Hot Wheels Video Racer other usage

[to2leo]

I wonder if you guys have seen this on TV?  It is a small camera in a hot wheel size car and is able to record up to 15-20 minutes of video footage at 30-60sec refresh rate.  When you finish recording, you can simply download the footage into your computer or post it on the Net.  At $60 USD or $70 CAD a car, I wonder if it is worth it to use it as a train camera?

http://www.hotwheels.com/videos/hot-wheels-video-racer

[cteno4]

leo,

it looks to be pretty much the same as the little stick spy recorders you can get for under $20.

http://www.focalprice.com/EX069Y/Lighter_DV_Spy_Camera_Spy_Camcorder_Video_Recorder_Yellow.html?utm_source=CS&utm_medium=GM_US&utm_campaign=CS_GM_US_EX069Y

http://www.meritline.com/mini-usb-flash-disk-spy-dvr-pinhole-camera-black---p-62035.aspx

http://www.meritline.com/cer-key-spy-camera-1280x960-sound-activated-record----p-53523.aspx

many of these i think are smaller.

jeff

[to2leo]

Neat thanks for the links, I am definitely interested in the HD lighter cam.

[cteno4]

i picked my little lighter cam for like $10. had to add a micro sd card to it, but a 2gb one was less than $10.

these give decent video, not fantastic, but from the look of the hotwheels one i expect to be the same or better than the hot wheels one.

there are scads of these little spy cameras around now days and a whole range of prices. hard to tell if the more expensive ones are much better than the cheap ones. one problem is they seem to come and go fast so as soon as someone reviews and recommends any particular one its gone...

cheers

jeff