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I'm thinking about getting the A119 since I saw it mentioned here a few times and it ranked highly on DashCamTalk. Anyone here still using one? How well does it work for you? I'm thinking about getting this one off of Amazon.ca specifically (http://a.co/b4wThx0). It apparently has a GPS mount which I plan on turning off everything but date/time and maybe location. e: apparently there's an A119s as well: http://a.co/efceXCo Acer Pilot fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Jan 4, 2018 |
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I have the A119S. It has a weird over sharpening thing that is hard coded into the firmware (although it has been improved upon slightly with some updates, and you can downgrade to older versions also). I think it was intended to make plates easier to read but it sorta hinders it in other ways. Also has an issue with the lens not focusing all areas of view properly. Corners and edges are slightly out. Otherwise it's fantastic. Very stable/reliable, good form factor. I bought my dad a street guardian and if I was to buy another one I would buy that. They are well supported after purchase and overall a better camera. YouTube kills the quality but here's a sample of the over sharpened firmware. The newer one is slightly better. The road markings and corner signage is where it's the most apparent I think. https://youtu.be/nAQkoH8ipUg
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Jan 5, 2018 12:30
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Acer Pilot posted:I'm thinking about getting the A119 since I saw it mentioned here a few times and it ranked highly on DashCamTalk. I got an A119 recently because I wasn't going to splurge on the latest for 4K or one of the ones with GPS included. The reviews are spot on about quality. Some issues when you have overexposure and fast movement can lead to rolling shutter, and depending on exposure lights at night can either be a blob or a cross-like pattern. It seems like getting a polarizing filter is necessary to get rid of the glare. The lane departure/collision warning settings seem pretty useless. 2K is pretty good for making mundane GIFs:  Laserface posted:It has a weird over sharpening thing that is hard coded into the firmware (although it has been improved upon slightly with some updates, and you can downgrade to older versions also). I think it was intended to make plates easier to read but it sorta hinders it in other ways. Pretty much the same with the A119, but I think it helps overall. That's probably why I get that rainbow effect in branches? Does anyone have any video filter recommendations? At the moment I'm using ffmpeg (2, not 3) and mainly applying an unsharp filter. Also trying to figure out how to smooth that GIF above.
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Jan 6, 2018 15:39
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Please check my web blog for my latest hot take, a fiery treatise entitled 2 Way Stops VS 4 Way Stops: What's the Difference Really I Mean Come On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5dr5CA2CU
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Jan 19, 2018 01:31
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Takes No Damage posted:Please check my web blog for my latest hot take, a fiery treatise entitled 2 Way Stops VS 4 Way Stops: What's the Difference Really I Mean Come On I like that you saw it coming and decided to scare the poo poo out of him a bit.
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Jan 20, 2018 22:43
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The other version of that which pisses me off almost just as much, and is equally dangerous is the "good Samaritan 2-way stop", in which the person who has right of way stops to let someone at the stop sign go. Now they've buttfucked traffic behind them, may get rearended, vehicle coming in the opposite direction probably isn't going to stop, why should they... Yea, I see that one all too often.
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Jan 21, 2018 04:24
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Newest aussie one is out. Intro good, drivers poo poo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIpWZjlQyIM
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Jan 21, 2018 11:02
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Fo3 posted:Newest aussie one is out. Intro good, drivers poo poo Why do a lot of semi's in Aus have those steel grid things over their windshields?
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Jan 21, 2018 16:51
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The Locator posted:Why do a lot of semi's in Aus have those steel grid things over their windshields? Have you been watching the dashcam videos? Protection against bit of toyota.
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Jan 21, 2018 17:47
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The Locator posted:Why do a lot of semi's in Aus have those steel grid things over their windshields? To keep kangaroo guts off the windshield.
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Jan 21, 2018 19:08
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chrisgt posted:To keep kangaroo guts off the windshield. Pretty much. That and cows.
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Jan 21, 2018 22:17
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chrisgt posted:The other version of that which pisses me off almost just as much, and is equally dangerous is the "good Samaritan 2-way stop", in which the person who has right of way stops to let someone at the stop sign go. Now they've buttfucked traffic behind them, may get rearended, vehicle coming in the opposite direction probably isn't going to stop, why should they... Yea, I see that one all too often. When I worked for the phone company they told us if anyone ever tried to wave us through an intersection against right of way, we were to just sit there until they went first. If they wouldn't go, we were instructed to turn off our vehicles and stand over on the curb until they moved. Extreme insurance scam rear end covering I suppose, but to this day it bugs the hell out of me when people do this. I can't even honk or flip them off because they're trying to be nice 
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Jan 22, 2018 05:00
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On Saturday I was waiting in the left turn lane at a green light for traffic to clear in the oncoming lanes so I could make my turn. At the tail end of the oncoming traffic was this red Tesla that began moving into her right turn lane. She comes to the corner, at a green light, stops, and waves at me to go. What in the actual gently caress? Who taught you to drive?
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Jan 22, 2018 06:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIpWZjlQyIM&t=68s This particular clip at 1:08 is special. Honking at a guy doing a dangerous overtake and swerving and braking to avoid him, only to have the car behind him pull the same dickhead maneuver and disappear into the distance.
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Jan 22, 2018 13:41
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Shere posted:On Saturday I was waiting in the left turn lane at a green light for traffic to clear in the oncoming lanes so I could make my turn. At the tail end of the oncoming traffic was this red Tesla that began moving into her right turn lane. She comes to the corner, at a green light, stops, and waves at me to go. What in the actual gently caress? Who taught you to drive? I've only started experiencing this in the last year or two and it's maddening as gently caress. There seems to be some critical misunderstanding that right of way exists only to be polite, and not because it dictates proper flow.
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Jan 22, 2018 14:48
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If every direction is clear and some dickhead stops to wave me on, I'll usually go as long as they're in clear view of the camera. But sometimes It's really not safe, I'll just sit there and honk/wave. There's a lot of insurance scam bullshit going on where I live, so I'm pretty careful. I've known a few people who had someone stop in the middle of the road to randomly wave them on, then crash into them on purpose, unless there's a camera, the scammer usually wins.Budgie posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIpWZjlQyIM&t=68s yea if the silver car and blue car had a headon, it would have been two dumbasses in one pass, it would have been beautiful. chrisgt fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Jan 22, 2018 |
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Jan 22, 2018 15:14
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Budgie posted:This particular clip at 1:08 is special. Honking at a guy doing a dangerous overtake and swerving and braking to avoid him, only to have the car behind him pull the same dickhead maneuver and disappear into the distance. Tons of people drive by assuming the person ahead of them is correct and just zoning out. I've seen this before with people accidentally proceeding straight through an intersection when only the left turn light has gone green: they go, the people behind them who were waiting for the light assume it's green and go too, and you get four people running a red light in a train. There's one intersection near my house that I use a lot, where it's clearly signposted no right turns on red (I'm in California where normally right turn on red is permitted), and once one person goes, it often becomes a free-for-all.
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Jan 22, 2018 17:31
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Leperflesh posted:Tons of people drive by assuming the person ahead of them is correct and just zoning out. I've seen this before with people accidentally proceeding straight through an intersection when only the left turn light has gone green: they go, the people behind them who were waiting for the light assume it's green and go too, and you get four people running a red light in a train. Sometimes the one in the next lane over gets faked out, too. For instance, the following clip I caught: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejF_auBTvak Idiot in the Prius is coming up to a red left arrow and a red straight; the straight turns green, left remains red; Prius makes a left on red and almost gets T-boned. Intersection smells like brake dust when I finally pass through later.
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Jan 24, 2018 00:45
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Is this Papago a good deal? I remember some review site rated one of their dashcams as the best pick for the money but I don't know if it's this one. https://meh.com/ Papago LORA 381 1080p Dash Cam (Recertified) $49 (plus shipping I assume)
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Jan 25, 2018 18:30
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Zero VGS posted:Is this Papago a good deal? I remember some review site rated one of their dashcams as the best pick for the money but I don't know if it's this one. A different Papago model is the Wirecutter's pick: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-dash-cam/ I couldn't tell you how that one compares, but in the competition section Wirecutter did test at least one other Papago and did not like it.
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Jan 25, 2018 20:04
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This is a bit beyond squeaking through a fresh red IMO. Dude was in the intersection so long I thought he was going straight until he turned right in front of me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOVBkDmOxt8
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Jan 25, 2018 22:48
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That was someone entering the intersection late and realizing it, stopping to consider if they should just back up, and then deciding not to. Alternate explanation: stalled the car by letting the clutch out too fast while entering the intersection, got the car re-started, then went ahead with their intended turn
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Leperflesh posted:Alternate explanation: stalled the car by letting the clutch out too fast while entering the intersection, got the car re-started, then went ahead with their intended turn My Dude, he's driving a Challenger, you really think he knows how to drive stick 
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Jan 26, 2018 00:12
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Nope, and that's probably the problem.
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Jan 26, 2018 01:45
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Do they even make manual challengers? I thought they were 100% for limp-dicked failed ska band wannabes who's best days were high school, 15+ years ago, and therefore only available in automatic.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Do they even make manual challengers? I thought they were 100% for limp-dicked failed ska band wannabes who's best days were high school, 15+ years ago, and therefore only available in automatic. The Charger, no, the Challenger, yes (even in Hellcat form).
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Jan 26, 2018 02:57
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Yeah, the Challenger is actually the only one of the LX cars to be offered with three pedals. For some annoying reason they never put it in any of the four door models.
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Jan 26, 2018 06:25
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This is roughly dashcam related... anyone know if I could use RainX/Aquapel/something on a GoPro lens? I got one to record my inevitable demise while motorcycle commuting, but when it's pissing rain it's pretty useless:
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Jan 26, 2018 06:35
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wolrah posted:Yeah, the Challenger is actually the only one of the LX cars to be offered with three pedals. For some annoying reason they never put it in any of the four door models. At least for the Hellcat, the explanation/excuse is that the transmission tunnel on the Charger is too small for the MANLY GIRTH of the transmission that can handle the Hellcat engine.
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Fats posted:This is roughly dashcam related... anyone know if I could use RainX/Aquapel/something on a GoPro lens? I got one to record my inevitable demise while motorcycle commuting, but when it's pissing rain it's pretty useless: Yes you can use RainX on GoPro housings and it does work pretty well as long as there's enough wind to blow water off the housing (which obviously isn't an issue for you).
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edit: nm
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I got this one a few weeks back, but life has a way of getting in the way of video uploads. This is along a road that's full of blind corners and people that like to drive way too fast - not the best combination to attempt this maneuver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJyrfUAep6U
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Jan 27, 2018 17:50
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If that silver Cadillac hadn't backed off on passing around corner that would have ended very, very poorly. Christ.
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Jan 28, 2018 04:19
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Shere posted:If that silver Cadillac hadn't backed off on passing around corner that would have ended very, very poorly. Christ. Curiously enough, my wife and I were groaning at the beginning of the video because the Cadillac was pacing the truck for the past mile or so, blocking traffic. If that hadn’t been the case, that whole thing may have ended differently.
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Jan 28, 2018 05:06
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Yeah I'd hate to vindicate anyone not passing in the passing lane, but if anyone had been then the fuckstick in the red S2K would have killed a few people.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCm5VNLHfMk
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.... exactly why I always expect a pedestrian when the car in the other lane slows down. Also why I as a pedestrian get nervous as hell when crossing at a 2 lane crossing when there is a van or other big vehicle that blocks visibility for the vehicles in the other lane. I once saw a girl who walked right out, head buried in her phone and was totally oblivous to the car comes racing past in the other lane, and almost hit her. VVVVV: Expect the unexpected, prepare for the retarded - that's my motto when driving. MrOnBicycle fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jan 28, 2018 |
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Jan 28, 2018 16:24
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I'm a lot less nervous as a pedestrian when I'm not loving JAYWALKING. Takes a pretty good dipshit to cross 4 lanes of traffic on a stop hand. It's not like the light recently changed, either. It had been green for a long time.
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Jan 28, 2018 18:49
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Today I caught an Odyssey making the loving ballsiest pass I have ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5OfPhaZ7UU I gotta say that I was rooting for the thing to roll, though I sure was impressed when he pulled it off.
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You wanna talk rollovers? I got your rollover riiiiiiiiiight here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7wWpfGjwEI This is part 1 of supposedly 3 clips that were briefly uploaded to YouTube before the driver realized how incriminating they were and went on a scorched-earth attempt to wipe them from the internet. Some dude over on the VWVortex forums claims to have seen all 3 videos before they were taken down (and that thread is now gone, I had to copy this from a Google cache): VWVortex forums posted:Video 1: Guy gets tapped, proceeds to chase Accord who is clearly fleeing. BMW loses control on exit ramp, goes up on one side, returns, then proceeds to chase again. 911 is called and operator tells driver to pull over. Normally this would be way too STDH for me, but after seeing the first video I can totally see it.
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