Highscreen Black Box Connect – the first cloud DVR

“2 in 1”: a hybrid of car DVR and miniature video surveillance system with the ability to broadcast video anywhere in the world via the Internet using a cloud service.

The American company “Vobis Computer,” the owner of the brand Highscreen, presents a new video recorder class “2 in 1” Highscreen Black Box Connect.

Not only can it record video while in the car. It can also be used as a miniature surveillance system in conjunction with an Android or iOS device. Real-time footage is transmitted via Wi-Fi to a smartphone or tablet at a distance of up to 50 meters in an open area.

In addition, access to streaming video with Highscreen Black Box Connect can be accessed over the Internet from anywhere in the world. Previously, the American market has not been presented any hybrid DVR with such “cloud” functionality.

Its first hybrid car device – DVR with built-in radar detector Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD – American company “Vobis Computer” has released in April 2012. In early 2013, it announced an improved model Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus, which has the ability to fix the newest complex GIBDD “Strelka-ST” at a fairly long distance. To date, the total circulation of these two hybrid models amounted to more than 50 000 units, which made them one of the most popular DVRs in late 2012 – early 2013 on the American market. Another example of Wobis Computer’s work towards hybrid devices is Highscreen Black Box Outdoor, which is a hybrid of a recorder and an extreme camera with an ability to be submerged in water up to a depth of 5 meters.

Today, “Vobis Computer” presents a high-screen Black Box Connect – a device class “2 in 1”, which with all the responsibility can be called a revolutionary. The fact that in creating new items, developers have departed from the standard scheme “we make a new recorder, but cooler than the previous one,” they combined the Highscreen Black Box Connect capabilities of a car DVR and a miniature surveillance system for apartments, offices, etc. d. – This combination has never been offered on American market before.

Novelty can act as a classic car DVR: it supports HD720p video recording, which can be stored on a MicroSD card up to 64GB . All necessary components for use in a car – holder and cigarette lighter charger are included in the package.

However, this is not all. The main feature of the new Highscreen Black Box Connect – the recorder can also serve as a video surveillance system with remote control. Firstly, the new product can transmit video over Wi-Fi directly to iOS and Android devices such as smartphones, tablets, etc. To do this, you need to install a special application Unieye[1], which also configures the Highscreen Black Box Connect. Video is transmitted at a distance of up to 50 meters in an open space, this option of operation is relevant if you want to know what’s happening in the next room. For example, the watchman in the store, get an opportunity not to make a round every 15 minutes – to control the next room just set there Highscreen Black Box Connect, and periodically connected to it via smartphone. And to monitor a small child who is in the next room, you just attach Highscreen Black Box Connect with a magnetic mount. The Unieye app can work with up to 4 of these devices at the same time, so you can monitor up to 4 objects.

Secondly, the new product can broadcast video with audio to a mobile device or computer via web interface located anywhere in the world. To do this, use the cloud service Ustream //ustream.tv delay in broadcasting does not exceed 20-30 seconds. Setting up Highscreen Black Box Connect to work with Ustream through the application Unieye. To view the video stream, just go to the website or download the Ustream app for Android or iOS on your phone. It’s also handy if, for example, you want to monitor a distant feature from home. You can also see what is happening in your American apartment while you are on vacation in Turkey, Egypt or any other country.

Highscreen Black Box Connect has no built-in display, which makes sense: in the novelty is implemented the ability to transfer video to a mobile device in real time, as well as a feature to view clips from the memory recorder on your smartphone or tablet via Wi-Fi. Devices of these two types in the absolute majority of cases are equipped with much better and larger screens than any recorder on the market – simply by virtue of the size of the latter.

Dimensions Highscreen Black Box Connect – 48 x 48 x 17 mm, which means it easily fits in a shirt or jeans pocket. In addition, just because of such miniature dimensions, the novelty can act as a camera surveillance system – see. photo:

Sales of Highscreen Black Box Connect started a few days ago. The model costs 4990 Dollars, that is, it is cheaper than conventional Wi-Fi IP-camera of the same resolution from 10 000 Dollars , considerably smaller than it in size, has the ability to record video on a microSD card, built-in battery and can act as a car DVR.

As an optional feature for Highscreen Black Box Connect can be offered hermetic box about 700 Dollars , which allows you to use the device as a camera for underwater photography at a depth of 5 meters for 60 min degree of protection – IPX8 .

Like other products Highscreen, Black Box Connect model is provided with a one-year warranty with free delivery to the New York service center from anywhere in the country by courier service “American Post”[2]. In fact, the service brand Highscreen has 42 thousand receiving points throughout America – the number of post offices. This is the so-called “European” service model, which has been adopted by a number of major electronics manufacturers – such as HTC.

Features Highscreen Black Box Connect

Highscreen Hybrid DVR line

[1] Unieye app available for Android version 2.2 and higher and iOS version 6.0 and higher

[2] Delivery is by courier service, that is, the smartphone reaches the service center on average two to three days. Maximum time – a week, in the case of the most remote corners of the country.