Need a recommendation for a Dashcam

[Champion Jack]

I have seen them from nine dollars up to about 150.$
Important features would be: auto on ,the camera turns on as soon as the car is started
It would need a decent enough resolution choice to capture details that would Be useful in a court case.
Also,
it overwrites the card when it's full ...
night vision would be nice, But, not critical
I would really appreciate any information
if anyone has personal experience with one of these units

thanks

[MineralMan]

1. First, you don't one one that automatically starts

when you start your car. In many situations, your car will not be running, like when you are pulled over by the police. Instead, have the cam start when you start it. A simple switch will take care of that.

On another note, I can't remember any time when I wished I had a working dash cam in my car. What sort of situation are you envisioning where you'd need such a thing running automatically all of the time?

[Champion Jack]

2. I need to document environmental and other legal violations

from the fracking nightmare that is engulfing and destroying my area. If you don't catch them in the act , it may be too late. The drillers have taken the attitude of "yeah I dumped poison in the stream, fuck you , if you don't like it sue me..." so we will.
I have about 60 people so far interested in affordable Dashcams and growing, so this is a first salvo in researching the subject.

[randome]

4. Did not see that coming.

I was ready to assume you were simply paranoid. Good luck to you!

[Tree-Hugger]

6. Yes! Kick their asses! nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. I like the GoPro series

A little pricey but older models discount heavily

[Champion Jack]

5. Thanks I ll check that avenue out

I need something that is very easy to use for non-technical senior citizen types also the unit should look very low-key on the dash.

[NightWatcher]

7. If you want discreet look into a lipstick camera that gets installed

You can have it put on the ceiling near where your sun visor clips on. You can wire it to a hard drive that you can hide out of view. If you were near Atlanta I could hook you up with my old spy tech guy who could do it all.

[X_Digger]

8. The current cadillac of dashcams that also include GPS would be..

http://www.amazon.com/BlackVue-DR400G-HD-Recorder-Worldwide-Express/dp/B00681UKFU

Bit pricey, though.

[Champion Jack]

9. would like to find something a bit more affordable

remember these are , for the most , frugal country folks

[X_Digger]

10. A good one without GPS would be..

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Car-Camera-Car-Video-Recorder-F500LHD-with-Ambarella-Full-HD-1080P-30FPS-16MP-12-Degrees-Wide/505576_499889963.html

Not the most unobtrusive, but easy to use.

[Champion Jack]

11. Thanks

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. I recently received one from electroflip dot com (via amazon).

Their "NiteDrive" model: day and night recording, 640x480 resolution, the recording cycles when the SD card becomes full, and only $79.99 (although you'll have to buy the SD card separately, which'll add to the ultimate cost a bit). With a 32GB card, it's supposed to record up to 17 hours or so (.AVI format, with sound) before it starts recycling.

I can't say yay or nay about it personally, since it's been too damned cold to plug it in and play with it outside in the cold cruel world. But here's the website, if you want to check it out yourself: http://www.electroflip.com/products/vehicle-video-recorders/nitedrive-night-video-driving-camera.html

There's a video there that supposedly shows the recording quality and the like. The video mentions that it'll take cards "up to 16GB" but the documentation I got says it'll accept cards from 256MB up to 32GB. Good luck (to both of us, I guess ).

Standard Disclaimer: I don't work for them, nobody I know works for them, and I didn't even know they existed until I started looking around myself...