AUDIO & VIDEO QUALITY

Before we post our usual clips to showcase audio and video quality i wanted to point out the difference in recording/viewing angle between the DR550GW-2CH (137 degrees diagonal) and the DR650GW-2CH (129 degrees diagonal). This source screenshot is taken from the DR550GW-2CH and the red rectangle represents the viewing/recording angle of the DR650GW-2CH.

As always we didn't use YouTube to place our recordings since we want all of you to see exactly what you will when using the camera (unfortunately that's why the clips are 10-15 seconds long) so to download the above clips you just need to left click with your mouse or right click and use the save as command. This time over we also placed two short night clips to showcase what you can expect from the DR650GW-2CH at almost pitch black conditions. Also since the rear HD camera is identical with that used in the DR550GW-2CH (identical diagonal recording angle, resolution and bitrate) we skipped on testing it again (you can refer to our DR550GW-2CH review if you want to see just how good it is). By default the bitrate of the front camera sits between 6 and 6600kbps so it's not especially high compared to some other models out there (some companies have even released firmware updates that push that number to 20000kbps with heat and battery issues as the result). Luckily Pittasoft will soon release a firmware update which will push that number to 8000kbps for even better results without any stability issues (although i do feel that around 10000kbps would be ideal).