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Aukey Direct via Amazon.com has Aukey 1080p Sony Exmor Dashcam w/ Night Vision (DR-01) on sale for $69.99 - $20.30 off promo code E6NRNJB7 = $49.69. Shipping is free. Thanks iconian

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Includes
  • Aukey 1080p Sony Exmor Dashcam w/ Night Vision (DR-01)
  • USB Car Charger
  • Suction Mount
  • Sticker Mount
  • Three Cable Clips
  • 24-Month Warranty Card

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Last Edited by jasonbuechler May 26, 2017 at 03:50 PM
Dash-cam comparisons (g1w-cb vs aukey DR-01)
I did (and am continuing to do more) a bunch of comparisons between the two cams since I have both:
https://slickdeals.net/f/10090648-aukey-1080p-sony-exmor-dashcam-w-night-vision-49-60-free-s-h?p=100428500#post100428500
I included lots of notes, for the curious. I'll try and answer any questions.

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I wish we could do the same on sd comments. Been seeing fake comments on SD lately trying to promote products.
Reviews seem ok even though I have never heard of this one. I have a G1W which has been working solidly for about 2 years now. The other car has a nearly new Spytec A119s. The 119s is pretty slick and I think it's worth the money. It's also one of the few which actually alerts you if something is going wrong with the recording (bad microSD card etc...) I think that's worth it if you want reliable recording. As soon as the A119's drop more in price, I'll replace the old G1W. Again, this one does seem to have favorable reviews, so if you're on a budget, this probably blows the cheapo G1W type cams out of the water.
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ilovetofu
05-25-2017 at 05:04 PM.
05-25-2017 at 05:04 PM.
SanDisk Ultra cards aren't recommended for dash cams: https://www.carcamcentral.com/gui...ltra-cards

Also, how to hide your dash cam wires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwD8Ilk-MHU
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casemods
05-25-2017 at 05:57 PM.
05-25-2017 at 05:57 PM.
Quote from crazycool :
Why mini USB instead of micro USB, that is a deal breaker for me.
Because its cheap junk lol

Old parts, old board, whatever.
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jaysen
05-25-2017 at 08:03 PM.
05-25-2017 at 08:03 PM.
would someone confirm for me that the only way to review video is by watching on the screen or removing the SD cards from the device? so no way of remote viewing.
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route1237
05-25-2017 at 09:00 PM.
05-25-2017 at 09:00 PM.
Deal is alive - got one
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ilovetofu
05-26-2017 at 12:00 AM.
05-26-2017 at 12:00 AM.
Quote from jaysen :
would someone confirm for me that the only way to review video is by watching on the screen or removing the SD cards from the device? so no way of remote viewing.
It has what looks like a 3.5mm video out jack but the cable is not provided. You can buy something like this to try: https://www.amazon.com/HDE-Triple...B00CIC9KW2
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Evan55
05-26-2017 at 11:32 AM.
05-26-2017 at 11:32 AM.
my PC cant read the card after formatting it in the camera.
anyone else with the same problem?
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jasonbuechler
05-26-2017 at 03:39 PM.
05-26-2017 at 03:39 PM.
Quote from therock_80 :
Anyone how this compare with G1W CB from urlhasbeenblocked
Boy-oh-boy have I got an answer for you, lucky sir!!
I've had the (~$32) g1w-cb from urlhasbeenblocked for a while now, and I like it a lot, but this sony-sensor cam got me curious if I've been missing out.

I got this Aukey a few days ago and have done some driving around with both next to each other. I'm uploading the raw(-ish) media to a Mega folder, but also putting together some side-by-side composites. That's actually a lot more ass-pain that one might guess, at least getting the frame-sync right, so I've only done a few so far, but I uploaded the lossless original composites to youtube here:
Dash-cam comparisons (g1w-cb vs aukey DR-01)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?...RQ_1-oOBnl

Mega folder with originals* here:
https://mega.nz/#F!WYsGFLTC!QDczy...L_QT7mqqFA
*I _losslessly_ repackaged the original mov's as mp4's and stripped off the audio for privacy. Also, anything I had to encode will indicate the CRF encode level (0=lossless) somewhere in the filename.

TL;DR: some situations favor the g1w, some favor the aukey. It's pretty easy to see the aukey's images are more clear for most situations, but some key scenarios favor the g1w when you might care: low light license plates. I'm guessing from the halos around all the lights at night, that the g1w does some gain-boosting, which might explain all or part of its apparently advantage. It's also possible there's enough subtle pixel data that a savvy person might be able to boost his own gain in post-processing, if necessary, but I haven't tested that yet.

NOTE: Recorded in Flagstaff, AZ (which is an "IDA Dark Sky Community" http://darksky.org/idsp/communities/flagstaff/) where we have incredibly weak streetlights by law.

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Video manipulation notes:
Since the idea is to compare image quality, I did everything I could to make sure the images had no quality loss in processing. Whenever re-encoding an interstitial step, I used x264's zero crf value. I don't know if youtube re-encoded the huge resultants on the backend, so eventually I'll get along to uploading them to Mega, but in the mean time, I figured an 18 CRF would probably be indistinguishable but a fraction the size if people want to download and look.

Here's example ffmpeg commands if you're curious:
Code:
**lossless crop bottom half and clip 30sec, starting 121sec in**
ffmpeg -i aukey\2017_0524_202652_011.MOV -vf "crop=iw:ih/2:0:541" -crf 0 -an -ss 121 -t 30 d:\half-aukey.mp4

**lossless composite vertical stack**
ffmpeg -i d:\half-g1w.mp4 -i d:\half-aukey.mp4 -filter_complex vstack -crf 0 d:\compare-crf00.mp4

**windows cmd script to losslessly batch convert mov's to mp4's**
for %i IN (*.MOV) DO (ffmpeg.exe -i %i -vcodec copy -an %i.mp4)

("-an" flag drops audio, fyi)
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Last edited by jasonbuechler May 26, 2017 at 03:45 PM.

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b534202
05-26-2017 at 03:42 PM.
05-26-2017 at 03:42 PM.
Quote from Evan55 :
my PC cant read the card after formatting it in the camera.
anyone else with the same problem?
I can read it. Windows 7. Sandisk Extreme Plus 128GB.
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DanielleC4000
05-26-2017 at 06:34 PM.
05-26-2017 at 06:34 PM.
great deal! thank you.

**as of right now, the deal is still good. not sure why it is marked as dead.**
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Probedude
05-26-2017 at 10:05 PM.
05-26-2017 at 10:05 PM.
FWIW, I used one of these to direct wire to the fusebox to power the Aukey. Works great, generates no heat that I can detect. Better than taking up the cigarette lighter port plus on my Jetta the cig lighter is powered all the time.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262952657866
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Mohjong
05-27-2017 at 10:31 AM.
05-27-2017 at 10:31 AM.
Can these dash cams use for drone FPV? I got some 5.8ghz video transmitters and just need a cam for practice flying.
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05-27-2017 at 11:44 AM.
05-27-2017 at 11:44 AM.
Quote from Mohjong :
Can these dash cams use for drone FPV? I got some 5.8ghz video transmitters and just need a cam for practice flying.
How do you plan to provide power to the camera?
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eyeseeyou
05-27-2017 at 05:39 PM.
05-27-2017 at 05:39 PM.
Quote from Probedude :
FWIW, I used one of these to direct wire to the fusebox to power the Aukey. Works great, generates no heat that I can detect. Better than taking up the cigarette lighter port plus on my Jetta the cig lighter is powered all the time.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262952657866
Does this mean it's always on?
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worldco
05-27-2017 at 06:00 PM.
05-27-2017 at 06:00 PM.
Quote from Mystery123 :
It has pretty good video.
For those asking why mini vs micro, I prefer mini.
Mini is more secure compared to micro.
Micro USB sometimes becomes loose, specially if you take it out often.
Here's my unboxing video with samples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv0SJFgmkZ4

@ 2:30, side by side picture with Viofo A119.
@ 2:35 sample videos start.-Day.
@ 4:30 night videos.
How are you downloading the videos, I can't get anything to recognize the Micro SD card?
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worldco
05-27-2017 at 06:22 PM.
05-27-2017 at 06:22 PM.
Quote from Evan55 :
my PC cant read the card after formatting it in the camera.
anyone else with the same problem?
same issue, cant even find the files
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