Drivers, share your experience with Vehicle Video Recorders

Drivers, share your experience's here if you use a Vehicle Video Recorder. Also, your evaluations on the various Video Recording units will be greatly appreciated. The below attachment is a unit with a 32 GB storage capacity and capability to monitor the perimeter of a truck via up to four cameras. I haven't obtained this unit cost; but, I feel that it easily exceeds $1,000 and that is no doubt, a very conservative estimate. The manufacturer is Rearse. Forum rules forbid links, so Google away, if interested. I will, later in the day, post some more moderately priced units. Most capable of one camera input and storage capacities of approx. 1 hour, at which time, barring any need to preserve a record, it overwrites the stored data. Most units have a GPS capability and units like the Rearse, I believe, record speed, etc., and are legally admissible in a court of law. I'm sure no driver needs me to tell them the value of that capability.

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When the unit price is available, I will post it to this thread. In the next day or so, I have discovered a number of units that appear promising and forum members have posted owning recorders well under $200. Thank you for your participation.

 

Stuntcams is the way to go and at a reasonable price. Many have GPS capability which I would imagine could determine truck speed for fighting speeding tickets, do the Stuntcams have this capability?. I can imagine many scenarios where it would be helpful aside from the obvious use for accident recording. As valuable as this capability is, I am surprised to find that there was not a single post regarding these devices.

While ther are recorders in the price range you mention, I personaly like the Stuntcam DVR ($195) is upgradable to 500GB!!! Also, capable of monitoring up to 4 cameras simultaneously (cameras not included w/DVR). They offer IR Nightvision cameras for $109 ea. The DVR can be set to run continuously while driving and motion activated when parked for security. I'm sold on it and intend to purchase the above setup within the next 30-45 days. I believe I read that you can hook it up to your laptop also.

Thank you for a GREAT reference to an excellent selection of affordable recorders from basic to full-featured. I really see no need to search further.

 

This is just one more example of the value of this unit. You could have downloaded the file to a computer, printed the frames of the UPS truck running over your tarps allowing no room for denial. It also can be set for motion activation. Should some knucklehead back into the slot next to you at a truck stop, crunch your cab and drive off. You have it on tape! How can you lose?

 

I've seen some of stuntcams videos, but for those that haven't it would be great if you posted the video. It's just one more piece of information to aid drivers interested in these recorders. I have a pretty good idea of the model you have just by the fact that it is an 'on-dash' unit. The DVR's use external cameras and stuntcams offers a nightvision camera. How well does you on-dash recorder record at night?