inputs.text: great camera really 4 12 stars rounded - great car camera money item essentially 3 pieces stick small square gps receiver windshield supplied sticky back tape attach 10ft power cable click camera body gps receiver camera swivel 90 degrees vertical axis get pointed properly no horizontal movement depending curve windshield placing camera center may offer best picture theory unit semi permanently mounted vehicle records everything sees hears like private \\black box\\ recording could save butt memory full always overwrite oldest clips choose length clip either 1min 3min 5min means always last 30 240 minutes trip depending size card resolution quality choose clips \\locked\\ not overwritten saved card formatted manually lock clip button press turn gsensor camera automatically lock clip senses big enough jolt adjust sensitivity gsensor good idea otherwise card fill jolts caused potholes bumpy roads even last moment stopping use 32gig card record 1080p sfine resolution get 4 hours screen size small clear sharp considering camera not really designed main playback device not bad real time would watch something screen trying show police happened prove not fault otherwise simply watch \\close call\\ either pull memory card watch computer use hdmi watch tv gps model well worth getting playing video gps data used show speed distance map location time etc useful logging mileage trip software accesses maps like yahoo maps google maps shows traveled camera comes viewing software written card formatted tried several one came camera registrator viewer earthshine one came camera decent personal favorite registrator viewer neither included software registrator viewer mac friendly earthshine battery life okay would liked tad longer battery last 57 minutes barely long enough pull clip play 5 min clip entirety police need could always plug power watch way would like seen 1015 min battery please note not \\action camera\\ not really meant used short battery life means unit must constant power supply small screen makes framing shots difficult additionally bit rates car camera less action cameras want action camera buy one purpose want make camera dual purpose kick road one reviewer mentioned looseness camera gps confirm small issue problem appears gps mount not camera two cameras bodies snug one mount fraction loose suspect cause one two things either tolerances width opening gps camera snaps not super strict heat sun beating small black square stuck windshield car causing gps opening expand slightly not caused issues \\looseness\\ notsufficient cause pins supply power camera disconnect suspect one wanted stretch piece electrical tape thin could stuck edge camera mount fix problem camera purchased without internal memory types ability record external micro sd card not record time recommend buying camera internal memory recording external card first foremost camera copy video clip card camera needed could turn card law enforcement still maintain copy relevant clips secondly saves wear tear mount system wanted leave camera attached remove card speaking memory cards brought issue certain cards not working well happen not uncommon even across many many brands car cameras prevalent fast cards ironically cards think would work best sandisk extreme example dont work well issue arises due nature car camera works car camera makes lot small video clips 1 3 5 min need seamless video clips lot car cameras issues card writing fast either cant finish creating clip already fully written cant start new clip one finished already gone no reference new clip make sense no not uncommon one cameras purchased amazon came generic kingmax class 6 card no problems dropped frames etc use sony class 10 camera no issues bottom line dont need super high speed card anyway bit rates arent high enough make use may not work like sandisk quality reliability consider sandisk ultra biggest complaint 1296p video no discernible difference 1296 1080 none zero nada data recorded 1296p file sizes larger bit rate higher added data not seem show actual video second issue rather something would change vertical rotation 90 degrees plenty fine use camera gps stuck windshield camera facing forward would loved seen rotation camera could stuck back rear view mirror pointed backwards front windshield overall video actually quite good dash cam hdr high dynamic range gives excellent night video video not pixelated blocky crisp clear good color comparable daytime quality newer cell phone video iphone 5 samsung s4 similar better night wide angle lens mounted near center windshield see sides front vehicle wide angle lens small amount fish eye effect minimal way get desired wide angle view another reviewer mentioned heat yes unit get warm quite warm several small cameras action cams car cams mini cams get quite warm nature beast put many electronic chips stuff small package pros good quality video no lag clips hdr high dynamic range great night gps acquires quickly even rain nice wide angle view limited fish eye effect auto start recording powered strong adhesive ability copy clips card camera compact not block line sight nice screen quality considering price actually quite fair something quality cons little visual difference 1296p 1080p even cropping battery life could better potential mount bit loose high speed cards fast camera \\cons\\ nit picky exception 1296p vs 1080p issue bottom line cant buy camera expecting action camera quality quality good mind smooth better action cams dont go thinking getting gopro quality video designed save butt someone backs claims rearended someone tries claim ran stop sign red light someone says right way fault camera capable plus capture cool stuff good quality update 5 months since review wanted let folks know preforms time would still recommend car camera still give rating pleased no issues report units survived hot southern summer without issue powers records daily would purchase heartbeat