Sure, there have been plenty of
helmet-cams available to vanity videographers over the years, but few of them have represented such
quality dorkiness as this ActionDVR system does to the everyman. The system is based on a fairly high quality 480p CCD, inside of an all-weather, clip-on camera module, which hooks up to a clip-on mic and the DVR unit. The 3.5-inch screen on the DVR allows for instant replay of your recordings, and the whole system is backed by roughly 8 hours of battery. ActionDVR's main market right now seems to be hunters and fisherman hoping to capture their exploits for posterity, but if we're lucky it'll catch on with the YouTubers -- giving us unwashed masses some of the best dang reality television we've ever seen. This setup can be yours for $1095, but the memories could be priceless.
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posted Nov 14th 2006 12:11PM
This looks like the kit used by the "Surrogate" for the Father in Arrested development season 3 (while he's under house arrest).
This is great! lol
surely you could go this route? cheaper?
http://www.archos.com/products/video_recording/camcorder.html?country=global&lang=en
This reminds me of that movie "Strange Days." I mean, different tech, but the write indicates the same uses. POV of your life for nostalgia purposes...interesting.
Nit: That's probably 480i not 480p. Though you wonder- is it really MPEG4 30 progressive frames per second or 60 interlaced frames per second?
Also, if you don't want to pay as much, you can get 1/4 the resolution, all solid state, less recording time (but it only saves what you want it to- in 30 second increments), 1/2 the battery life for 1/3 the cost- http://www.mydejaview.com/
sure be a good thing for skydiving, snowboarding and such, as helmet cameras are very expensive.
could also be good for hobby filmers (to make a documentary) or if you want to sue someone, so why not.
Hardly gonna store your life with only 8 hours battery? Saying that in my case that could only be a good thing.
My buddy and I discussed this at lunch one day - using a portable to record every day and then each night, the day is downloaded and stored (audio only). Using something like Office Onenote (which can search for words in audio files) you could have a searchable record of everything that was said to you.
Seems like people are trying to make it a reality.
I just put together a comparable setup to mount in my racecar using an Archos PVR, a Sony Bullet cam, a wide angle lens, and a padded pelican case.
More betterer and less than half the cost.
Just add a HMD (Head Mounted Display) and software expansibility through Linux and I'm sold.
How about an affordable PVR with standard hookups that records in something better than qcif at 15fps.. and for more than 10 minutes?
*sheesh*