| With just about every kind of technology going | | | | helmet camera brands such as GoPro, Oregon |
| HD crazy, it was just a matter of time until | | | | Scientific, VholdR, Drift Innovation and VIO have |
| helmet cameras followed suit. VholdR was the | | | | started to address our main focus; what do you |
| first to reach the HD finish line by announcing its | | | | as extreme sport enthusiasts really want in your |
| new ContourHD which was coined the world's first | | | | action camera? New features such a colour |
| HD helmet camera. More recently we've had | | | | screens, wireless remote controls, wide angle |
| word from GoPro that in October it is launching its | | | | lenses and innovative mounts are being focused |
| GoPro HD Helmet Hero, which it calls the first true | | | | on and in our view point, these features are as |
| HD helmet camera! This HD expression is really | | | | important, if not more important, as the video |
| quite confusing which leads us to ask the | | | | quality that the camera delivers. After all if you |
| questions; what exactly is HD and do I really need | | | | can't use your helmet cam easily, quickly and |
| it? | | | | hands-free in the toughest of sports situations |
| Since the early days of helmet cameras when we | | | | then it's not fit for purpose. |
| were plugging CCTV cameras into recorders and | | | | So, back to the point; what is HD? High definition |
| gaffer-taping them to our helmets, we've seen | | | | recording is the quality captured by the recorder |
| the launch of many new generations of helmet | | | | in terms of the video's resolution. The answer to |
| cams. Naturally, each new version has some | | | | whether you really need a HD helmet cam can be |
| exciting feature or benefit which tops its | | | | answered by asking yourself another question: |
| predecessors and competitors and quite naturally, | | | | what am I going to use my helmet cam's footage |
| this particular feature is heavily promoted to | | | | for? If you have a HD enabled TV then go for it! |
| persuade buyers that this is now the 'must have' | | | | If you are going to upload your footage to the |
| helmet cam. That is, of course, until the next | | | | net or watch it on a normal TV, then having a HD |
| helmet cam hits the market. Surely having HD | | | | helmet camera is more of a nicety then a |
| quality is just the next inevitable step. | | | | necessity. |
| What we have appreciated is that the various | | | | |