| | |  | Fan Gear | Home » » » Portable Hand-Held DVR With Mpeg 4 Compression | | | | | | | Description: | | Connect to virtually any AV device to record. Removable storage (SD card recording) . Motion detection and scheduled recording options . Supports SDHC up to 32GB. Records at 12, 24 and 30fps. Battery operable . Records audio . 2 5/9" W x 3 5/9" H x 1 3/10" D. Includes 128MB SD card, RCA cables and AC adapter. | | | Features: | |
• Connect to virtually any AV device to record
• Removable storage (SD card recording)
• Motion detection and scheduled recording options
• Supports SDHC up to 32GB
• Records at 12, 24 and 30fps
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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Be Sure to Update Firmware if SDHC Card Not WorkingOct 24, 2009
Superb, inexpensive and flexible recorder for a single camera. Worked out of the box using the included 1GB SD card but would not operate at all using the 16GB SDHC card I bought at the same time. Would not boot up or work in any way. Went to [...]and downloaded the June 2009 firmware file. Extracted from zip and transferred to the 1GB card. Placed the card into the CPC800 and went into menu. Selected SD Card and update system. Took 2 seconds. That cured the problem. Now can record for dozens of hours and can loop back around once the 16GB is full without intervention. This gives an essentially perpetual recording capability. Great little unit with many features, including variable resolution and recording quality.
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Works okay, video so-so, tiny split files are annoyingAug 07, 2009
Concur with the other reviewers as to the benefits of this DVR unit. I've had mine for about six months and used it 4-5 times. Always use the highest video resolution at around 12 fps. Video is acceptable but the MAJOR pain is that it splits the recorded video into MULTIPLE files which have to be JOINED using a 3RD PARTY utility to make one COMPLETE video recording. All because the engineers who designed this DVR didn't want to implement streaming media codecs in the firmware. Seriously, I've got another cheap $40.00 mini-DVR that will stream the video in the form of a single .AVI file to removable media (SD card). Good news is there are free utilities that will join the multiple .AVI files this unit creates relatively quickly, just an extra step which, IMO would not be necessary if the firmware had been designed to do streaming video.
Overall, good product, does what it is supposed to do, one star off for the multiple files issue.
Nice product in small packageJul 18, 2009
When viewing footage on my tv I was upset at the poor quality. However, I viewed it on the computer and everything is completely clear. It must have been how I had the tv set to view, if you use full screen it is hard to see because of the bitmapping, but as a small video file it is clear.
A dog did its business on my driveway and I didn't catch them because a spider set up shop on my lens. Spider is now gone. Also be sure and prune your trees, even though you can set the camera to ignore certain spaces, it can be tedious going through footage if a wind storm has your evergreens blowing around.
Seven months of use and no regrets. Might set up another one so I can put a camera closer to the mailbox. Only way to improve this little unit is to be able to hook up multiple cameras. I am very satisfied.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Itty bitty filesJan 22, 2009
Seems to work okay but it breaks up the video into ~10 second pieces when recording HQ (708X480?)@12 FPS. This is about an MByte. These files can be stitched together if you want to play them back with software, such as MS Movie Maker, but is a pretty big PIA.
It would be nice to find a file on your SD memory stick that started when you pushed the record button and ended when you pushed stop.
It would also be nice if it could use 12V.
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 Using it in my car for 1+ year...flawlessOct 02, 2008
There's no other DVR of it's type that I could find. I have it in my glove box wired to a forward seeing sony lipstick cam and microphone for insurance reasons. I set this thing to record at full frames full fps and to always record when powered. So it only records when I have the key in the ignition and save about 3 hours worth on a 2GB card. Hasn't failed me yet.
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