Got a Viofo A229 for mine the 2 channel one with Starvis 2 sensor. Caught the lady who hit mine in 4k sent the vid to the cop and she cited her for improper lane change
I use the Viofo A329 front and rear on both of my cars with the hard wire kit. It’s a 4K 60 FPS front sensor, and HD rear camera, and with the hard wire kit it automatically starts with the car and turns on parking mode. And they have an adjustable low voltage control so it won’t drain the battery if parked for a long time. Great clarity at night and works well for capturing fast moving objects with the faster sensor.
There are two advantages to using two single channel dash cams rather than a two channel dash cam. Redundancy, and longer record time. Any dash cam is better than no dash cam. The best dash cam I am aware of is the Viofo A329, It does better than most at night, but all dash cams are bad at night (motion blur and over exposed license plates). You should also check out this web site: https://dashcamtalk.com/
I've got a Blackvue DR970x-2ch. The newer version of it is the DR979x-2ch Plus II. This has the Sony Starvis 2 sensor like recommended in other posts. They're very reliable cameras since they don't have batteries in them. Dash Cams with batteries stand a higher chance of exploding in the heat of a parked car. Make sure you use a high endurance micro sd card since the camera deletes the oldest videos as time goes by. The card will have a ton of reads and writes so the basic cards won't cut it. You set the cameras up with your phone and the images from the cameras will show on the screen. This is how you'll align the cameras to make sure they get the best view. Check the videos on the card or the live feed from the cameras from time to time to make sure everything is still working.
I just went through this process of trying to find one. I ended up with the VIOFO A229 Pro w/ back camera and has the ability to add an interior cam. It's likely to last several years and the components wshould hold up against future competition, top tier video quality, lots of features. Price and size. It's big compared to the compact models but I don't see it at all from the driver's side. It's not ignorable from the passenger side. For a smaller form, I'd go with the VIOFO Mini 2. High quality compact size, but it doesn't have a 2nd channel for a rear camera.
People are super into their dash cams. I can tell you I have one from Garmin, worked perfectly during an accident when I needed it most. New car, new dash cam still a Garmin. Best Buy in Milpitas will install it easily without cables showing for $79 worth it to me
VIOFO Dash Cam A119 V3 has served me very well. Very clear video.
I did consider paying $200 for the MB dashcam mainly for the convenience, but I got turned off once I realized you have to manually turn it on everytime you start driving, and just decided to get a 3rd party one instead as it was cheaper ($125ish) plus I was comfortable doing all the wiring myself to properly hide all cables
i paid for it in my 24 E350. it's ok. if i had it to do over again i'd go third party, mostly because the rear camera is stowed 99% of the time, so it can't be used as part of the dash cam.
General consensus is that the Porsche dash cam sucks and is a waste of money, you’re better getting a 3rd party one such as thinkware or blackvue, you also do not need to option the dash cam prep if going 3rd party
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