've used throughout this discussion. and don't limit yourself in thinking these cameras are only good for determining fault.
Lol
To quote your earlier comment:
"isn't it right there in the product title?
"Uniden - iGO CAM 800 - Accident CAM Vehicle Recorder""
have you ever been in a situation where you were assaulted, the offender took off and you had to give a description to the police? it will surprise you, as it surprised me, how little many people will remember of the attacker(s) when it comes to giving a detailed description. things like clothing colour, height, build, hair, eyes. and when you're still reeling from incident your memory suffers. so such footage is useful for the police to see what happened and who was involved.
So you've gone from originally saying, 'for accident evidence purposes, don't buy a cheap dash camera which only records straight ahead because it doesn't show what traffic is doing in adjacent lanes', to 'get as many wide angled cameras as possible for personal surveillance, so when you get carjacked or assaulted you can make a police statement about your attacker'.
What next? Hire a bodyguard to follow you around wherever you drive? With a dash cam in their car videoing you driving, and if you get carjacked or assaulted they can protect you?
Just because your insurance policy says your claim is an at-fault claim because you couldn't identify the other driver, doesn't mean you are at fault for the accident.
yeah. that makes me feel so much better knowing that while being without a car for three weeks and $500 out of pocket in excess. real good.
My "claim" was referencing you saying that if you had a side mounted camera or a wide angled lens camera that you'd be able to read the number plate on the front of a car that's sitting 90' to you while you drive past.
and you didn't read what i wrote a few replies up: "if i had this camera, i reckon i would've had a fighting chance of getting that coward's plate or at least a visual of that car."
misinterpret that however you want.
and to quote your first question
Who the cares about capturing getting T-Boned on video?
obviously people who wants an Accident CAM Vehicle Recorder would care about capturing the accidentWhat next? Hire a bodyguard to follow you around wherever you drive? With a dash cam in their car videoing you driving, and if you get carjacked or assaulted they can protect you?
if you want to take it that far, feel free. if a product can be of use for purposes other than recording an accident, isn't that a good thing?
we buy insurance and fit car alarms for peace of mind. dashcams aren't much different
cheapest isn't always best. applies to anything. that's why there are dashcam discussion forums so people can give feedback and experiences with products. that's what i'm doing here based on my own experience with a 120 degree angle camera. i'd buy this Uniden cam in an instant if i didn't already buy a 3tb hard drive.
so let me ask you what dashcam you use and what you like/dislike about it?
Good deal compared to the price at other stores. But, how good is this actual unit when compared to the cheap Chinese ones?
Here is agood comparison site, unfortunetly this unit is not covered
Jb Hifi has the Uniden 720p single lens for 67. Better just buy one for the front and another one for back.