How is the video quality &amp; is the video clear +10ft away at night compare to daylight? Can it see clearly the license plate in front at night?
1769943
The night vision is just as clear and the daytime light. As far as it maintains vision when your car is in motion. When I am sitting at a traffic light, I can see the car on the opposite site of the light which is more than 10 foot away. You can review the recording on your computer or laptop with the USB cord that comes with the camera unit. It is a little small when reviewing on the camera itself.
520169
Daytime, if conditions are perfect and vehicle isn't too far away. Nighttime, no, plate reflects too much light back. Camera is really good during the day and night though.
2065000
Night vision appears to be very good under most conditions - as long as there is SOME street lighting. But on a very dark road the "range" is quite short to the rear. Front is good due to headlights.
300916
My camera is at an angle to my driveway, which curves. At the point where the car is heading directly to the camera it is about 75 feet away. I cannot make out the license plate at that distance. As it gets nearer the angle gets sharper so it is still unreadable. My guess would be that about 25 feet would be the max for reading a license plate, and that's only if it is not moving too much.
41633
We had our's mounted by an auto electric professional, due to the amount of work needed. He only charged us for 3/4 of an hour labor. Well worth it. The camera itself is mounted to the metal license plate frame. But a hole had to be drilled thru the hatch door to access the backup lights' circuit. However, the picture quality in various light conditions is very poor compared to a factory camera system. Therefore, my wife never uses it. I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera or warning system, so I don't miss having one. If we could have a re-do, I'd opt for buying a vehicle with the factory system thru the nav system display. Good Luck! We had our's mounted by an auto electric professional, due to the amount of work needed. He only charged us for 3/4 of an hour labor. Well worth it. The camera itself is mounted to the metal license plate frame. But a hole had to be drilled thru the hatch door to access the backup lights' circuit. However, the picture quality in various light conditions is very poor compared to a factory camera system. Therefore, my wife never uses it. I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera or warning system, so I don't miss having one. If we could have a re-do, I'd opt for buying a vehicle with... » Read More We had our's mounted by an auto electric professional, due to the amount of work needed. He only charged us for 3/4 of an hour labor. Well worth it. The camera itself is mounted to the metal license plate frame. But a hole had to be drilled thru the hatch door to access the backup lights' circuit. However, the picture quality in various light conditions is very poor compared to a factory camera system. Therefore, my wife never uses it. I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera or warning system, so I don't miss having one. If we could have a re-do, I'd opt for buying a vehicle with the factory system thru the nav system display. Good Luck! « Show Less
2144953
Resolution is not 1080p but very good and clear. The night vision is really good . Good enough for a convection on a burglary at my business.Local police talked about how good it was but not good enough to read a license plate in the dark . You will have to spend alot more money than this if that is what you need !!!
863379
The night vision is great! I did not expect it to be as good as it is. I can see with no issues. The reverse lights provide more than enough light. Like J2P3 said, the picture is grainy but that's expected at night. You can clearly see at least 10ft behind the car.
380694
I agree that the camera does not work well at all in the dark but is fine in daylight and hope that will be upgraded or improved in future versions. Other cameras might work better for night but mine does go off if senses motion.
1894923
Then the only choice you have is a board camera. License plate cameras "Back up cameras" are not good enough besides a lot of those reverse the image. The good ones come with light blocking they can be found in dome cameras great for nabbing plate numbers the control for those is in the cable. It's a lot of messing around to get them set up but when you do it's worth it. Take note of those settings on paper if the camera loses power a lot of those default back. You can find then by themselves but I have not seen them on Amazon google board cameras that will get you there.
989772
Yes the focus distance is very good. And at that distance very visible at night. On my truck the distance between the camera and the ball hitch is about 11 1/2" and is in perfect focus.
326197
I have used this for a couple weeks now. The forward facing camera records fine at night. It can see anywhere the headlights go, and better if there are street lights etc... The cabin facing infra-red lights/camera are not as good. The infra red lights light up the space about the size of a basketball... and you can clearly see everything in that small space, but not really anything else. Overall, I'm happy with the product though.
712703
Image quality during the daytime is fine; in sunlight, great and the lighting adjusts automatically. Nighttime, I find that viewing the camera in MJPEG mode rather than H.264 mode produces a more watchable picture. Still grainy, but not smeary as with H.264 in the dark. It's just the difference in how the image is encoded. This is not a very good camera overall for viewing in the dark, in general.
860780
I found mine works best in 'Sunshine' mode at night. Makes no sense but it is what it is. It still underwhelms at night but I suppose if there were an accident it would suffice to show fault. Forget reading license plates at night: this camera is just not up to the task.
1415310
I have a dodge neon. I installed this camera on top of the back plate, it really is excellent!. The image is very clear and your viewing angle is excellent. The picture in the dark is also very good with only the illumination of the original reverse lights. I recommend it!
1144871
Camera resolution is poor with cameras that come with unit. My suggestion is to get the better cameras. Yo can make out vehicle type but no way to read the lichens plates. Also inferred light is poor only good for 10 feet. and after a year gets much less than that.. Almost like they wear out and loose power.
431840
The res is excellent, more like 720p! Best cams money can buy, trully great! Good luck, night vision is amazingly clear. &#128077;&#128077;
138577
The image is very clear, however, you will not be able to read a license plate from more than 10-20 feet. The camera does not have a zoom. I own a total of 9 camera from Sharx and the quality is very good but I have the same issues for reading a license plate as you.