STH Multi-Step Build Plan/Thread

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Originally Posted by madwi

I ordered one of these and hated it. The camera is on the right side and it ***** with the camera viewing angles. the dot matrix on windshield gets in frame. with the mirror tilted towards the driver that pulls the camera back away from the windshield and you get reflections and artifacts in the frame. The video playback is pretty outdated and grainy also. Idk if you bought it already but if not might want to look at other options.

haha yes bought and installed already.
I didn't really buy it for the dashcam functionality tho. it's purely a bonus. I'm definitely not that impressed with the camera quality. I have angled the mirror towards my face straight on. So the front camera is even worse. I did that because I wanted to test using the camera as a rearview mirror. without having the glare / double image that comes from using the reflective rear view.
Honestly thinking i'm going to turn it back and have the screen turn off after 1 min. and just use it as a backup camera. probably install a phone connected dash cam at some point with better cameras.

EDIT: it actually works pretty good as a rear view mirror. I mounted it to the top of the hatch window. and the camera is wide enough to completley cover the sides of the vehicle. I have no blind spots at all. The only issue with that is the wide angle makes vehicles directly behind me look pretty far away compared to reality. Something I'm getting used to slowly, but not sure if i'm going to keep using it this way anyway.