So many choices on the rear back up camera. Ebay is flooded with wired and wireless cheap cameras from China, etc. Is there a reason to go for more expensive high end cameras that are over $150?
Who on this forum had luck with the cheap cameras from ebay? What is it?
Thanks.
The ones on ebay are almost all CMOS cams and they are crap. What you need to look for is a CCD cam. All of the head unit manufacturers are CCD. Most CCD cams start at about the 100 dollar range.
What is the difference between CMOS and CCD cameras??? Regards
The ones on ebay are almost all CMOS cams and they are crap. What you need to look for is a CCD cam. All of the head unit manufacturers are CCD. Most CCD cams start at about the 100 dollar range.
CMOS is crap and CCD is not. CMOS camras have very poor low light picture quality and poor picture quality in general. CCD cameras have much better low light and general picture quality. Again, Pioneer, Kenwood, and Clarion all use CCD cameras. All compact surveillance cams are CCD. CMOS is the VHS in the DVD age.
I have found a camera than says IMAGE FEATURE OV7950CMD ...........but don´t say nor CMOS nor CCD.........Do you know what´s the meaning of CMD???
CMOS is crap and CCD is not. CMOS camras have very poor low light picture quality and poor picture quality in general. CCD cameras have much better low light and general picture quality. Again, Pioneer, Kenwood, and Clarion all use CCD cameras. All compact surveillance cams are CCD. CMOS is the VHS in the DVD age.
i googled it, it's a CMOS camera.
Model No: TOP-313M-M
Features:
1.)The smallest Car rear view camera:?18mm*26mm(L)
2.)1/4" CMOS(PC1030N),Super high effect
4.)420 TV Line
5.)120°wide view angle
6.)Waterproof IP67~68,anti-fog,anti-shock
7.)with reversing reference line
oh, shit!!Do you know where can I find a CCD that fits with bmw????? the problem with the pioneer one is that is too large and doesn´t fit the bmw...............
i googled it, it's a CMOS camera.
Model No: TOP-313M-M
Features:
1.)The smallest Car rear view camera:?18mm*26mm(L)
2.)1/4" CMOS(PC1030N),Super high effect
4.)420 TV Line
5.)120°wide view angle
6.)Waterproof IP67~68,anti-fog,anti-shock
7.)with reversing reference line
I don't know what'll fit. This one's kinda small.
Any camera will "fit" any vehicle. The best ones in my opinion are the license plate cams from BOYO and are the cameras that a lot of people on this forum have used. The VTL400 is the one that I use and it works great.
This is the best cheap one I've come across. The build quality is solid. I use it with my vehicle right now.
http://www.amazon.com/Audiovox-ACA200W- ... 274&sr=8-1
Picture quality is very good, and so is the night view. It doesn't have IR or anything for night time, but it picks up a ton of light and I can see perfectly when backing up in total darkness. Just the light my brake lights and reverse lights cast is enough for it to work well.
I've recommended it to numerous people and they've all said it works perfect for them.
I have found this one that says is specific for BMW and is CCD...................
http://cgi.ebay.es/CAMARA-VISION-TRASER ... 53dda86b42
What is your opinión??
CMOS is crap and CCD is not.
LMAO
Look here! The engineer has spoken.
So, you mean a Canon HF 11 is crap (must be crap, because it uses a cmos sensor)?
Maybe you missed the title of the thread. Were not taking about camcorders were talking about backup cams and my referernce to CMOS as "crap" was to backup cams. My experience is that CMOS backup cams give a significantly less picture image quality then CCD cams do. So, in my opinion for the best cheapest camera option is any CCD over any CMOS.
It doesn't matter, where the sensor is built in. Basically you can say, that you get, what you pay for. Needless to say, that there might be quite good cmos back up cams, but at a higher price. But saying cmos is crap is wrong in general.
Well let me know when you find one.
I used a Bravo License plate mounted camera purchased at fry's for $99 and it was pretty decent. I would definitely try to find a CCD cam for around $100 though it will give you less headaches in the long run.
Don't know about "cheap", but I love my BOYO VTL-200C. It says it works down to -4F but I think quit at more 10F with in the shade.
I'm using the Audiovox mentioned above. It works very well. Not the best image in the world at night, but it does the job. It came with two different mounts. I used the regular mount and it fit perfectly over one of the two plate lights on my Touareg. Looks almost factory!
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but for you guys that have backup cameras with you F series, do you have to wait for the unit to fully boot before it will display the back up video?
I am just curious because when I have my 16gb SD card in my F700 and try to boot with the SD card set as the audio source, it takes a really long time to boot fully. If I had to wait for it to finish booting before being able to take advantage of a backup camera, it almost seems like it would be a waste of time.
Has anyone run into a similar situation? I wasn't sure if the unit could display video before fully booting or if the backup video source had some kind of hardware interface to the stereo's screen that could bypass the software (sorta like how the radio or satellite radio starts playing way before the unit has finished booting).
I bought and installed a Panasonic CY-RC50KU backup camera on our Mazda5 and have been quite happy with the quality and performance. It's the least expensive "name-brand" CCD camera I could find. Not cheap at $100 + shipping on eBay, but it's certainly better than the Pioneer units!
The BOYO Vision RL28 can be had at Sonicelectronix for about 75 bucks right now.
BOYO-VTL405 got mine for less than $100 well worth the investment saved me from a lot of headaches