Why is dvr in only the high end goggles when it costs so little. and IMO all goggles should come with it regardless, especially when it is so cheap and performs so well. bit.ly/eachinedvr Also sorry about the differences in this video. i just made the switch over to a new laptop, and started using a new editing software, (premier pro) and trying to get this new mic working also. So todays video actually took over 10 hours to edit... and then to top it off I realised the dvr file I originally recorded was deleted... Anyways hopefully this means better quality videos for you as I learn more and get better at this new program. Happy flying Also thanks to Lachy helping film on the day. Anyone who wants to help the kid out and see content, you can check it out here, I think at the time of posting he had 50 subs. lets make his day and increase it ruclips.net/channel/UC2q0e9L_vD8wxREMTSVxigw
I feel the same way about cameras... needing two cameras and having such low quality components is just silly... making high def packages of cheap components is easy....
This is simple for me - cheap or midprice gogles often doesnt have DVR and those with that feature are much more expensive not because DVR hardware and software things are expensive but they often dont have much more to offer comparing to cheaper model. So You want DVR? you must pay extra 150$ for example and you get it and bit wider FOV and bit higher resolution that does't change much in the matter of flying experience compared to lower pice model. And both have almost thesame production costs. So ? If no DVR model will cost 200$ and DVR model cost for example 215$ nobody will buy those 200$ noDVRs. If you are a FPV goggle producer and have mid pirce model at 200$ and hiend model at 500$ you have customers who pay 200$ because they dont have more to spend, and those who pay 500$ and probably tjhose who pay twice updating from mid range to hiend model... but production costs are almost the same for both models... Sorry about my bad english and greetings from Poland.
I got this DVR an my EV100. It is fair price for value, but there are clearly flaws. 1. There are 3 modes to record in (VGA, D1, HD). VGA is crab. D1 is the setting that you would like to use with FPV, but it has a too high compression. So you get JPG artefacts all time (blocks, ringing). HD makes too large files and the mode creates spaghetti pixels (1280x480). Really bad about HD: Distorts 4:3 recordings to 16:9. So no mode works well. 2. Did you try to use the playback mode? - Usability is insanely bad. 3. The DVR takes 190mA when recording and 160mA in idle. That is a lot. Even worse: It becomes pretty warm - internally crazy hot when powered with 7.4V. This is due to a too cheap voltage regulation. 50ct of parts could have made this run at 100mA and staying cool. 4. That is something to accept for the 10€ that we pay: It creates MJPEG movies. So you will need to re-code those, before they will run on your phone/tablet. An avi file from the DVR will not run when you just copy it over. So power it with 5V over USB if possible. And Eachine: Pls make a firmware upgrade for better compression settings and usability.
Thanks Stew for the video and Stefan for your comments. No reviewers have commented on the audio part of this DVR. Does it record reasonable sound if the VRx output is ok? I'm looking for an alternative VRx DVR combination due to the poor audio out of my Aomway Commander goggles (online videos from the Aomways sound just as bad). I realise that not many users are worried about the sound. Thanks
FPV googles are not sold at Walmart for a reason and we are lucky Fatshark came along. What you pay a dime for at Walmart because it is mass produced in the millions will often cost several dollars when made in small quantities and SONY and others have given up on making goggles for watching HDTV because it's not as easy to do as people think due to needing to deal with differences in human anatomy and eyesight. I can see the edges great on the 50 degree FOV FS DOM HD2's but most people can't without the needed optics added. Getting 3D working right is even harder but IMO the ultimate goal so get ready to pay a grand when the next generation FPV high end goggle hits the market. People will scream in agony over the price.... but enough will pay the initial high price to get the design and manufacturing done after so many proposed designs that never left the drawing board.
Hey Stu, could you stick that thing onto your Dominators and your Commanders and record both internal and external dvr ? Would love to see a side by side comparison, because we dont really know if breakups, hitches and lines come from reception or the dvr itself. This way, if its on both its reception, if not its from the dvr. I would even consider sticking it onto my DominatorHD2s if the quality is noticably better than the internal dvr. NIce find, keep em coming !
In 1995 I bought the Trustmaster goggles for the MS Flight Simulator. They had 320x200 resolution and had an early version of head tracking. They cost me $1000. Stop complaining.
So your point is "this stuff used to be a lot more expensive, so it's OK for manufacturers to vastly overcharge for features that cost pennies to implement"?
I don't know if you've seen it, but EACHINE makes a $30 CAD receiver that plugs into your phone. It turns your phone into a field monitor as well as a DVR. I've got one and it works great.
Hi Stu, Just ordered one after watching this so cheers for the great info. The Goggles I use for flying race quads have dvr ( skyzone ) However when I'm flying the Mavic I use the Eachine box goggles, and as you know, because you did a review they don't have DVR so this will be a great add on. Once again Cheers
Very interesting. I am curious if this would work with the Hubsan H501ss Standard controller. It has a goggles out plug just like the one on this DVR... Hmmm.. I wonder... if it works... would it record the telemetry on the Hubsan screen?
Hey Stew, I would like to know if there is still a problem with PAL. Older versions, if you powered it up with no pal video feed then it would crop the image. Not so nice. (first need to turn on everything , then the dvr as last). Other than that it captured full HD nicely.
Also agree on unnecessarily high price. I have my old Fatshark attitude V2 Goggles which I ran over with my family wagon :D Ive fixed them and also added external module for latest dominators to them. Second mod was older DVR like this. So Ive fixed trash ready goggles instead of paying another $300 for same functionality.
That's awesome! Question: ev100 +dvr recorder or ev800d box goggles? I'm looking to get started in the world of fpv but I'm so stuck on what goggles to get. It's between the ev100 and ev800d but I don't know. HELP
Hi Stew, I'm wanting to buy my very first drone, and I feel a little lost. I am not sure what all I need to get. As of now, I plan on purchasing the furibee x215, aomway goggles, turnigy evolution controller, realacc triple feed patch (and male termination). What else do you recommend me ordering? I know I need batteries, charger, and extra props, but am I missing any other essentials? Also, is there a certain battery you recommend?
I have a quick question related to the DVR's. What kind of record times do you normally get per Gig of storage. I realize that compression codec/bitrates/resolution/compression/container format etc. will change this somewhat but just trying to get an idea of record times on this (and others)
HI Scusa su non scrivo inglese,ma non la capisco,e devo seguire i tuo video con traduttore!!!! Mi spiace. Come sempre grande video,io ho già ordinato questo DVR,non vedo l'ora di provarlo. Ho una domanda:è possibile sostituire lo spinotto o modificarlo per montare batterie standard? Grazie per la tua disponibilità e cortesia.
Hi there, so I got the emax transporter googles and just realized I cant record my flights :( is there anyway I can add this little dvr recorder to that specific googles?
Justin Harwood you want to look for a TBS Triumph and a TBS Patch antenna The Triumph is usually around 25 to 40 bucks and the patch is about 10-15 dollars
Brad Montour no, it uses the Ballance lead off of your battery, using the connector usually only used for charging whilst your goggles are using the barrel/other output connector.
Stew! I'm new to the hobby and just wanted to say thank you! I have watched tons of your videos and have learned a lot of what I need to comfortably get into drone racing. Although today was the first day in acro and mistakes were made. Fun nonetheless!
Nice, yeah I just bought one, to try and get working with a pair of goggles, saw a youtube video about how to install one on the eachine VR007 pro, hopefully I can make it work.
Help . I'm new. With the dvr do you still need a go pro or can it dvr straight through the run cam? Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm a super noob and looking to purchase my first set of goggles . Thanks .
Hey, Im new to this all and i have no idea how this works so i have the Emax Tinyhawk Kit with the goggles tinyhawk and the controller. Is it possible to record with this tinyhawk? And how do i do this? Can i record when i have it at home or do i need to buy something else to make it work? Thank you, Jack
Awh man, I want one. I got my EV100's last week and I love them. I would love to be able to just lay around with my goggles on and watch recorded flight footage. Oh, I wanted to ask. Can you load up the SD card with other videos for watching like on a road trip or the like?
Hey Stu Could you please try hep I have the Aomway Commander Goggles I would like to fit Head Tracker to them Where can I buy this module to be fitted Cheers
Hi!!! First of all my compliments for the channel!!! A lot of your videos were very useful for me since i often saw your reviews before buying!!! Can you suggest me some cheap patch antennas? For example... which antenna are you using in the video? At now i'm using the given linear antenna and a cloverleaf one on my EV100 but i really would like to change the first one but avoiding to spent a lot of money!!! thank you for your help!!!
Stu I have a question. I bought this DVR and tried using it with Vision Plus Box goggles. None of the buttons work...meaning short press or long press the led light doesn’t change at all. I was wondering if you could test your u it with and without and SD card to see if it does the same thing mine does.
Am i doing something wrong my ev100 Goggles When I put them on I see two screens close together and it's super confusing I think I should see one picture right?
Wow I never think I remember hearing Trev give a full 10 review. If I come across any goggles that do not have a dvr I will look into this. Hopefully it just makes other goggles cheaper. Thanks guys keep it up.
Stew, Have you checked how much the optical components for the goggles actually cost? have a scour around the component websites. it will explain a lot as to why they are so expensive...... yes a dvr unit is super cheap... but the optics man.... its the optics....
Well, I guess you don't know that the 100 dollar price was a launch price.... they were supposed to go up. So eachine are probably very close to making a loss on this model of glasses...... and..... the optics are nowhere near the quality /standard necessary for a comfortable fpv experience... so an overall fail, compared to fatsharks, skyzone and aomway....that cost 250 dollars plus. so, will it drive the competitors prices down? I dont think so. are they worth it ? I dont think so. is anyone switching from skyzone, aomway and fatshark to the eachines? I dont think so. so in sum, a giant FAIL, even though they are "almost useable".
Hey Stew, why has it taken so long for anyone to listen on the things that FPV Pilots need to begin with? You would think the sooner they can get people in the air the more money they will have in there pockets. Just saying out loud. You and Trev are great. Keep up the good work.
I think this would be good to put on a 2” quad and wire into a camera directly. It won’t be hd like a Runcam split but will give you good video without the high price.
G'Day Just came accross you channel there other day, Watched a video. Then came accross this video. What a great product, I have a pair of goggles and cant record, but now with this DVR Its going to work. I will be getting probably more than one to use as recording video on quad and truck that dont have dvr. Cheers for this
Amazing progress reducing prices.... but with FPV goggles now costing more than a 55in 4K HDTV at some point we should see some initially very expensive OLED goggles introduced in a 4:3 format (FPV specific) that are true HD and optically individually adjustable to allow a larger FOV, etc without the blurry edges some people's eyes get. A 16:9 version for watching HDTV movies can be ported over after the FPV side of the R&D costs are covered and this is why I think it's just a matter of time as there is no high quality HD movie goggle manufactured yet for HDTV with 3D VR games screaming out for it.
It cuts the bottom part of the image when using PAL - watchout for the 480 lines resolution ! I'm using the prior version of that DVR and it works well. Scince i'm using a FPV-cam with OSD i was wondering that the OSD was never in the recorded video until i shifted it to the upper corners. The reason was that it was on the bottom of the image and it is cutted of by the DVR because it is recording only 480 lines. The rest of the 578 lines (PAL) is lost. In NTSC 480 lines are all there is and thats no problem . Several cheap DVR like this are using the same chipset and if you read the data in detail you'll see that most of them only provide 480 lines even when the horizontal resolution is 1280. You may consider this as a feature - fly whith OSD but record without OSD - but in the end it simply cuts the image when using PAL.
"Based on the pictures online, I thought this thing would be a little bit bigger, but in my hand, it is absolutely microscopic" Not the first time I've heard that... =/
I have been using the EV100 and just got this DVR and they are both excellent and cheap ! I get excellent reception even from the supplied dipole antennas from my Vortex 250 with a CL. plus the EV100 has focus adjustment and are so clear
Thanks stu! Just wanted to say that you are the reason why I am building quads! I like building them even more than flying them. I am absolutely fascinated with this stuff! I have the eachine 30 dollar goggles and honestly, they do the job. Never even tried anything else. Im saving up to upgrade my transmitter right now, but I just crashed my only working quad, so i have all 3 of my builds on the workbench taken apart so i can try to put together one working quad. This is the fun part!
Btw you can put 5v through the balance port and the dvr works fine, it says use 7.4 volts but I had a 12v to 5v adaptor for a car usb carger, could not find ua sub cable so used a servo lead for the 7.4 volt port. Works fine. If anyone does this just look at a usual balance plug to work out polarity. Also the AVI file it gives out is nor recognised by the blackbox overlay program, google it and you'll find an official blackbox page saying to use handbreak to convert the file to mp4. Works fine, however I find in low signal it drops frames so you loose sync with the blackbox.
I just got mine for $12!Cashed in my Bangood points. Its nice to get things cheaper once in a while. I can think of other things to use this for. I can now use my already cheap goggles and get the satisfaction of being able to record on them. I could never figure out why they didnt add that in. As a matter of fact,I plan on taking the guts out of this unit and making it part of my goggles,people will think I have something new,never released.
Please help me. When I throttle up with my transmitter or in the betaflight motor tab the motors start up fine then stop at mid throttle and do exactly what they did in the low half of the throttle. . : | . : |
I'd go to the receiver tab in BetaFlight and check your throttle you may need to adjust your channel end points but I don't know what receiver you have so cant help with that.
Even though this is irrelevant, as this happens on the betaflight motor tab also, I'm using the Turnigy Evolution Transmitter with the IA6c rx. My settings are the same as Joshua Bardwell's for the most part. Literally nobody has this problem and nothing I try works
This is truly a good DVR. It can record VGA, D1 (I am not sure what that was), and HD. Unfortunately, I already broken 2 of these. I was using this in my Fatshark Attidue V2. This is what happened. I plugged in the battery (the AV wire is not connected), switched my fatshark to Video In mode, and the DVR to "0", I connected the AV wire, the DVR got hot, and then it died. It's no longer powering up... The red led is not turning on even switching to a new 2S battery.
hi stew can you review the eachine usb fpv receiver for your phone its like the same price as this dvr... i never knew so many high end goggles dont have dvr..i got the vrd2 goggles i guess ive taken having diversity and dvr for granted seems my goggles was so cheap..good job buddy as always👍😀
The footage looks good, better than my hotwired system with the old eachine prodvr. I ordered the new one last week so should be here sometime when the slow boat from China arrives lol !
I feel like I wasted money the ev100 goggles, BUT that little DVR for $10 is amazing!!! I'm now waiting on some cables so I can run these goggles with the sim on my laptop. But probably going to upgrade to aomway anyways....
Not compatible with Fatshark Dominators V2, as interference really bad, un-useable, tried longer cord to move it's power source away from goggles, still no good. Shame, was looking forward to using it.
Thanks, this is exciting news, and encouraging. Eachine is a WONDERFUL asset for those of us who don't have beaucoup bucks to squander on RV tools/toys!
sad thing is that you can't use it with cheap goggles, because those tend to come without video out. And if you want to buy something that records right from the air (either standalone or something like that one plus a receiver) then you have to invest at least 50€. So that dvr might be cheap - but that doesn't really help the people who need it most.
Yes high end goggles are expensive, and I agree that including DVR should be standard as that technology is well developed and low cost. Regarding the high cost of the name brand RC electronics, the cost to the producers of that product is not only the price of the parts and manufacturing. One must consider the cost of R&D and innovation that go into these products. It costs a lot of money to employ engineers and software developers to make these products. That overhead has to be made back in the selling price of the product in order for that company to continue to do business. Without the innovation of these companies the technology would not be as advanced as it is now. It is much easier to reverse engineer someone else's product, clone it, and make it. You can sell it for much cheaper as you don't have those R&D people to employ. Yet if this becomes too prevalent, the companies doing the innovation may not be around for long. If that happens we all suffer because innovation slows and we don't get new fancy gadgets as often. As a consumer it's a tough place to be. Do I by the cheapest item from companies with questionable ethics and that are know to clone? Or do I pay a premium price, knowing I'm paying for the product and the true cost that goes into making that product? It's not easy because it's not always that black-and-white, and for many of us money is tight.
If you are not used to a bigger FOV or you are willing to take the time to adapt to the smaller FOV and you don’t mind a higher than average chance of defect, then yes, definitely worth it. I will add that, if you have good eyesight, the FOV will not limit your ability to see details like tree branches (the resolution will). However, the FOV will mess up your perception of distance if you are used to a bigger FOV.
Guilherme Gatto wait for version 2 I have version 1 with dvr it’s best budget goggles on market replace the standard foam to a thinner foam brings you closer to the screens with good results
While buying the Fatshark HD3 really made my wallet cry... I've never had such a great experience flying since. But if they were cheaper I wouldn't complain!
Well looking at the DVR video I think I might get it because it's a lot clearer than my fatshark DVR that's built in, thanks for the review ordering one! By the way you just got a new patreon supporter yep me LOL, so keep posting this kind of content loving it! Show them companies what's up! Cheers Stu ❤️🤘
Yes, because corporations are greedy by design - a corporation being greedy is a corporation working as intended. The end goal of a corporation is to create returns for their investors, which means turning as much of a profit as possible, as well as balancing short term profits with long term viability as a company. A lot of people look at the prices of products and only consider the price of the components required to manufacture it. This is a big mistake, they don't consider the price of initial R&D for the considered product, manufacturing cost, product sourcing cost, labor cos, shipping costs, R&D for future products, advertising, documentation, support, warranties, costs for expanding the company and the increased overhead that comes with these things, and so on. Also, as others have mentioned here, larger production runs lower prices. While the UAV marked has been, and continues to be, growing at a good pace, the racing/fpv side of things is still a pretty niche market. Lower production runs means higher costs for the end-user. We all want cheaper gear, we all want the hobby to become more accessible to newcomers, but there are certain economic realities of trying to turn a profit on complex products in a low volume, niche market.
Why is dvr in only the high end goggles when it costs so little. and IMO all goggles should come with it regardless, especially when it is so cheap and performs so well. bit.ly/eachinedvr Also sorry about the differences in this video. i just made the switch over to a new laptop, and started using a new editing software, (premier pro) and trying to get this new mic working also. So todays video actually took over 10 hours to edit... and then to top it off I realised the dvr file I originally recorded was deleted... Anyways hopefully this means better quality videos for you as I learn more and get better at this new program. Happy flying
Also thanks to Lachy helping film on the day. Anyone who wants to help the kid out and see content, you can check it out here, I think at the time of posting he had 50 subs. lets make his day and increase it ruclips.net/channel/UC2q0e9L_vD8wxREMTSVxigw
We are overpaying for mobile phones because pocket calculators are cheap
I feel the same way about cameras... needing two cameras and having such low quality components is just silly... making high def packages of cheap components is easy....
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Copper Copter - Congrats, that is one of the worst straw man arguments I have seen.
This is simple for me - cheap or midprice gogles often doesnt have DVR and those with that feature are much more expensive not because DVR hardware and software things are expensive but they often dont have much more to offer comparing to cheaper model. So You want DVR? you must pay extra 150$ for example and you get it and bit wider FOV and bit higher resolution that does't change much in the matter of flying experience compared to lower pice model. And both have almost thesame production costs. So ? If no DVR model will cost 200$ and DVR model cost for example 215$ nobody will buy those 200$ noDVRs. If you are a FPV goggle producer and have mid pirce model at 200$ and hiend model at 500$ you have customers who pay 200$ because they dont have more to spend, and those who pay 500$ and probably tjhose who pay twice updating from mid range to hiend model... but production costs are almost the same for both models...
Sorry about my bad english and greetings from Poland.
I got this DVR an my EV100. It is fair price for value, but there are clearly flaws.
1. There are 3 modes to record in (VGA, D1, HD). VGA is crab. D1 is the setting that you would like to use with FPV, but it has a too high compression. So you get JPG artefacts all time (blocks, ringing). HD makes too large files and the mode creates spaghetti pixels (1280x480). Really bad about HD: Distorts 4:3 recordings to 16:9. So no mode works well.
2. Did you try to use the playback mode? - Usability is insanely bad.
3. The DVR takes 190mA when recording and 160mA in idle. That is a lot. Even worse: It becomes pretty warm - internally crazy hot when powered with 7.4V. This is due to a too cheap voltage regulation. 50ct of parts could have made this run at 100mA and staying cool.
4. That is something to accept for the 10€ that we pay: It creates MJPEG movies. So you will need to re-code those, before they will run on your phone/tablet. An avi file from the DVR will not run when you just copy it over.
So power it with 5V over USB if possible. And Eachine: Pls make a firmware upgrade for better compression settings and usability.
Thanks Stew for the video and Stefan for your comments. No reviewers have commented on the audio part of this DVR. Does it record reasonable sound if the VRx output is ok? I'm looking for an alternative VRx DVR combination due to the poor audio out of my Aomway Commander goggles (online videos from the Aomways sound just as bad). I realise that not many users are worried about the sound. Thanks
Do you think you could get a better voltage regulator? Might be powering mine via USB then :)
fatshark goggles shouldn't be $500 to begin with, the whole thing is ridiculously marked up in general, not just the dvr...$500 for an 800x600 screen?
FPV googles are not sold at Walmart for a reason and we are lucky Fatshark came along. What you pay a dime for at Walmart because it is mass produced in the millions will often cost several dollars when made in small quantities and SONY and others have given up on making goggles for watching HDTV because it's not as easy to do as people think due to needing to deal with differences in human anatomy and eyesight. I can see the edges great on the 50 degree FOV FS DOM HD2's but most people can't without the needed optics added. Getting 3D working right is even harder but IMO the ultimate goal so get ready to pay a grand when the next generation FPV high end goggle hits the market. People will scream in agony over the price.... but enough will pay the initial high price to get the design and manufacturing done after so many proposed designs that never left the drawing board.
I've been watching fpv Google's for a long time price point should at least be half as much now. Drones have gotten cheaper
yea cuz the creator wants mass profits.. and you fools pay full price for them..
Lonewolfoperations with no real competition in the market, it would be madness for Fatshsrk to drop prices.
Hey Stu, could you stick that thing onto your Dominators and your Commanders and record both internal and external dvr ? Would love to see a side by side comparison, because we dont really know if breakups, hitches and lines come from reception or the dvr itself. This way, if its on both its reception, if not its from the dvr. I would even consider sticking it onto my DominatorHD2s if the quality is noticably better than the internal dvr. NIce find, keep em coming !
This is exactly what I was thinking...Don't know if I'll stick it on my HD2s but maybe if the quality is better!
In 1995 I bought the Trustmaster goggles for the MS Flight Simulator.
They had 320x200 resolution and had an early version of head tracking. They cost me $1000.
Stop complaining.
Okay??????
So your point is "this stuff used to be a lot more expensive, so it's OK for manufacturers to vastly overcharge for features that cost pennies to implement"?
I don't know if you've seen it, but EACHINE makes a $30 CAD receiver that plugs into your phone. It turns your phone into a field monitor as well as a DVR. I've got one and it works great.
Stew when are you reviewing the ev200?!?!
Slippery Sebastian who is selling these?
Banggood bro
No one is buying EV200 from $299.
they're $99
never mind they're more i was thinking 100s
I have attitude V2's and I just use an eachine DVR through the output on the side of the goggles.... exactly the same as this....
Same as me, the orange eachine dvr is cheaper too.
Hi Stu, Just ordered one after watching this so cheers for the great info. The Goggles I use for flying race quads have dvr ( skyzone ) However when I'm flying the Mavic I use the Eachine box goggles, and as you know, because you did a review they don't have DVR so this will be a great add on. Once again Cheers
I'd actually like to see these pulled apart! Any chances of that? Or sending it to someone who will?
Very interesting. I am curious if this would work with the Hubsan H501ss Standard controller. It has a goggles out plug just like the one on this DVR... Hmmm.. I wonder... if it works... would it record the telemetry on the Hubsan screen?
Is there a way to record straight from the fpv cam on the quad? Not a GoPro. Wouldn't it be a better video than recording from the fpv goggles.
Hey Stew, I would like to know if there is still a problem with PAL. Older versions, if you powered it up with no pal video feed then it would crop the image. Not so nice. (first need to turn on everything , then the dvr as last). Other than that it captured full HD nicely.
Also agree on unnecessarily high price. I have my old Fatshark attitude V2 Goggles which I ran over with my family wagon :D Ive fixed them and also added external module for latest dominators to them. Second mod was older DVR like this. So Ive fixed trash ready goggles instead of paying another $300 for same functionality.
what powers it, because in the video at the theres only the 3.5mm jack plugged in? I can see a connector that says 7.4v but nothing is in it.....
That's awesome! Question: ev100 +dvr recorder or ev800d box goggles? I'm looking to get started in the world of fpv but I'm so stuck on what goggles to get. It's between the ev100 and ev800d but I don't know. HELP
Just got the same DVR, I saw you have a patch and omni antenna on the ev100, I thought they do not have diversity?
Stu...do you think this will work with Vision Plus box goggles? They have a 3.5mm av jack in on the side.
Hi Stew,
I'm wanting to buy my very first drone, and I feel a little lost. I am not sure what all I need to get. As of now, I plan on purchasing the furibee x215, aomway goggles, turnigy evolution controller, realacc triple feed patch (and male termination). What else do you recommend me ordering? I know I need batteries, charger, and extra props, but am I missing any other essentials? Also, is there a certain battery you recommend?
I have a quick question related to the DVR's. What kind of record times do you normally get per Gig of storage. I realize that compression codec/bitrates/resolution/compression/container format etc. will change this somewhat but just trying to get an idea of record times on this (and others)
Do you know that there's a v1.1 of the ev100? What do you think about it? What about ev200?
HI
Scusa su non scrivo inglese,ma non la capisco,e devo seguire i tuo video con traduttore!!!!
Mi spiace.
Come sempre grande video,io ho già ordinato questo DVR,non vedo l'ora di provarlo.
Ho una domanda:è possibile sostituire lo spinotto o modificarlo per montare batterie standard?
Grazie per la tua disponibilità e cortesia.
Hi there, so I got the emax transporter googles and just realized I cant record my flights :( is there anyway I can add this little dvr recorder to that specific googles?
Wait... what's the difference between this and the old Eachine Pro DVR..?
Hi Stu can I have the links for those two antennas on the ev100
Justin Harwood you want to look for a TBS Triumph and a TBS Patch antenna The Triumph is usually around 25 to 40 bucks and the patch is about 10-15 dollars
so do you need a separate 3 cell batery to power it when your recording?
Brad Montour no, it uses the Ballance lead off of your battery, using the connector usually only used for charging whilst your goggles are using the barrel/other output connector.
"you're recording"
I did a DVR mod on my $30 Eachine VR006 googles. I added $15 Eachine ProDVR. So now I have DVR at about $45 price tag.
Stew! I'm new to the hobby and just wanted to say thank you! I have watched tons of your videos and have learned a lot of what I need to comfortably get into drone racing.
Although today was the first day in acro and mistakes were made. Fun nonetheless!
Nice, yeah I just bought one, to try and get working with a pair of goggles, saw a youtube video about how to install one on the eachine VR007 pro, hopefully I can make it work.
I use TBS Tango , do you think it will work with it ?
Help . I'm new. With the dvr do you still need a go pro or can it dvr straight through the run cam? Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm a super noob and looking to purchase my first set of goggles . Thanks .
Hey, Im new to this all and i have no idea how this works so i have the Emax Tinyhawk Kit with the goggles tinyhawk and the controller. Is it possible to record with this tinyhawk? And how do i do this? Can i record when i have it at home or do i need to buy something else to make it work? Thank you, Jack
Play back? Can we convert and add videos? Say a movie for a long road trip?
That Is What i was Looking at To start the ev100 goggles and that little recorder. thanks for the review
Awh man, I want one. I got my EV100's last week and I love them. I would love to be able to just lay around with my goggles on and watch recorded flight footage. Oh, I wanted to ask. Can you load up the SD card with other videos for watching like on a road trip or the like?
Is that a cricket pitch?
Hey Stu
Could you please try hep
I have the Aomway Commander Goggles
I would like to fit Head Tracker to them
Where can I buy this module to be fitted
Cheers
Stu! Whens the review of the hd vtx coming? I know its big but that could be really cool, ps. Love the vids
Are the Eachine 100 goggles better than the VRD2 goggles?
I’ve got my eachine DVR do you think it work to my Eachine EV800 googles?
where's the direct comparison videos vs other dvrs?
Thanks for reviewing my googles and dvr. I ev100 and the mikro DVR some weeks now and they work ok. Great for getting into the hobby like I do now.
Can u put dvr on emax tinyhawk gogle
Ay Stew, How does the DVR draw powwaaa?
I never could get this DVR to work correctly when it does record it is a black screen
Hi!!! First of all my compliments for the channel!!! A lot of your videos were very useful for me since i often saw your reviews before buying!!! Can you suggest me some cheap patch antennas? For example... which antenna are you using in the video? At now i'm using the given linear antenna and a cloverleaf one on my EV100 but i really would like to change the first one but avoiding to spent a lot of money!!! thank you for your help!!!
Hi, do you also notice that this DVR is really overheating? :( I am afraid mine will burn!
Stu I have a question. I bought this DVR and tried using it with Vision Plus Box goggles. None of the buttons work...meaning short press or long press the led light doesn’t change at all. I was wondering if you could test your u it with and without and SD card to see if it does the same thing mine does.
What is the bitrate bro?
Am i doing something wrong my ev100 Goggles
When I put them on I see two screens close together and it's super confusing
I think I should see one picture right?
Wow I never think I remember hearing Trev give a full 10 review. If I come across any goggles that do not have a dvr I will look into this. Hopefully it just makes other goggles cheaper. Thanks guys keep it up.
Can I possibly hook this up to my eachine vr-007?
Stew, Have you checked how much the optical components for the goggles actually cost? have a scour around the component websites. it will explain a lot as to why they are so expensive...... yes a dvr unit is super cheap... but the optics man.... its the optics....
mindmantv the Eachine EV has opticals and is currently selling for $100 USD, so .....
Well, I guess you don't know that the 100 dollar price was a launch price.... they were supposed to go up. So eachine are probably very close to making a loss on this model of glasses...... and..... the optics are nowhere near the quality /standard necessary for a comfortable fpv experience... so an overall fail, compared to fatsharks, skyzone and aomway....that cost 250 dollars plus. so, will it drive the competitors prices down? I dont think so. are they worth it ? I dont think so. is anyone switching from skyzone, aomway and fatshark to the eachines? I dont think so. so in sum, a giant FAIL, even though they are "almost useable".
mindmantv The Eachine EV200D looks the goods though
The EV100 is currently $110 USD?
Matthew Duncan $134 AUD
Thanks. Just ordered one for fatshark transformer.
Will that's right work on my fatshark attitude v3 with furious true d v3.6?
Hey Stew, why has it taken so long for anyone to listen on the things that FPV Pilots need to begin with? You would think the sooner they can get people in the air the more money they will have in there pockets. Just saying out loud. You and Trev are great. Keep up the good work.
I think this would be good to put on a 2” quad and wire into a camera directly. It won’t be hd like a Runcam split but will give you good video without the high price.
G'Day Just came accross you channel there other day, Watched a video. Then came accross this video. What a great product, I have a pair of goggles and cant record, but now with this DVR Its going to work. I will be getting probably more than one to use as recording video on quad and truck that dont have dvr. Cheers for this
Hi , can i use this dvr recorder with eachine goggles two ?
+UAVfutures / sorry if you mentioned it but do this do playback?
I have one and yes it does. Thats what the 1-0 switch is to change from record to playback
can I use it to play/replay in to the goggles?
Amazing progress reducing prices.... but with FPV goggles now costing more than a 55in 4K HDTV at some point we should see some initially very expensive OLED goggles introduced in a 4:3 format (FPV specific) that are true HD and optically individually adjustable to allow a larger FOV, etc without the blurry edges some people's eyes get. A 16:9 version for watching HDTV movies can be ported over after the FPV side of the R&D costs are covered and this is why I think it's just a matter of time as there is no high quality HD movie goggle manufactured yet for HDTV with 3D VR games screaming out for it.
It cuts the bottom part of the image when using PAL - watchout for the 480 lines resolution !
I'm using the prior version of that DVR and it works well. Scince i'm using a FPV-cam with OSD i was wondering that the OSD was never in the recorded video until i shifted it to the upper corners. The reason was that it was on the bottom of the image and it is cutted of by the DVR because it is recording only 480 lines. The rest of the 578 lines (PAL) is lost. In NTSC 480 lines are all there is and thats no problem .
Several cheap DVR like this are using the same chipset and if you read the data in detail you'll see that most of them only provide 480 lines even when the horizontal resolution is 1280.
You may consider this as a feature - fly whith OSD but record without OSD - but in the end it simply cuts the image when using PAL.
Isn't that the same as all the other crappy Chinese DVRs that share the same PAL cropping bug, but just in a new jacket?
This thing is awesome! Too bad it can’t be used on the Eachine Goggles Two. It’s lacking AV-Out. Still no easy DVR for me :(
"Based on the pictures online, I thought this thing would be a little bit bigger, but in my hand, it is absolutely microscopic" Not the first time I've heard that... =/
I have been using the EV100 and just got this DVR and they are both excellent and cheap ! I get excellent reception even from the supplied dipole antennas from my Vortex 250 with a CL. plus the EV100 has focus adjustment and are so clear
Thanks stu! Just wanted to say that you are the reason why I am building quads! I like building them even more than flying them. I am absolutely fascinated with this stuff! I have the eachine 30 dollar goggles and honestly, they do the job. Never even tried anything else. Im saving up to upgrade my transmitter right now, but I just crashed my only working quad, so i have all 3 of my builds on the workbench taken apart so i can try to put together one working quad. This is the fun part!
Thanks for reviewing that tiny DVR. Really appreciate you showing us the options.
Cheers!
Did anyone keep count of how many times he said "badboy"?
or DVR?
Dutch Universe I do, in every single video, and then I review the "bad boy" performance for the day
a total of 8 times
Should start a drinking game...
B A D B O I
Btw you can put 5v through the balance port and the dvr works fine, it says use 7.4 volts but I had a 12v to 5v adaptor for a car usb carger, could not find ua sub cable so used a servo lead for the 7.4 volt port. Works fine.
If anyone does this just look at a usual balance plug to work out polarity.
Also the AVI file it gives out is nor recognised by the blackbox overlay program, google it and you'll find an official blackbox page saying to use handbreak to convert the file to mp4. Works fine, however I find in low signal it drops frames so you loose sync with the blackbox.
I just got mine for $12!Cashed in my Bangood points. Its nice to get things cheaper once in a while. I can think of other things to use this for. I can now use my already cheap goggles and get the satisfaction of being able to record on them. I could never figure out why they didnt add that in. As a matter of fact,I plan on taking the guts out of this unit and making it part of my goggles,people will think I have something new,never released.
I've got fatshark predator v2 goggles and I've been looking for something like this thanks stew
Great video Stew. I got the EV100s and I really like them (and the price). Waiting for the DVR now!
Please help me. When I throttle up with my transmitter or in the betaflight motor tab the motors start up fine then stop at mid throttle and do exactly what they did in the low half of the throttle. . : | . : |
Isaiah Higgins calibrate your esc’s
Willem for the 4th time?
I'd go to the receiver tab in BetaFlight and check your throttle you may need to adjust your channel end points but I don't know what receiver you have so cant help with that.
Even though this is irrelevant, as this happens on the betaflight motor tab also, I'm using the Turnigy Evolution Transmitter with the IA6c rx. My settings are the same as Joshua Bardwell's for the most part. Literally nobody has this problem and nothing I try works
Solved it. Good ol' Joshua Bardwell emailed me with the perfect solution
This is truly a good DVR. It can record VGA, D1 (I am not sure what that was), and HD. Unfortunately, I already broken 2 of these. I was using this in my Fatshark Attidue V2.
This is what happened. I plugged in the battery (the AV wire is not connected), switched my fatshark to Video In mode, and the DVR to "0", I connected the AV wire, the DVR got hot, and then it died. It's no longer powering up... The red led is not turning on even switching to a new 2S battery.
But! will is still be buying it? I feel like I still need to, instead of the Eachine DVR Pro.
somebody knows how to open the DVR module case ??
can it work in a predator v2?
How do you get video off the SD card?
Natange Sararas plug it in to your computer with a micro SD card reader.
Thanks couldn't find my footage because my computer didn't recognise the .AVI files
hi stew can you review the eachine usb fpv receiver for your phone its like the same price as this dvr... i never knew so many high end goggles dont have dvr..i got the vrd2 goggles i guess ive taken having diversity and dvr for granted seems my goggles was so cheap..good job buddy as always👍😀
Hey Andy I tried to find your goggles but didn't have any luck would you mind linking me a site
New scale???
Do u think eachine is a gud company? In terms of quality to price.
Parts availability etc etc
The footage looks good, better than my hotwired system with the old eachine prodvr. I ordered the new one last week so should be here sometime when the slow boat from China arrives lol !
I had to give you a thumbs up! Just happy to c someone win a giveaway! Great job!
An amazing little product Stew! Nice one buddy
I feel like I wasted money the ev100 goggles, BUT that little DVR for $10 is amazing!!! I'm now waiting on some cables so I can run these goggles with the sim on my laptop. But probably going to upgrade to aomway anyways....
Not compatible with Fatshark Dominators V2, as interference really bad, un-useable, tried longer cord to move it's power source away from goggles, still no good. Shame, was looking forward to using it.
Already order it, super excited that it’s out, thanks for the vid
Thanks, this is exciting news, and encouraging. Eachine is a WONDERFUL asset for those of us who don't have beaucoup bucks to squander on RV tools/toys!
sad thing is that you can't use it with cheap goggles, because those tend to come without video out. And if you want to buy something that records right from the air (either standalone or something like that one plus a receiver) then you have to invest at least 50€.
So that dvr might be cheap - but that doesn't really help the people who need it most.
Yes high end goggles are expensive, and I agree that including DVR should be standard as that technology is well developed and low cost.
Regarding the high cost of the name brand RC electronics, the cost to the producers of that product is not only the price of the parts and manufacturing. One must consider the cost of R&D and innovation that go into these products. It costs a lot of money to employ engineers and software developers to make these products. That overhead has to be made back in the selling price of the product in order for that company to continue to do business. Without the innovation of these companies the technology would not be as advanced as it is now.
It is much easier to reverse engineer someone else's product, clone it, and make it. You can sell it for much cheaper as you don't have those R&D people to employ. Yet if this becomes too prevalent, the companies doing the innovation may not be around for long. If that happens we all suffer because innovation slows and we don't get new fancy gadgets as often.
As a consumer it's a tough place to be. Do I by the cheapest item from companies with questionable ethics and that are know to clone? Or do I pay a premium price, knowing I'm paying for the product and the true cost that goes into making that product?
It's not easy because it's not always that black-and-white, and for many of us money is tight.
after all, ev100 worth the money?
About half say yea and half say nay , I really like mine good goggles.
If you are not used to a bigger FOV or you are willing to take the time to adapt to the smaller FOV and you don’t mind a higher than average chance of defect, then yes, definitely worth it.
I will add that, if you have good eyesight, the FOV will not limit your ability to see details like tree branches (the resolution will). However, the FOV will mess up your perception of distance if you are used to a bigger FOV.
Guilherme Gatto wait for version 2 I have version 1 with dvr it’s best budget goggles on market replace the standard foam to a thinner foam brings you closer to the screens with good results
While buying the Fatshark HD3 really made my wallet cry... I've never had such a great experience flying since. But if they were cheaper I wouldn't complain!
Well looking at the DVR video I think I might get it because it's a lot clearer than my fatshark DVR that's built in, thanks for the review ordering one! By the way you just got a new patreon supporter yep me LOL, so keep posting this kind of content loving it! Show them companies what's up!
Cheers Stu ❤️🤘
Thanks for the review! I just ordered mine! Just what I was looking for.😀
yeah fourth, i have a question for you ,why is the hobby so expensive??? i know its getting cheaper nowadays...
Hansbald um because they made a product and people are willing to pay what their asking for it, there’s just low competition
Yes, because corporations are greedy by design - a corporation being greedy is a corporation working as intended. The end goal of a corporation is to create returns for their investors, which means turning as much of a profit as possible, as well as balancing short term profits with long term viability as a company.
A lot of people look at the prices of products and only consider the price of the components required to manufacture it. This is a big mistake, they don't consider the price of initial R&D for the considered product, manufacturing cost, product sourcing cost, labor cos, shipping costs, R&D for future products, advertising, documentation, support, warranties, costs for expanding the company and the increased overhead that comes with these things, and so on.
Also, as others have mentioned here, larger production runs lower prices. While the UAV marked has been, and continues to be, growing at a good pace, the racing/fpv side of things is still a pretty niche market. Lower production runs means higher costs for the end-user.
We all want cheaper gear, we all want the hobby to become more accessible to newcomers, but there are certain economic realities of trying to turn a profit on complex products in a low volume, niche market.
Surely they could have produced the DVR to actually fit on the ev100's and look nice rather than a black rectangle stuck on the top.
That is Supper Fantastic DVR was good what a find.Thanks
Thanks Stew, Very clear good for me. Now I can use this.
So here we are, today's "bad boy" count managed to reach a solid 8, looked a bit lazy at the beginning but it certainly caught up towards the end.
They were listening stu. You asked for dvr and they answered