inputs.text: technical review first impressions positive - update november 2013 bottom review youtubecomwatchvoitj2xgbut8 youtube compresses video quality actually much better shown youtubei new dash cams not mobile technologyits pretty cool wifi gps 3axis gyro accelerometer shock sensors ambient light sensor records microsd card download directly via wifi idevice androidi bought 500gwhd week ago fiddling via telnetsshftp iphone 5 ipad 4 ios app android app rooted kindle 2 running jelly bean 42 microsd card directly primarily mac linux user desktop although loaded windows 7 macbook air imac look blackvue viewer windows application much better mac version btw latermy first impressions blackvue dr500gwhd large positive 500gwhd gets warm never hot camera mount solid adjustable angle view excellent video quality much better expected even night audio crystal clear insync expect firmware updates fixmitigate glaring defects discussed belowit kinks expected technology still maturing particular firmware not actually updated changes make sd card configini camera reads configini uses not always sometimes power downpower ssid pwd forgotten settings timezone etc ignored may blackvue mac vs pc application problem rather blackvue firmware bug although happen twice using windows app onlymy firmware english latest version writing version 1003 bought 500gwhd along sandisk 32gb class 10 microsd card amazon also bought power magic pro ebay hardwired blackvue pmp set 12v 48 hours rock solid far little background anyone new hacking blackvue 500gwhd telnet ssh ftp device via wifi ip address 19216881 login \\root\\ default password \\pt\\ ftp ftp19216881blackvuerecord access videosmy configini set normal 1080p brightness 1 flashing leds default led colours default sensors voice everything except events custom ssid pwd custom root pwd 1 minute record intervals mph timezone 174 houston texas helps timezone thing tried setting blackvue 80211n adding line \\ap_11n1\\ [ wifi ] section configini didnt work fastest connection far 80211glet briefly discuss blackvue desktop viewer applications windows mac windows apps sure familiar discussed many times elsewhere wont spend time state want make changes persist reboots use windows application contrary others stated mac viewer app indeed configuration settings write configini would suggest not use windows viewer app manually modify configinithe mac viewer app looks identical windows counterpart except configurations settings video quality yes read correctly windows video quality display better hardware go figure tested late model 27\\ imac late model macbook air running mountain lion mac side windows 7 pc side via bootcamp files sd card windows video looks way betterbelow screenshots mac viewer app notice similarities superior windows app functionality events parking mode normal mode datetime gps mapping etc get configurations screens encounter extremely limited timezone selection save settings bets blackvue actually boots using settings not expect thats sure advice not use mac app make configuration changesgrondtvblackvueblackvue4jpggrondtvblackvueblackvue1jpggrondtvblackvueblackvue2jpggrondtvblackvueblackvue3jpglets move ios android apps also pretty rough looked like written 8 year old extremely poor confusing interface insane choices font colours sizes light bright green white background along confusing options get live view swipe top menu right seriously cannot delete videos sd card copy ios android device copying 1 minute video 55mb takes 80211g speeds get comfy configure blackvue via iosandroid simply modifies configini file reboot blackvue read new configini given said especially font colours dont bother no dedicated ipad app take advantage big 10 inch screen iphone app double size actually better use app iphone see screen much better android app phone sized looks fairly bad kindle 2 usableparking mode takes engage disengage tweaked via motion sensors configuration event mode likewise tweakedreading review may appear overtly negative towards 500gwhd not case started saying impressions largely positive blackvue designed record video unobtrusively 247 wellthe camera remarkably configurable capable far beyond expectations video quality par excellence 2mp cmosi recommend blackvue 500gwhd update november 2013 earlier 2013 pittasoft makers blackvue updated firmware max bitrate 10mbps much better originally issues 80211n etc also fixedif want even better quality video higher nitrate 15mbps higher turn custom firmware russian ukrainian guys heavy lifting dashcam community custom firmware distributed via private message not tread pittasoft blackvue copyright toes never post modified blackvue firmware public venue please ask sent link good bunch folks therelink [ ] amazon mangles link paste browser forumdashcamtalkcomforumspittasoftblackvue6please note custom firmware definitely void warranty could potentially brick camera cause unforeseen problems warned also file size huge decide go higher bitrate may move 64gb microsd card use hp sd card formatting tool windows blackvue not recognize 64gb microsd card without special formattings app functionality events parking mode normal mode datetime gps mapping etc get configurations screens encounter extremely limited timezone selection save settings bets blackvue actually boots using settings not expect thats sure advice not use mac app make configuration changes grondtvblackvueblackvue4jpg grondtvblackvueblackvue1jpg grondtvblackvueblackvue2jpg grondtvblackvueblackvue3jpg lets move ios android apps also pretty rough looked like written 8 year old extremely poor confusing interface insane choices font colours sizes light bright green white background along confusing options get live view swipe top menu right seriously cannot delete videos sd card copy ios android device copying 1 minute video 55mb takes 80211g speeds get comfy configure blackvue via iosandroid simply modifies configini file reboot blackvue read new configini given said especially font colours dont bother no dedicated ipad app take advantage big 10 inch screen iphone app double size actually better use app iphone see screen much better android app phone sized looks fairly bad kindle 2 usable parking mode takes engage disengage tweaked via motion sensors configuration event mode likewise tweaked reading review may appear overtly negative towards 500gwhd not case started saying impressions largely positive blackvue designed record video unobtrusively 247 well camera remarkably configurable capable far beyond expectations video quality par excellence 2mp cmos recommend blackvue 500gwhd update november 2013 earlier 2013 pittasoft makers blackvue updated firmware max bitrate 10mbps much better originally issues 80211n etc also fixed want even better quality video higher nitrate 15mbps higher turn custom firmware russian ukrainian guys heavy lifting dashcam community custom firmware distributed via private message not tread pittasoft blackvue copyright toes never post modified blackvue firmware public venue please ask sent link good bunch folks link [ ] amazon mangles link paste browser forumdashcamtalkcomforumspittasoftblackvue6 please note custom firmware definitely void warranty could potentially brick camera cause unforeseen problems warned also file size huge decide go higher bitrate may move 64gb microsd card use hp sd card formatting tool windows blackvue not recognize 64gb microsd card without special formatting