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(All things considered, I'm surprised we don't have a Camera/Video forum.
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I'm dreaming of digital video, waiting impatiently for both the ChaseCam DVR and an Elise to put it in, when I found these two new product listings:
The first is a hard-drive based video recorder with 20GB and 40GB drives available:
http://207.207.29.130/store/prodinfo.asp?number=OB-MDVR2-40&variation=&aitem=3&mitem=23
Neato. MPEG4 compression, so the 20GB goes a long way (40 hours!). A built-in 3.5" LCD is unnecessary, but nice. Price of $500 is less than I would have guessed. USB2.0 for slurping data out of the machine. Four hours on internal battery with display is impressive.
Next up is something closer to Randy's, using solid state memory in the form of SD cards (booooo). Why on earth would they use SD cards for something that's going to be data intensive? Weird. The size is right, though.. and 5.3oz:
http://207.207.29.130/store/prodinfo.asp?number=MDVR3&variation=&aitem=22&mitem=23
Only 60 minutes on the internal LiIon battery, but three hours when using the external 4-AA battery pack.
Price puts it out of reach, though.
It's frustrating how they pick & chose the specs to print. No mention of resolution, shock sensitivity, or DC input, for example.
All in all, it's good to see some products entering the market.
I'm dreaming of digital video, waiting impatiently for both the ChaseCam DVR and an Elise to put it in, when I found these two new product listings:
The first is a hard-drive based video recorder with 20GB and 40GB drives available:
http://207.207.29.130/store/prodinfo.asp?number=OB-MDVR2-40&variation=&aitem=3&mitem=23
Neato. MPEG4 compression, so the 20GB goes a long way (40 hours!). A built-in 3.5" LCD is unnecessary, but nice. Price of $500 is less than I would have guessed. USB2.0 for slurping data out of the machine. Four hours on internal battery with display is impressive.
Next up is something closer to Randy's, using solid state memory in the form of SD cards (booooo). Why on earth would they use SD cards for something that's going to be data intensive? Weird. The size is right, though.. and 5.3oz:
http://207.207.29.130/store/prodinfo.asp?number=MDVR3&variation=&aitem=22&mitem=23
Only 60 minutes on the internal LiIon battery, but three hours when using the external 4-AA battery pack.
Price puts it out of reach, though.
It's frustrating how they pick & chose the specs to print. No mention of resolution, shock sensitivity, or DC input, for example.
All in all, it's good to see some products entering the market.