Best DVR for FPV

Kelso Kubat · Jun 21, 2014

there are a million different DVR's and i have owned a few now. all for professional HD recording.
i am looking for something smaller that will plug into my blackpearl. nothing fancy.
i know a lot of people on here have DVR's for their FPV flight's...
what do you DVR users recommend.

OI Photography · Jun 21, 2014

I haven't tried it (yet), but this is definitely the smallest one I've seen (available lots of other places too): http://1uas.com/SD-DVR-High-Resolution- ... search=DVR

GhostMaster · Jun 23, 2014

OI Photography said:
I haven't tried it (yet), but this is definitely the smallest one I've seen (available lots of other places too): http://1uas.com/SD-DVR-High-Resolution- ... search=DVR

That one looks very similar to the one that hobbyking sells for less than half of the price... :roll:

RichardWendt · Jun 28, 2014

And you can have a look about this one: Angel Eye KS-650M 2.5" Mini HD DVR

RoryG · Jun 28, 2014

RichardWendt said:
And you can have a look about this one: Angel Eye KS-650M 2.5" Mini HD DVR

I have one of these but it doesn't seem to record anything from my BP. It's getting a video signal and records a file which is black when I play it back - am I missing something?

RoryG · Jun 29, 2014

Sorted - I was using the wrong video out cable for the Black Pearl, switched to the one supplied with it and it records fine. The recording is squashed at 800x600 but useable, I'll play with the settings and see if I can get anything better.

LuvMyTJ · Jul 1, 2014

How has it worked out for you? I have been eyeing one for $60.

RoryG · Aug 29, 2014

Sorry, meant to reply ages ago! Worked out fine, here's a video using the Angel Eyes recording picture in picture - quite pleased with it.

http://youtu.be/tJJVhkgSAgg

Cheers,

Rory

Jebus · Aug 29, 2014

I'm thinking of grabbing one of those Angel Eye DVRs - as it looks like it'd be a nice solution to work with my FatShark goggles.

Question for you guys though... will it display the live video feed on it's LCD while it's recording? If so, that'd be great - as I always have a crowd of people around me that want to look through my goggles. This way I could let them watch the LCD on the Angel Eye instead.

Thanks

LuvMyTJ · Aug 30, 2014

I ended up ordering a Lumenier DX600 DVR. It is at home waiting for me as I am away for the holiday and it arrived after I left.

knuckles · Aug 31, 2014

I bought a simple one that I plan to power from my black pearl. The cost was $34. This is where I got mine from a US seller http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1222817434

When you first look at the menu it's in Chinese but you can change it to english easily.

I can't really give a full recommendation yet as I haven't tested it with the black pearl.

LuvMyTJ · Aug 31, 2014

Someone else here is using that DVR. I passed it up as it's max resolution was only 640 (VGA). My current method provides that and I was looking for at least 720.

knuckles · Aug 31, 2014

LuvMyTJ said:
Someone else here is using that DVR. I passed it up as it's max resolution was only 640 (VGA). My current method provides that and I was looking for at least 720.

yeah, I picked that one to use in case I wanted to review a recording after a flight and not much more than that.