{"id":235,"title":"Almost EVERYONE is Wasting Money on Dash Cams.","description":"Linus Sebastian from Linus Tech Tips expresses his frustration with the poor quality and misleading marketing of dashcams available on Amazon. After a staged hit-and-run incident highlights the shortcomings of his own cameras, he embarks on a comprehensive review of a dozen top-rated models, ranging from budget to premium. The video systematically tests and compares the image quality of various dashcams in different lighting conditions, ultimately revealing that many share the same internal components and offer similar, often disappointing, performance despite vast price differences. He concludes with specific recommendations for a budget-friendly option and a best-overall value pick, advising viewers to ignore inflated marketing claims.","slug":"almost-everyone-is-wasting-money-on-dash-cams","creator":"LinusTechTips","duration":1051.910385,"tags":["Linus Tech Tips","dashcam","car tech","product review","camera comparison","automotive","Amazon","Thinkware","Viofo","Rexing","BlackVue","Rove"],"transcription":"Buying a car is a major decision, and you'll want to do everything you can to protect your investment. Oh! Oh god! Oh! What the... That guy just hit me! Good thing I caught his license plate on one of my uh many trusty dash cams. This one's kind of crap. This one too. Well, surely my expensive one will... Oh, come on! This is unusable! What the heck is going on here? I spent over a thousand US dollars on a dozen of the top rated dash cams on Amazon, and almost every single one sucks to the point of being basically unusable. How did this happen? I did my homework. I got the most recommended. I got the highest rated units. I thought I picked up something reliable. Why aren't these things decent? Like our sponsor. Build Redux. Build Redux makes it easy to configure your new build with support guides to help along the way. They also offer competitive pricing as compared to building a PC yourself. So head to buildredux.com/linus and start your new build today. This video started over three years ago when my wife came across some hilarious examples of blatant insurance fraud that was prevented by dash cam footage. She asked me to get some dash cams for our cars. No problem, said I. And I headed over to Amazon where to my surprise, nearly everything was obscenely priced, full of misleading specs, covered in obviously paid reviews, or sometimes all three. Long story short, I settled on a cheap and cheerful unit with decent reviews and bought two of them, not one of which even managed to power on. So, I gave up. Then, one of our new writers overheard me recounting this story and went, I can look into that. I need a dash cam too. And two weeks later, we've learned a lot. To start with, the dash cam market is still not as straightforward as one might hope. Marketing materials for cheaper dash cams can be confusing and contradictory, and their performance is basically impossible to compare without trying them side by side in the real world. Dash cams take all the issues of reviewing a regular camera and they add on a ton of extra usability features that need to be evaluated. Parking mode, discreetness, loop recording, gravity sensors, even the length of the cable matters. Too long and you've got an unsightly coil of wire to hide, too short and it could be a challenge to reach your power source. It's a lot to take in. The good news is that if all you want is proof of fault or lack thereof in the event of an accident, it's still pretty hard to go wrong. Our value pick is the Thinkware F70. It's pretty bare bones in terms of features, lacking creature comforts like GPS data or even a screen for that matter, but it is dead simple to set up since it doesn't need to be paired to an app. The included 3M mounting tape is quite permanent, and while it won't be winning any awards for image quality, we were able to clearly identify the vehicles and people in our footage, and we could even make out license plates, at least on stationary cars. That's pretty okay, especially for just $70 US dollars. But there were situations where it left us wanting a bit more. Now, our target price was under $100 and we ended up with a wide range of features and image quality. So let's make our way through the rest of them from cheapest to most expensive. This is the A20 from Biuone, a brand with no website, but they do have the lucky number eight spot in the Amazon best seller's list. You might not expect much for $60, and if that's the case, boy are you ever a savvy shopper. Image quality during the late hours of the day is lacking, and at night is so bad that you'd think you were filming on a potato. Making matters worse, the screen doesn't automatically dim, so you'll be constantly, vibrantly reminded of how little useful information your camera is capturing. The B-T13 comes in at $10 more, ranks number six on Amazon, and just like the Biuone, it comes courtesy of a mystery meat brand with no website. This time called Chortau. It's not that hard to have a website, guys. I've got one. It's full of great deals like these $9 mystery cable ties. lttstore.com. Daylight quality is grainier than the A20 for sure, but text is actually slightly easier to read, indicating that Chortau might be using a better sensor. But what they aren't doing is much in the way of post-processing to enhance the image quality, and this is especially apparent at night where the A20 actually looks somewhat decent in comparison. Also, like the Biuone, the screen stays on by default, annoying, but one interesting feature it has at least is that the rear camera input is mini HDMI. So, if you wanted to use a decent camera for your rear view, the Chortau could act as your screen and save your backups. Otherwise, we stand by our recommendation of the Thinkware F70 at this price, and at $80 for that matter. These two chunky boys didn't make it into our side-by-side tests due to their considerable bulk. Both have cabin-facing cameras though, so realistically, they're designed more for an Uber driver audience anyway. The T1 comes from iiwey, the first manufacturer with an actual website. And in broad daylight, driving away from the sun, like ideal conditions, it can't seem to make out the words on many road signs, let alone other important details. Not a good showing for the second highest rated unit with a cabin camera. Chunker number two is the D30H from Pruveeo. They claim it's a 4K camera, which if true could be a really great value. But out of the box, the metadata for the files clearly reads 1080p. With that aside, in the daylight, it can read signs, which is an improvement over the Biuone and the iiwey, but license plates are still elusive unless at a complete stop and positioned just right. One cool feature though is that it uses capacitors instead of lithium batteries, unlike the rest of the cameras we've talked about already. This is a nice to have because lithium batteries, especially when subjected to heat, and when they are constantly fully charged, wear out more quickly, which can lead to battery swelling and in extreme cases, fire. Let's step up our budget. Surely for $100, this sponsored listing for the Rexing V1 4K will be a good choice, right? I mean, it has 4K right in the name, right? And Forbes named it the best dash cam for a tighter budget of 2022. Let's see how that's going. Actually, not too bad, Forbes. Looking at the videos from around dusk, it is slightly clearer than our $70 F70, but only slightly. Field of view, colors, ability to make out text, all of that is pretty much the same, which means that unless you really need the screen, it doesn't feel worth spending 43% more. Maybe Garmin can change my mind. They used to be very well known for their GPS offerings. Their compact Dash Cam Mini 2 was a little out of our price range at $110, but hey, what's 10 extra bucks for the much better brand name one, right? Well, not right, but at least not wrong. It performs about as well as the V1 4K, maybe a bit better or worse depending on the circumstances, and it has some nice features available, but those features require an app, and that app requires an account, and that account requires you to give Garmin your information, which is super. Now, surely the number one pick on Amazon is going to ride in and save the day, right? At $120, it is now firmly beyond our original price target, but what's another 10 bucks if it's a lot better, right? Here we go. Really? At dusk, the Rove R2 4K manages to capture less detail than our budget F70. And at night, it's more of the same. Signs are readable sometimes, if you're lucky. But there is one last hope. It's the darling of budget dash cam stans across the internet, and it happens to nail our $100 budget exactly. It boasts true 1440p recording with easy and secure mounting, and comes from a manufacturer that accepts community feedback and maintains their products through firmware updates. It's even popular enough to get into the top 20 on Amazon. And it's the Viofo A119 V3. All of which sounds great, but what about the image quality? I mean, in fairness, it is the best we've seen so far, especially when it comes to the finer details, and it's $20 cheaper than some of the competition. But I can't help but be a little disappointed. It just feels like no matter which brand we buy and no matter how much we spend, we're ending up with pretty much the same crappy image, even from our best camera. So, let's do something I wouldn't actually recommend and completely blow our budget. These are the BlackVue DR750X Plus and the Thinkware U1000. The DR750X is BlackVue's second most expensive one-channel dash cam at $270 US. It has dual-band Wi-Fi, a back-illuminated image sensor with enhanced night vision, and support for LTE cloud storage backup. And the Thinkware U1000, well, that's Thinkware's flagship device, the best of the best. 150-degree viewing angle, 1440p 60fps recording, geofencing with push notifications, red light camera detection, and picture quality that... Oh, come on! The BlackVue is as bad as the crappy Chinese cameras, and the U1000 is barely better than the A119 V3, if at all. It does have some creature comforts. I mean, I guess it's nice that it tells me when there's a red light camera coming up ahead. Red light camera in 200m. So that I can stop at it instead of just blowing through like I normally would. I mean, this thing's going to pay for itself in saved traffic tickets. And the geofencing feature, okay, that legitimately could come in handy once my kids are old enough to drive. And maybe BlackVue's cloud storage would come in handy in case the camera got destroyed in a crash. But at more than double, up to quadruple the prices of these other options, I am frankly blown away that there's anything but a colossal improvement in the quality of capturing video out the front of my windshield. You know, the entire purpose of these devices. What is going on here? I mean, if I were to put a $400 GoPro in my car instead of one of these cameras, it would look amazing. How are these all so bad? Well, here's a hint. You might see nine dash cams attached to this car. You know what I see? Two dash cams in nine different plastic shells. Listen to these startup chimes. Look at these default folder structures. Heck, even just look at the rear cameras that come with some of these. Noticing any similarities? The thing is, there are hundreds, if not thousands of dash cam brands, but there are only a handful of companies that actually manufacture the two most important components, the SOC and the CMOS image sensor. In SOCs, the major player is Taiwanese fabless semiconductor manufacturer Novatek, not to be confused with the Russian natural gas corporation of the same name. Their bread and butter is LCD controllers for companies like ASUS or Sony, but on the side, they also make camera SOCs like the NT96660 and the NT96655. With the numbering scheme not easily obtainable by the general public, it's hard to tell exactly what the specs of these chips are or when they were designed, but from what we could glean online, the 96660 was built sometime around or before 2017, and the last two digits appear to be the series and iteration. So, of our 10 dash cams in that near $100 range, eight of them were using Novatek SOCs, and Viofo was one of the few examples we could find of any camera using an SOC where the second to last digit was higher than six, meaning most of them are using five-year-old technology at best. Identifying a Novatek system is fairly easy. They often have the same startup sounds, or use the default backup cameras, or even have folder structures that include the name Novatek. Other manufacturers of SOCs include HiSilicon from Huawei, Thinkware's manufacturer of choice, Ambarella, and the very infrequently used Allwinner. In our limited searches, we could not seem to find the SOC manufacturers for BlackVue or Garmin products, though it's fairly likely that they're using one of these three. As for CMOS image sensors, nearly every company uses Sony Starvis, a subcategory of their Exmor sensors. Exmors are used in nearly everything from phone cameras in Apple and Samsung phones alike, to high-end consumer cameras, to the lowest-end webcams. And the Starvis line is the type that is specifically designed for security cameras and other similar applications that require decent low-light performance. The most common sensor to find in dash cams right now is the IMX335. It's a perfectly fine sensor, actually, capable of 1440p video with a reasonable enough level of clarity even in low light. The Rove and the Viofo both use this sensor. So, then you would think they would have the same image quality, right? Clearly, there's a difference, though. What it could be is something to do with Rove using its limited processing power to upscale the image to 4K. Or it could have to do with the Rove using an NT96660 processor, while the Viofo uses an evidently newer NT96670. For the several hundred dollars more that you would pay for the Thinkware U1000, you're getting a Starvis IMX334, which appears to be the next level up from the 335, totally intuitive. But the difference, as far as we've been able to see, isn't that great. If I could put it in PC gamer terms, it's kind of like upgrading your graphics card from a 3070 to a 3070 Ti, but for double or triple the price. There are a few other sensor manufacturers, like OmniVision or GalaxyCore, but these are only used occasionally, and image quality, at least going by the other reviews, doesn't seem to be a huge improvement there either. One great thing about Sony being the big kahuna in image sensors is that they're pretty open with their data sheets. So, if you know what image sensor a camera uses, you can at least find some basic information on it. But that's only going to take you so far without having information on the SOC or, probably more importantly, the software algorithms that will be running to process the raw image. The biggest takeaway here then is that no matter which dash cam you choose, there is kind of this hard limit on image quality that can be achieved at the moment. And some of the low-end models are already pretty close to that limit. So, you're either going to be settling for good enough, or, as we suggested before, you could throw a GoPro up on your windshield with all the associated inconveniences that come with that. Did I remember to roll it? And the problem is I doubt that this is going to change anytime soon because the top dash cam companies seem to be more interested in adding features, like the ability to string five cameras together or let you review your footage with full gyroscopic readouts, rather than actually making a camera that can read a bloody license plate 10 feet in front of you. So, if you're in the market for a dash cam, ignore the Amazon reviews. F70 for the budget shoppers out there, and Viofo A119 V3 for pretty much everyone else. Their video quality isn't nearly as far off the top of the line as you would think, and neither of them is going to put you at major risk of having your window smashed to steal your dash cam. If you want to add a rear cam as well, the A129 Plus or similar offerings from Viofo will allow you to do that as well, also without breaking the bank. Now, let's break our bank where our sponsor puts money. FreshBooks. 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If you enjoyed this video, our first dash cam video is a treat. You can watch Luke threaten me with a... wait, is that a crowbar? No, it's an ice scraper. I think I'll be all right. What the heck is going on here? Stop! Forward as one might hope. What the... 'Cause it's... and everything is... The included 3M mount... Keep doing it. Definition of insanity, right? Here we go. Red light camera in 200m.","timeline":[{"t":0,"speech":"Buying a car is a major decision, and you'll want to do everything you can to protect your investment.","visual":{"action":"A man with a beard is driving a red convertible down a tree-lined road, looking back at the camera.","colors":{"dominant":"green","palette":["green","red","black","tan","grey"]},"composition":{"angle":"eye-level","focus":"The driver's face.","framing":"medium shot"},"mood":"Informative and slightly cheerful.","objects":[{"color":"red","name":"convertible car","position":"center","state":"in motion"},{"color":"black","name":"steering wheel","position":"left","state":"being held"}],"people":[{"age_range":"30s","clothing":{"accessories":"silver watch","bottom":"not visible","footwear":"not visible","top":"black t-shirt"},"face":"Neutral expression, looking at the camera.","hair":"Short, wavy brown hair with a beard.","hands":"Holding the steering wheel.","pose":"Sitting and driving.","position":"center"}],"setting":{"architecture":"","background":"Blurry green trees indicating speed.","lighting":"Bright, natural daylight.","location":"A paved road surrounded by forest."},"text_on_screen":[{"content":"Buying a CAR is a MAJOR DECISION","location":"bottom center","style":"Colorful, stylized, bold font."},{"content":"You want to do EVERYTHING YOU CAN","location":"bottom center","style":"Colorful, stylized, bold font."},{"content":"PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT","location":"bottom center","style":"Colorful, stylized, bold font."}]}},{"t":5,"speech":"Oh! Oh god! Oh! 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This one too.","visual":{"action":"The man sits at a computer desk, reviewing dashcam footage. 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Oh, come on!","visual":{"action":"The man continues to review footage, becoming increasingly frustrated and shouting at the screen.","colors":{"dominant":"brown","palette":["black","brown","grey","green","blue"]},"composition":{"angle":"eye-level","focus":"The man's face.","framing":"close-up"},"mood":"Frustrated and angry.","objects":[{"color":"green","name":"potted plant","position":"right","state":"static"}],"people":[{"age_range":"30s","clothing":{"accessories":"silver hoop earring","bottom":"","footwear":"","top":"black t-shirt with graphic"},"face":"Shouting, angry expression, mouth wide open.","hair":"Short, wavy brown hair with a beard.","hands":"Not visible.","pose":"Leaning forward in his chair.","position":"center-left"}],"setting":{"architecture":"","background":"A bookshelf and a plant.","lighting":"Soft, indoor lighting.","location":"An office or home office."},"text_on_screen":[{"content":"Surely my EXPENSIVE one...","location":"bottom left","style":"Purple and green text."},{"content":"OH COME ON!","location":"top right","style":"Light blue, bold, outlined text."}]}},{"t":22,"speech":"This is unusable!","visual":{"action":"A close-up on the dashcam footage shows a blurry, overexposed view of a white truck. An angry emoji appears.","colors":{"dominant":"grey","palette":["grey","white","green","yellow","black"]},"composition":{"angle":"point-of-view","focus":"The road ahead.","framing":"full screen"},"mood":"Frustrating.","objects":[{"color":"white","name":"truck","position":"center","state":"approaching"}],"people":[],"setting":{"architecture":"Small buildings on the side of the road.","background":"Trees and a clear blue sky.","lighting":"Harsh, bright daylight causing overexposure.","location":"A sunny suburban road."},"text_on_screen":[{"content":"THIS IS UNUSABLE","location":"center","style":"Red, 3D-style text."}]}},{"t":24,"speech":"What the heck is going on here?","visual":{"action":"The man, now in a different setting, sits in a chair and speaks directly to the camera with a confused and frustrated expression, gesturing with his hands.","colors":{"dominant":"yellow","palette":["yellow","teal","black","white","green"]},"composition":{"angle":"eye-level","focus":"The man.","framing":"medium shot"},"mood":"Exasperated and questioning.","objects":[{"color":"black","name":"office chair","position":"center","state":"occupied"},{"color":"multi-colored","name":"globe","position":"right","state":"static"},{"color":"green","name":"potted plant","position":"left","state":"static"}],"people":[{"age_range":"30s","clothing":{"accessories":"silver hoop earring","bottom":"not visible","footwear":"not visible","top":"teal t-shirt with a blue graphic"},"face":"Confused and frustrated, mouth slightly open.","hair":"Short, wavy brown hair with a beard.","hands":"Open and gesturing outwards.","pose":"Sitting, leaning forward.","position":"center"}],"setting":{"architecture":"","background":"A yellow wall with framed pictures and a white pegboard.","lighting":"Bright, warm studio lighting.","location":"A studio or office."},"text_on_screen":[]}},{"t":30,"speech":"on a dozen of the top rated dash cams on Amazon, and almost every single one sucks to the point of being basically unusable.","visual":{"action":"A hand dumps a pile of various black dashcams onto a desk with a colorful mousepad.","colors":{"dominant":"black","palette":["black","red","purple","blue","white"]},"composition":{"angle":"low angle","focus":"The pile of dashcams.","framing":"close-up"},"mood":"Chaotic and wasteful.","objects":[{"color":"black","name":"dashcams","position":"center","state":"being piled up"},{"color":"multi-colored","name":"desk mat","position":"bottom","state":"static"}],"people":[{"age_range":"30s","clothing":{"accessories":"","bottom":"","footwear":"","top":"red and black plaid shirt"},"face":"not visible","hair":"not visible","hands":"Dropping the cameras.","pose":"Standing over the desk.","position":"background"}],"setting":{"architecture":"","background":"A blurry background with blue lighting.","lighting":"Dramatic, with blue backlighting.","location":"A studio or office."},"text_on_screen":[]}},{"t":34,"speech":"almost every single one sucks to the point of being basically unusable.","visual":{"action":"The man gestures emphatically with both hands, his face contorted in frustration as he speaks.","colors":{"dominant":"yellow","palette":["yellow","teal","black","white","green"]},"composition":{"angle":"eye-level","focus":"The man's face and hands.","framing":"medium shot"},"mood":"Furious and exasperated.","objects":[{"color":"black","name":"dashcams","position":"on the desk in front of him","state":"static"}],"people":[{"age_range":"30s","clothing":{"accessories":"watch","bottom":"","footwear":"","top":"teal t-shirt"},"face":"Angry, yelling, eyebrows furrowed.","hair":"Brown, wavy.","hands":"Raised and gesturing, fingers spread.","pose":"Sitting, leaning forward intensely.","position":"center"}],"setting":{"architecture":"","background":"Yellow wall and white pegboard.","lighting":"Bright studio lighting.","location":"A studio."},"text_on_screen":[]}},{"t":41,"speech":"I did my homework. I got the most recommended. I got the highest rated units.","visual":{"action":"The man points and counts on his fingers while explaining his research process. 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Build Redux makes it easy to configure your new build with support guides to help along the way.","visual":{"action":"A different man with long hair sits at the same desk and introduces the sponsor.","colors":{"dominant":"yellow","palette":["yellow","teal","black","white","brown"]},"composition":{"angle":"eye-level","focus":"The speaker.","framing":"medium shot"},"mood":"Friendly and commercial.","objects":[{"color":"brown","name":"desk","position":"bottom","state":"static"}],"people":[{"age_range":"40s","clothing":{"accessories":"","bottom":"","footwear":"","top":"Teal zip-up hoodie over a black t-shirt with a graphic."},"face":"Smiling, friendly expression.","hair":"Long, wavy dark brown hair.","hands":"Clasped together on the desk.","pose":"Sitting at the desk, facing the camera.","position":"center"}],"setting":{"architecture":"","background":"Yellow wall with framed pictures and a white pegboard.","lighting":"Bright, warm studio lighting.","location":"A studio or office."},"text_on_screen":[]}},{"t":55,"speech":"","visual":{"action":"A screen recording shows the Build Redux website, highlighting gaming PCs and features.","colors":{"dominant":"purple","palette":["purple","black","teal","white","pink"]},"composition":{"angle":"straight-on","focus":"The entire website layout.","framing":"full screen"},"mood":"Promotional and tech-focused.","objects":[{"color":"black","name":"gaming PC tower","position":"right","state":"lit with purple RGB lights"},{"color":"black","name":"monitor","position":"left","state":"displaying a first-person shooter game"}],"people":[],"setting":{"architecture":"","background":"","lighting":"","location":"Website interface"},"text_on_screen":[{"content":"BEST GAMING PCS","location":"top left","style":"Large white text."},{"content":"LOW PRICING","location":"bottom left","style":"White text in a box."},{"content":"MAX FRAME RATES","location":"bottom center","style":"White text in a box."},{"content":"2 YEAR WARRANTY","location":"bottom right","style":"White text in a box."}]}},{"t":107,"speech":"This video started over three years ago when my wife came across some hilarious examples of blatant insurance fraud that was prevented by dash cam footage.","visual":{"action":"The first man is back, explaining the video's origin. 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