I bought this device to record all my traffic stops and cases I come across. All I can say is that every department should have this issued. It's already saved my job! As cops, we get complaints all the time from citizens claiming this or that! It's an awesome feeling to say " No I didn't, here's the video!" This Muvi HD10 is awesome! Excellent picture / voice quality. The wide angle lense captures all the action especially when you're dealing with multiple subjects. There's cheaper and smaller ones available, but it's just that! Cheaper and smaller because it doesn't offer the quality higher models like this one offers. This thing easily clips to my uniform or can be mounted anywhere as a bunch of mounting accessories come with it. The only con to this is the small 4gb sd card that comes with it. When you're recording video especially in 1080p or even 720p, you run out of room pretty quick, good enough for about 30 mins of video. I've upgraded to 32gb and used a class 10 card for faster speeds in transferring and hours of recording time. At the end of my shift I just view, edit, rename, and transfer to my bigger flash drive or laptop. Just a word of warning to my fellow officers......don't get the ear mounted cams, they'll easily fly off your head if you gotta chase or take someone down, unless you're some fat desk sergeant that never patrols or wants to record himself downing jelly rolls. This Muvi HD 10 comes with a solid alligator clip. I've rolled around with a suspect and it stayed on my shirt the whole time. Oh yeah, it works good for other stuffs too! Bottom line, it works...and works well!
Video Outstanding quality videos and four resolution choices.
Photos The pics it takes are they are wide angle and towards the edges objects curve. It's an interesting photo effect but if you want plain photos this may not be the cam to select.OK, first lets clear things up. It is VERY easy to turn off the time and date on screen (read the instructions). Second YES,. you can turn off the beeps too (read the instructions) This cam is MUCH better than the GoPro because: It has a screen. With the GoPro,m you either guess and get home to find you have recorded an hour of the sky, or pay another $100.00 for a clumsy clamp on screen. Also the veho has a 160 degree field of view. The GoPro SAYS it has a 140 degree field, but what they don't tell you is that's only for photo, video goes down to 180 degrees. The veho HD 7 and HD 10 are used by more motorcycle cops than any other and does not look like a grey cardboard box. The remote control is worth twice the price itself. Just too cool. Also the VOX feature instantly makes this a great security cam. Love it!!!I bought this camera based upon the reviews and example footage I've found on YouTube. The reason I purchased this to begin with was to have a wearable camera to wear while on patrol (Law Enforcement). I needed something that would be of quality, use as little space as possible, and be solid in construction. When it arrived, I immediately started testing it out using the 1080p and 720p settings:
Video Quality: Amazing quality on HD settings. Eats up memory space like a mad man, but looks pretty solid. I was able to transition from light to dark with little problems, and see clearly in all recordings. I could read license plates, street signs, etc. when mounted in my vehicle, and see small text when worn.
Audio Quality: Decent "to the rear" recording when worn, but amazing "to the front" as the mic is mounted on the from face beside the camera. I even ran some music in my vehicle and turned up the radio and it came across as clear as if I added the music onto the clip afterwards.
When speaking to different people I'm able to fully understand every word spoken within about 20 feet or less. Comes in handy in almost every regard.
Construction: It's made of hard and soft plastic. Has what feels like a rubbery feel to the front (which seems like a layer added on top). The screen on the back seems sturdy enough to take a few bumps, though I did leave the screen protector on it when wearing the aligator clip (the screen is put up against the clip with a small gap).
Downsides: Eats up memory. A single 40 minute clip on full 1080 HD fills an entire 4GB MicroSD card. I'm not entirely sure why, but the footage breaks itself down into multiple files. One file was 3.42GB (31 minutes) and a second one less in length and size to fill the card. I see no option for ONE continous file which would be ideal.
One the of the most major flaws which caused me to give this a 4 star review is that if you leave the unit on and then try to record a few things happen. I usually keep it on and plugged in while wearing it (with an extended USB cord plugged into a laptop). When I go to record I pull the cord and began hitting record. The camera goes into a standby when not in use, so it takes roughly 15-20 seconds to get out of that and start up. This requires you to hit the record button over and over until it starts. You run the risk of stopping the recording this way as well.
I then noticed after doing a VERY crucial recording... that while it recorded the video in full HD perfectly fine (albiet two files), it had NO audio. ?! That's what I said. There were some very specific statements and observations on the video that were completely lost. I tried three different players (VLC, KMPLayer, Quicktime) and the audio was simply gone. I attribute this to the fact that I had been keeping the camera on for too long regardless of whether it went into standby or not.
Bottom Line: It's an amazing camera. It's discrete. When mounted to chest I've had people look at it and not even notice it's a camera (I did apply black electrical tape to the MUVI logo which is bright white on the front, and to the two lights on it). It's sturdy... not a single problem even after some drops. It comes with an amazing variety of mounts for the dash, body, etc. The price is decent, and the qualty is worth every penny. I'm tempted to buy a second one to dash mount it and run it in conjunction with the chest camera.Got this camera as a replacement for a smaller Muvi camera that failed.
The touch controls are very sensitive. The zoom will not work in movie mode.
Comes with an easy to use remote control that allows the user to take movies, or still photos.
The movie feature takes very good quality movies, even without the zoom.
The still photos are hit and miss, about half turn out blurry.
Battery life has been much better than expected.
The instructions that come with the camera are very minimal, and the controls can be a bit confusing, especially deleting and viewing files.
The camera is a bit large for mounting on a helmet, and for mounting on a motorcycle, it has lots of accessories, but no method of mounting on handlebars.
So far, the quality of this unit has been good, hope it lasts better than the first one I bought.
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