Daily Deal: GT-ZO1 Touchscreen Dashcam

from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept

Fri, Apr 10th 2015 12:02pm — Daily Deal

Dashcams can catch some pretty amazing footage. A dashcam in Taiwan captured dramatic and frightening footage of a plane crashing into the river.

Some of the videos posted from Russia show just how crazy drivers and pedestrians can be. But sometimes these dashcams can also capture some awe-inspiring moments, like when the Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over the Ural Mountains in February 2013:

Today's Daily Deal on the GT-ZO1 Touchscreen Dashcam could be what you need to capture your own amazing videos, while also helping to protect yourself from insurance fraud and legal disputes. For $165 (36% off of the original price), you get a compact camera that attaches to the windshield with a suction cup, which can record location, speed, and date information into video clips using the GPS-enabled mapping system. This deal ends soon.

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Anonymous Coward, 10 Apr 2015 @ 12:08pm

Kinda Tacky
I dunno guys... It's kinda tacky to use a tragedy to hawk your goods. Just saying...
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Roger Strong (profile), 10 Apr 2015 @ 12:27pm

Re: Kinda Tacky
Agreed. But still, have you noticed how HARD it is to find a feel-good, heart-warming news story involving dashcam footage?
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Baron von Robber, 10 Apr 2015 @ 12:42pm

Not sure I like the location, etc. Time stamp sure, but would rather have a simple recording device. One that I could detach and rotate easily.
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Anonymous Coward, 10 Apr 2015 @ 1:04pm

"Passenger Jet Hits Bridge", but it has propellers...
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KoD (profile), 10 Apr 2015 @ 4:20pm

I think I would like one of these, but no where can I find the medium it records to. A micro SD card of up to xxxGB size? Internal storage of only 512MB?
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If It Bleeds, It Leads!, 10 Apr 2015 @ 5:16pm

Re: Kinda Tacky
"It's kinda tacky to use a tragedy to hawk your goods"

But at least it's better than making bogus product claims. The good news is that the Techdirt Sales Corps is listening, and this comment will hopefully be taken into account, as these sales pitches continue to evolve into something that's effective at moving product without treading too painfully on people's sensibilities -- or insulting their intelligence.

One issue that might get Techdirt into trouble is the use of embedded YouTube videos on a dedicated sales page. Per YouTube's Terms of Service:

You agree not to use the Service for any of the following commercial uses unless you obtain YouTube's prior written approval:

*the sale of access to the Service;

*the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on or within the Service or Content;

*the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions on any page of an ad-enabled blog or website containing Content delivered via the Service, unless other material not obtained from YouTube appears on the same page and is of sufficient value to be the basis for such sales.

https://www.youtube.com/t/terms

That's not to imply that these embedded videos would necessarily violate YouTube's TOS, or to suggest that Techdirt likely never received permission from YouTube for such use. Or if Youtube even cares to enforce such policies. But it would be nice to know before YouTube's legal team were to introduce themselves.
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Ragnarredbeard, 10 Apr 2015 @ 6:53pm

Specs would be nice
Would be nice if the product page actually said how much storage it has, what format, etc.
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moonsoldier, 11 Apr 2015 @ 2:57am

You too can capture tragic events in HD.
Using a recent tragic event to sell dashcams is bad, its the kind of story i would expect to see on Techdirt not about Techdirt.
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Anonymous Coward, 11 Apr 2015 @ 8:45am

Re: You too can capture tragic events in HD.
"Using a recent tragic event to sell dashcams is bad, its the kind of story i would expect to see on Techdirt not about Techdirt."

A high percentage of Tim Cushing's stories are about police violence, often of the lethal type, most of which would not even be stories if not for video cameras being around to capture the action. So video cameras certainly fit in with Techdirt's "theme" -- even though this ad misses the mark somewhat. While the showing of a plane wreck serves little purpose other than shock value, video of police brutality serves an important function of immense benefit to society.

Just as another Techdirt writer, Michael Ho, is now including a plug for Techdirt's online shop in the closing of all his articles, maybe Tim Cushing could do likewise. Perhaps something like this ...

"Today's Death by Cop episode was brought to you by the amazing ICU8-LED Dash Cam, available in the Techdirt store [link] or by calling 1-900-MASNICK. And if you use the special code STOPRESISTING you'll get an additional 10% off."

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