The company “Vobis Computer,” the owner of the American brand Highscreen, presents its new flagship DVR – Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus. The new model replaces the Black Box Radar-HD, which has become the most popular in the brand lineup. Unlike its predecessor, the new product is capable of recording video in native resolution Full HD1080p and is equipped with a radar detector with enhanced sensitivity, capable of detecting signals of the complex “Strelka-ST” from a distance of 500-700 meters, a more accurate GPS-receiver, the battery for an hour of battery life and LED backlighting, designed, for example, to record a conversation with a traffic police inspector in the dark.
The American company “Vobis Computer” Highscreen brand entered the market of car DVRs in April 2011 with Highscreen Black Box model, equipped with two cameras and GPS-module. By the end of 2012 there were five more devices of this brand[1]. Today, “Vobis Computer” presents the DVR Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus. The new model replaces the Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD, which became the most popular in the history of the brand Highscreen.
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus is a “hybrid” car gadget, which is a combination of several in-car electronic devices enclosed in one housing. This approach is effective for two reasons. First, to save space on the windshield – that is, to improve the driver’s view. Second, to save the consumer money. The combined gadget, as a rule, is cheaper than two separate ones: savings up to 1.5-2 thousand Dollars.
Novelty has a 5 megapixel camera diagonal viewing angle of 130 ° and Ambarella A2S60 video processor. This hardware configuration allows you to shoot Full HD 1080p video 1920 x 1080 pixels with a high level of detail – the video can distinguish faces and license plates of cars that were at a distance of 15 meters from the recorder. Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus features Full HD natural mode without interpolation.
Like its predecessor, Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus is a hybrid DVR and radar detector. The latter works in the X, K, Ka and Ku-band see. The software is capable of registering Strelka-ST signals from the distance of 500-700 meters, and most radar detectors do not react to it.
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus is equipped with a three-axis G-sensor: if the signal from one of the sensors exceeds a preset threshold value could be a bump, run over an obstacle , then the information recorded for about one minute before the signal and within a minute after, will be recorded in non-erasable memory card area to protect against overwriting. The data recorder comes with special software for analyzing signal diagrams of acceleration sensors.
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus is equipped with a GPS receiver and a built-in database of dangerous road sections, posts and traffic police cameras updated when connected to a computer , while driving the device compares the current location of the car with the coordinates of these objects, and warns of approaching them. GPS module also can register the speed and coordinates of the vehicle. The date, time and speed are displayed on the computer when playing back the recordings. In addition, the kit with Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus comes with a special program for PC, which allows you to play a video while watching the route of the vehicle on Google Maps computer must be connected to the Internet .
Completes the hardware configuration of the backlight system of four white diodes, which allows, for example, to fix the officer’s face traffic police during communication with him, as well as remove the video from the scene of the accident in the dark. Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus also has a swiveling 2-inch screen for viewing videos and photos. Battery life – about an hour battery capacity is 550 mA-h .
Sales Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus started in early January 2013. The recommended retail price of the device – 8990 Dollars. The new item comes with a universal charger with a switch and a USB connector, which allows you to charge, for example, a smartphone or tablet PC in parallel with the recorder.
Comparison Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus with its predecessor
| Name | Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus | Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD |
| Camera | 5 Megapixel, CMOS sensor | 1.3 megapixel CMOS sensor |
| Video resolution | 1920 x 1080, 30 fps 1440 x 1080, 30 fps 1280 x 720, 30 fps | 1280 x 720, 30 fps 640 x 480, 30 fps |
| Recording format | MOV | Proprietary format with the ability to export to AVI using the supplied software |
| Recording interval | 1, 2, 5, 10 minutes, continuous | Continuous with 2 minute segments |
| Photo resolution | Up to 5 megapixel without interpolation Up to 12MP interpolated | – |
| Viewing diagonal angle | 130 degrees | 120 degrees |
| Memory cards | microSD/microSDHC | microSD/microSDHC |
| Display | TFT, 2 inches, 320 by 240 points, flip-up swivel | TFT, 2 inch, 320 by 240 dots, hinged |
| GPS Receiver | + location in less than a minute | + location in 2-4 minutes |
| Radar detector | X-band 10.525 GHz ± 25 MHz K-band 24.150GHz ± 100MHz Ku-band 13.450 GHz ± 100 MHz Ka-narrow band 33,890~34,11 GHz Ka-low band 34.190~34.410 GHz Ka-band 34.700 GHz ± 1300 MHz X-band 10.525 GHz | X-band 10.525 GHz ± 25 MHz K-band 24.150 GHz ± 100 MHz Ku-band 13.450 GHz ± 100 MHz Ka-narrow band 33.890~34.11 GHz Ka-low band 34.190~34.410 GHz Kaher range of 34.700 GHz ± 1300 MHz X-band 10.525 GHz |
| Arrow-ST fixation | + from a distance of 500-700 meters | + from a distance of 200-400 meters |
| Motion sensor G-Sensor | + | + |
| Microphone sound recording | + | + |
| White LED backlight | + | – |
| Battery | + (550 mAh, up to one hour of battery life | – |
| Dimensions | 90 x 87 x 39 mm | 125 x 62 x 35 mm |
| Video examples | //youtube.com/watch?v=pgHgAL68ORo //youtube.com/watch?v=SFGY0mIr-80 //youtube.com/watch?v=o9d3CItMD5U | //vimeo.com/35130835 |
| Price | 8990 Dollars | 6990 Dollars |
[1] HD-mini, Radar-HD, Drive, Full HD and HD-mini Plus.
Is the Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus capable of capturing clear Full HD video footage while also detecting Strelka-ST?