Spy Pen DVR (Digital Video Recorder)
Spy Pen DVR camcorder – Digital Video Recordings is one of the best selling spy pens on the market today, is contains many updated features over previous models and for the quality images it produces offers good value for money.
The 4th generation refers to the standard of digital spy camera embedded into the pen. Not the model itself. So lets get started with this spy pen review…
For this spy pen review were looking at a 4gb spy pen DVR camcorder with video and audio function.
Compatibility. Like many other spy pen DVR camcorder devices this camera records in the .3gp format and is usually on almost any Windows system. However this little babies party trick is that its one of the first ever spy pens to be compatible with Apples Mac. Good news to me, and many others out there.
Resolution
The first feature we notice about this spy pen video is that it now records at a whopping 640 x 480 resolution, this is a huge advantage of previous pens and means that we are no longer forced to stare at images that are no bigger than a postage stamp or all distorted with square pixels showing all over the recording when we try to blow it up. On most computers today you will be able to view it at half or more of you monitor size in good quality! That’s not half bad for camera this size.
Battery Life
On average this product lasts for approximately 90minutes on a full charge… nothing special if I’m honest as a lot of spy pen cameras on the market achieve a similar life span, this pen comes up tops again though when it reveals is latest party trick. Containing a slot for an AA battery the pen can be fully charged whilst away form a pc or electricity supply and is good to go for another 90minutes…. fantastic!
Quality of Recordings
My favorite thing about the 4gb spy pen DVR camcorder is that it contains enough memory for over 8 hours of recording allowing you to keep information on the spy pen without having to clear its memory each and every time you use it. It records 30 frames every second which provide a smooth look when playing back the recording. One thing to note it that it only plays back at 10-20fps that is still plenty do not worry. What’s more, all the audio track is fairly clean and only suffers from distortion effects when being muffled or flung about when trying to record…. you would be hard pressed to find a video camera that doesn’t suffer from the same problem in my opinion. Spy pen DVR audio used to be a bonus but these days make sure you have it. It’s invaluable!
Overall this has to be one of my most favored models of the spy pen video camera I’ve used, and would recommend it to anybody. How ever please note that these are my opinions and you may find yourself preferring the functionality of another model although I doubt it. The only other advice I would offer would be to shop around. These hidden cameras go for numerous prices all over the web don’t just buy the first one you find as you will only be disappointed to find a site offering the pen in a much better value for money package.
