With the increase in fake insurance claims and general tomfoolery on the roads these days, dash cams are getting increasingly pretty popular and important. Fixing a dash cam to your front windscreen can help call out any 'moron' on the road and settle any police or insurance disputes that you maybe unfortunate to encounter. 

The Xiaomi Mijia 1080P Car DVR Camera is an ultra-low budget dash cam that has some impressive features, all packed into a device that's smaller than a deck of playing cards. It features with a variety of functions, such as loop-cycle recording, parking monitoring, auto power on, and so on, provides you a more comfortable and worry-free driving environment. 

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Adopted Unibody all-in-one mature workmanship, and flame resistance material, the Mijia DVR camera is fixed on the windshield by static electronic sticker, very firmed and aesthetic. 

The device is based around a Sony IMX323 CMOS 1080p image sensor with its F1.8 aperture, 160 degree field of view, 6 sets of lens which coated 9 films to reduce the reflects and form high quality images. Adopting MSC8328P chip which is aimed at video surveillance and security, the photosensibility is up to 510MV added 1/2.9 inch light-sensitive component, the high sensitivity COMS will promote the realization of forming images in dark as well as in overcast day. Mstar video process chip which is capable of 1080 image process technology, matches with high fidgety H.264 video compression, captures every details and take on clear and exquisite pictures. Whilst also videos can be efficiently stored on MicroSD memory card, a maximum of 64GB is supported. 

If you do come across any captured moments, you can quickly tap one of the device's four touch-sensitive buttons that run below the 3-inch display. The additional three buttons along the bottom of the rear of the camera allow you to toggle audio capture on/off, view and set the camera's recording settings, save latest capture to a saved event location, and finally toggle WiFi on/off, so you’re able to access the camera using its Mi Home smartphone app. 

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Loop Recording

If you place a 64GB SD card in the Xiaomi Mijia Car DVR, it will keep capturing even if the 64GB is full. How? It will delete the oldest taken video and take a new one on the freed space. This is super handy! If you take a long ride, you don't have to delete the video's when the 64GB SD card is full. 

G-Sensor

What happens to the captured data if you have a accident and don't turn off the camera? That is the G-Sensor, which is a sensor that saves the recording in a different folder if a accident is recorded. A G-Sensor in a dash cam will monitor the proper acceleration, or the G-Force. In other words, the dash camera will detect a sudden change in direction, this could be caused by hard braking, impact from crashing, or even movement when stationary i.e. someone rocking the vehicle. When a dash camera detects this change in direction it will automatically switch to 'event mode' and save the current segment of footage in a protected section of memory. This section will not be deleted or overwritten by new data, provides evidence for deliberately provoking or traffic accidents. 

Auto Power-On

When the Xiaomi Mijia Car DVR is connected to your car and you turn on your car, the Xiaomi Mijia Car DVR will automatically turn on. This way you can 'hide' the dashcam or place it somewhere where it is not super easy to access. You will always capture the data, since it will automatically turn on. 

Video Watching

When you want to view your captured video sometimes, don't have to take the Xiaomi Mijia Car DVR and place the 64GB SD card in your computer, you can view the captured video's or look the panoramic view by real-time transmission on the Mi Home app. Make sure that the car dvr is turned on, connect to the WiFi network that it is sending and access then download the required video. Super easy and a real nice feature, no flows consumption! 

mijia car dvr

Being on the road can be hard sometimes, may not due to yourself but the other idiots surrounding you in a car/motor. With the Xiaomi Mijia Car DVR you can show the insurance or the police that is was not your mistake or capture really idiotic actions on the road.