Transcend DrivePro 230 Dashcam Review: A Dashcam with Innovative Features
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Transcend DrivePro 230
RM 699
Pros
- Good build quality
- Comes with 16GB microSD card
- Great video quality
- Easy setup and user-friendly features
- Driving safety features
- GPS tagging
Cons
- Not so useful WiFi streaming capability
Build Quality & Design
Design
At the front, apart from the 130-degree ultra-wide angle lens, there isn’t much going on here except for the printed branding and specifications which is a little bit too much.
Do we need to tell the world that our dashcam has GPS and WiFi capabilities? In fact it certain countries like in Malaysia, we tend to keep this kind of car accessories low profile because car brake-in do happen.
The 2.4-inch TFT LCD may not has the best viewing angle and colour reproduction, but it works just fine for a car dashboard camera. The 4 buttons under the display work for the navigation across the settings and configuration. The overall build quality is solid with high-quality finishing.
The dashcam is automatically powered on when it detects a power input from the micro USB port at the right. It takes less than 5 seconds to power on and starts recording. Pretty impressive.
On the left is the microSD card slot which supports up to 128GB capacity. The eye-catching red button is the emergency record button. Once pressed, the dashcam will start recording and saving the video file in the emergency folder where the file won’t get overwritten or accidentally deleted.
However, there is a problem with the placement of this emergency record button. As Transcend is a Taiwanese company, their traffic is Right-Hand Traffic (RHT). Which means the driver sits on the left. Hence, the red button is visible and easily reached by the driver when it is needed. Meanwhile, in Malaysia and the rest of the countries with Left-Hand Traffic (LHT), the emergency record button is on the wrong side.
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