Sports HD motorsport cameras

[andlid]

Right so had a brief look around on the net for something that can fix my rubbish GoPro HD (not a 2) sound recording. Did the electric tape fix and that sorted the crappy crackle noise but audio is still not half as good as I want it to be. Had a look at everything from cutting an old Iphone cable to buying a premade cable with USB powering built in... Looked at these prices and started consider getting another camera with better sound recording capabilities, still be using the GoPro for video but add another camera for sound/video.

 

Went to my friend, Ebay, Amazon, Google.

 

Found something pretty interesting, my eyes landed on this first:

 

http://www.youractioncam.de/product_...ie-neue-.html&

 

Thought it looked a bit 'rebranded' so google again for aee camera (saw it on the side). Found below from China:

http://www.aee.com/en/productshow.asp?Sendid=78

 

Now they look pretty similar right? Decided to pause the look and have a think...After my short think I decided to look at what my old friends at dogcamsport sells these days. Found below

http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/action-...et-camera.html

 

(WHAT, that's the same as the other two!? Said to be made in the states by some other company, these guys: http://www.astak.com/product.asp?serial=CM-7100)

 

Anyone heard of EITHER of these, really more interested in the sound then quality, think they're pretty much similar to GoPro HD (even HD2).

 

Anyone make any sense why it seems so many go to a China factory and rebrand these? Made me wonder if you can get either of these including a GoPro knockoff from China somewhere

 

Haven't been able to find anyone selling the AEE Police stuff anywhere.

 

 

(I just can't help doing these things...)

[SparksCW]

Hey, personally I'd steer clear of the chinese copies, not sure how well they'd put up with "action" recording, all depends what you want to record really.

 

But with regard to the microphone, no need for a second camera, you can use an external microphone with the Go Pro

 

I found this on a quick Google search, may be what you're looking for!?

 

http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/sh ... p?t=118834

 

Out of interest, do you have an iPhone?

[andlid]

Hey, personally I'd steer clear of the chinese copies, not sure how well they'd put up with "action" recording, all depends what you want to record really.

 

But with regard to the microphone, no need for a second camera, you can use an external microphone with the Go Pro

 

I found this on a quick Google search, may be what you're looking for!?

 

http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/sh ... p?t=118834

 

Out of interest, do you have an iPhone?

Iphone junk, no lol Problem is that I've got the HD not the HD2 so would need to do a lot of hacking to hopefully get it working. Been told to look at the Drift HD camera, looks ok but all of these needs to have external mic to really pick up some decent sound. Should never have sold my PVR I had, the microphone in that was awesome! (and could have upgraded the camera part separately)

[Ekona]

Sell the HD1 and buy a HD2? Upgrade cost might not be that much then, although you would still have the cost of the external mic to add in. Having looked at this, when I purchase mine later this month (hopefully) I'll be adding a Sony ECM-DS70P to it for decent sound capturing.