Garmin GDR35

[DashCamMan]

The Mivue 358, Aiptek X3, Abee V32 prices seemed to have come down recently. You can find some for under $150. They are Ambarella processor based cameras so they perform good in the day but have average / below average night time quality at best. If looking at these cameras, you need to compare them to the F500LHD, GS1000, etc. Similar specs but I hear the build quality is better for these name brand Taiwan dash cams.

[chenwaa123]

I just bought a Garmin GDR35. I'll post a review when it arrives (3-5 weeks )

[lkwan78]

Awesome... I will be waiting...

Do think that can Dropbox me a original file? Once u get it?

I want to see what it looks like without youtube compressing the file.

[lkwan78]

Oh yeah, how much did it get it for and where?

eBay is the only place I can find it and it is $300-$340. For the dual camera version.

[chenwaa123]

Awesome... I will be waiting...

Do think that can Dropbox me a original file? Once u get it?

I want to see what it looks like without youtube compressing the file.

Sure np.

Oh yeah, how much did it get it for and where?

eBay is the only place I can find it and it is $300-$340. For the dual camera version.

Yea, I used ebay. I paid $280 usd incl shipping (single camera) from "navi-world"

The $340 models on ebay are usually the GDR35D, the "D" version includes the rear camera. I didn't think I'd use the rear cam, and thought it would be annoying if it was always in my field of view.

Hope this camera turns out ok.

[onealfa]

I like Garmin's great idea of having 2 videos in syncro (from front and rear), on the same card. Easy to analyse events after accident. But ...would buy such device ONLY if them could make both recordings @ 1080p .
So far maybe the better option is to put WiFi enabled DR500GW in the back, + another Blackvue in the front.
Plus: can have a LIVE rear view on my 10" Tablet for parking, by a WiFi.
Minus - recordings are not in sychro at all. After powered at the same time, my DR500GW boots up by 5-7 seconds earlier then DR400

[Mtz]

I think two simultaneous 1080p recordings is too much for any chipset and the costs will be too high for a normal dash cam and supposed bigger size or heat issues.
I always said that for traffic recording the 720p is perfect also because of files size.
And I said too that 720p or 1080p, or HD is just a resolution, not a quality. So you can see better 720p than 1080p. Just compare a korean 720p with some unknown chinese 1080p. And if the chinese 1080p will look bad than your DR500GW, why to waste space for 1080p?
The quality of a recording start from CMOS lens. Software can't replace bad lens, but good lens can help a lot even an immature software.
And if a camera offer almost the same size for 720p and 1080p than again the 1080p is just a resolution because the Quality Factor (Q factor) will be smaller for 1080p compared to 720p.

enjoy,
Mtz

[impreza2013]

This night video in 720p. Looks awesome...

Watch on youtube.com

Just if I could try this one... I hope it shows up on amazon one day.

DashCamMan of this blog should change the quality from Poor to VERY F**KING GOOD in the comparison chart.

Night vision looks amazing, why did DashCamMan rated it as poor?

http://dashcamtalk.com/dash-cam-comparison/

[Mtz]

Man, the difference between fcking good and poor is so small when a recording is with city lights. Check this and find a GDR35 recording without city lights. Same cheap camera with city lights. Comparing that two videos you can say that one is very poor and the other just goof (no fcking)/

enjoy,
Mtz

[impreza2013]

Man, the difference between fcking good and poor is so small when a recording is with city lights. Check this and find a GDR35 recording without city lights. Same cheap camera with city lights. Comparing that two videos you can say that one is very poor and the other just goof (no fcking)/

enjoy,
Mtz

Looks like I'll be buying the Urive MD-8000P instead.