So i was at a horse show that my wife was working at watching the cross country. And i see this guy run the course, and when he is done he grabs a small device on his hip and starts watching it.


Well i went over to check it out and it was a mini DVR which he had hooked up to a TINY helmet cam. I mean not like a cigarete cam i mean small.

I was like damn thats pretty nifty I wonder where he got the parts to set that up.

So i go over and start chattign with him about it. Come to find out its a complete system you can buy as a set comes with the mini DVR, camera and power pack. And even cooler, the complete system is like $450! The only other system i've heard of thats even close to that is the Panasonic sport cam which uses a viosport size cam and is like 600 bones.


So then it gets better, this guy is the Creator of the system. So i chatted him up and he is willing to do a group buy.


Here is the link to his system.

http://www.fireballsystems.com

The DVR is a SD card reader which can take up to 512mb cards, which gives you about an hour of record time. The video is pretty good quality for the size of the cam and system. He said the demo videos were compressed for hosting and the actual quality is better.


I think he will do the system for like $400 if i can get 5 other people besides me.

here are some pics from the site



He said usually the camera is mounted in helmet but he can make the cables any length for car guys who just want to make a static mount.

This is a link to some demo footage
http://fireballsystems.com/video/

the on- Horse video is pretty damn cool and so is the ski racing.

Check it out, I plan to get one this would be rocking for auto X

Oh yea this guy went to RIT for Mech E there is a video on there of the SAE car.

Post up here if your interested

 

Now we're talking. For someone like me who doesn't have kids so never owned a camcorder, that's finally making some sense.

K

 

 

wow. nice kit. especially that DVR, i had no idea you can get a compact DVR that cheap.

http://www.pimall.com/nais/nanodvr.html

funny... theyre selling (market) the DVR and throwing in the camera, fireball seems to sell (market) the camera and add on the DVR....

 

Man, if you could only get the camera from them, and the DVR from fireball.

 

Excellent stuff!

 

Updates?

 

Well, you can get the exact PVR, the Mustek PVR-A1 new on ebay for $90. That's what I've been using for my in-car all year.

 

Well I decided to bite the bullet and buy it.

That was almost two weeks ago and I still haven't received it.

I'm kinda getting pissed off. I emailed him last week and was told it was shipping Friday. I't's now Wednesday. He's in Jersey, I'm in Boston... It should be here.

No response yet from my latest email.

 

Interesting, let us know how it turns out.

 

Well after 2 weeks I got the camera system today. At first glance it's pretty impressive. I installed the camera in my helmet and tried it out at work today. really nice video. I'm going to the Kart track tonight and I'll give it a real test then.

Mark

 

post the vid please

 

Let me know how the testing goes post it up if you can I have been looking for a Kart cam as well

 

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yea I wanna see how this turns out. Seems like its a good price if it does what it says and has decent quality.

 

any updates on the video quality?

 

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How can I post a video? Never done it before.

 

send it to me and i'll host if for you.

bosco@wilserv.net

 

I'll edit it down to a few laps and email it to you this weekend.

Thanks

 

I emailed Bosco a section of the video I took Friday night a the Kart track with this system, BUT I screwed up.

<U>I had the DVR on LOW quality</U>. The picture is grainy. I sent it to him anyway, just so you could get an idea of what it's like even on low quality setting.

Once I realized the mistake, I took some video in my house and the quality is excellant. I will definately have some high quality video from the track this week, if anyone still wants to see it.

Mark

 

If your looking for other options try this site. http://www.chasecam.com He is autox / DE nut.

 

http://www.wilserv.net/bosco/Kart1.wmv

No microphone?

 

Even with the low quality settings This looks pretty awesome. The only thing is, no sound is dissapointing. Is there a add on? I see the videos on their site have sound

 

Was having a feedback issue with system, so I unplugged the mic. I have that resolved, and now have sound.

I'm in an Enduro race tonight and plan on taking some video.

Mark