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Did a search and found nowt (maybe me being a biff like)
But came across this on Bikeradar http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300366771975 I have ordered one as it looks well worth a punt from the footage I have seen.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 5:03 pm
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it looks identical to the muvi camera which is already a bit of a bargin, i've just got one on that basis, fingers crossed it is what it seems


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 5:09 pm
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It is a Muvi camera apparently (should have mentioned that doh)


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 5:13 pm
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That looks pretty good for the tiny amount of cash - might have to give it a whirl. Does anyone know what kind of memory cards it takes? I notice in the listing that, "TF card no included" (sic).

Pretty sure there's no such thing as a TF card....


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 5:50 pm
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i think it's a micro sd


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 5:55 pm
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The image on the listing labels it "Micro SD card Slot"

looks worth a punt I reckon....


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 5:58 pm
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Sorry - re-read the listing and yes, it is a micro SD - up to 8GB. Well, I took the leap and bought one. Thanks to monkeychild for helping me spend money 😮

I then got an email telling me it'll be 25 days before I receive it. Bah!

Off to buy a card now....


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 6:06 pm
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£2.89!!! thats unbelievable, maplin do the same one for £49 i think.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 6:10 pm
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looks same as this and pretty good review.[url= http://www.cyclingparadise.com/shopexd.asp?id=110 ]Muvi Camera[/url]


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 6:17 pm
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This guy I whos ebay store I linked to is legit. BR folk have received theirs from him. Apparently it works best with type 6 cards 🙂


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 7:44 pm
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I gave one of those cameras to Leggyblonde as a birthday pressie.
It works well. Comes with some awesome mounts that you can clip onto bars etc. Although gets a lot of vibration if mounted to the bike.

Impressive camera and is voice activated to so you can shout 'ACTION'!
Micro SD.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 7:51 pm
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haha, shout action!

for the sake of £13 i might take a dab on one.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 8:06 pm
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I've just ordered one, worth a punt. Cheers!


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 8:11 pm
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ditto.

Do we reckon the sound activation would work with heavy breathing, grunting or squelchy noises?

Im just asking..... 👿


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 8:12 pm
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Best/cheapest place to get a good memory card for it? Ebay?


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 8:14 pm
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NOT ebay. I had to threaten a guy who sold me a fake sony mem stick with the fuzz to get a prompt refund without me sending his junk back to him.

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=104986


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 8:19 pm
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[url= http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SD ]my memory[/url]

I got my Samsung 4GB one here - good bunch. Having read the review linked to earlier, I wonder if I need a faster card though? There don't seem to be many non-SDHC cards available.... And those I can find don't often quote a 'level' which the SDHC ones mostly do..

EDIT; just done a spot of googling and it seems likely that any device supporting up to 8 GB will use SDHC cards..... I think....


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 8:24 pm
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just bought one, figured it was worth a £15 punt. hopefully that Ebay Camera Uk link is actually in the UK and it'll turn up before chrimbo.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 9:58 pm
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just bought one, figured it was worth a £15 punt. hopefully that Ebay Camera Uk link is actually in the UK and it'll turn up before chrimbo.

me also.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:02 pm
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Just ordered one too.
Bargain !!!!!!!!!!!!!


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:11 pm
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Not wanting to put a downer on this but i bought a camera that looks just like that off an ebay seller.

Turned out to be a very cheap/crap copy of the Muvi camera.

The switches on it aren't the best and you cant see the LED's that tell you what it's doing in sunlight. Though you can see them when you're indoors. 🙄


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:14 pm
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Anyone want to buy it?

Cheap like. 😉


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:21 pm
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stu - what was the output like? was it the stated 720x480 @ 30fps?


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:32 pm
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bollocks....ive just bought one. Ah well.

But whats the video like?


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:38 pm
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What was the ouput like?

Without getting too technical.

It's a bit crap like on account of you don't know if it's filming or not. 😕

If I get time tomorrow I'll film something with it and put it up on Flickr so you can see for yourself.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:39 pm
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bollocks

my thoughts exactly

where were you Explosion In a Spaghetti Factory when this thread started?


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:50 pm
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There's a fair few sample vids on BR showing pretty good quality vids - but only once a top-notch card is used. Lots of folk saying that the cheapy cards are too slow to cope, thus cr@ppy, stop-start vids.

EDIT;[url= http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC/Samsung/Samsung-Micro-SD-PLUS-Memory-Card---Class-6 ]this looks like a pretty good card for the cash - under a tenner for the 8 GB version[/url]


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:55 pm
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It's not the quality of the video that's the problem with the one i have.

It's just that you can't tell if it's turned on or not.

Which is quite a major problem .....

Oh Chunky.

i was having a life when this thread started. 😉


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 10:59 pm
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sample vids on BR. Whats BR?


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 11:05 pm
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Bike Radar - it's in Forums > Mountain biking > Buying Guides


 
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Looks to me like the original link is a "Aee MD80". It maybe the same as the Muvi, or maybe the other way round according to:

[url= http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/24/vehos-muvi-adventure-oriented-camcorder-claims-to-be-worlds-sm/ ]Engadget - Muvi[/url]

[url= http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/18/aee-boasts-that-its-new-mini-dv-camera-is-the-worlds-smalles/ ]Engadget - Aee[/url]

Hopefully the product is genuine...


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 11:31 pm
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Any chance of a link to the sample vids - I cant find them.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 11:38 pm
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[url=

you go Grumm.[/url]

It seems a lot is dependent on the speed of the SD card.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 11:46 pm
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Ok ta - doesn't look tooooo bad. Be interested to know what it looked like before youtube.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 11:53 pm
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for £15 id be happy with that tho.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 11:55 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/user/GT5TU#p/u/28/BIT3wBIsSZA

18 secs in, yes thats me.


 
Posted : 08/12/2009 11:58 pm
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Ive done a bit of sniffing about and there is a differnece between the AEE DV80 (metal case nice buttons etc) and a Chinese knock off called the D001. Oddly the chinese unit appears to have a higher resolution spec.

http://www.ppcpowerspy.com/spy-camera/mini-dv-spy-camera-aee-md80-review


 
Posted : 09/12/2009 12:15 am
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I bought one (Chinese knockoff version) , the battery lasts for about 5 minutes on record!

(the image is good for that 5 mins though 😉 )

Edit: Reading Stoners review link shows that even the knockoff version should have better recording time than that, I'll try again,


 
Posted : 09/12/2009 9:32 am
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Just ordered one too....I don't hold up much hope for the quality of instructions if the item description is a cut and paste job:

[i]Ultra-small, exquisite, unique user-friendly design, the work for Hello. the lives of more safety, convenience and enjoyment for the network video, live video / surveillance, commercial video / monitor, on-site evidence of Video / monitoring, deployment recording / monitoring and other purposes.
[/i]


 
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Cheers Stoner - there's lots of useful stuff if you type D001 camera into youtube as well btw.


 
Posted : 09/12/2009 10:30 am
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grumm some follow up info here:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/image-file-size-question#post-924228


 
Posted : 09/12/2009 10:45 am
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Ive done a bit of sniffing about and there is a differnece between the AEE DV80 (metal case nice buttons etc) and a Chinese knock off called the D001

You're not wrong there.

Looking at the vid you linked to the controls seem to be propper switches.
The cheap copy version just has small buttons that you press.
The LEDs in the linked version also look about 100 times better.


 
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Anyone got one of these from the sellers in China/HK or UK, any good? Noticed that in some of the images of the item some look like they have a metal case (shiney) and others look like dull plastic in the same listing, and some images have what looks like a remote control unit ... so what arrived in your package?


 
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I've recieved mine tonight. Will let you all know how it goes (I currently only have and an old 8gb micro SD card so I expect it to be jittery) It looks good so far out of the box. But I guess you should never judge a book....


 
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