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GEARBAG: The V.I.O. POV1 Camera Update
Written by: Neale Bayly   
01/21/2009
Charlotte, NC
 
The V.I.O. POV allows for easy mounting, such as atop the helmet as seen here. (Photo: Neale Bayly) ยป More Photos


Update - December 2008
V.I.O. Inc., the leader in Point-of-View technology, is proud to announce the 4GB & 8GB SDHC card compatibility firmware upgrade. The highly anticipated upgrade will allow global POV.1 users to use 1, 2, 4 & 8GB SDHC cards with their systems; increasing users recording capacity to new levels in the Wearable Video industry. The upgrade will allow the unit to accept up to 8 gigabytes of memory; a 400% increase from the 2 gig default setting. The free upgrade will have a huge affect on recordable time from 45 minutes to over 6 hours on the highest resolution setting. Any prior customer or POV.1 owner can access the free firmware upgrade at http://www.vio-pov.com

The Test
There is nothing like riding your spuds off at a track day, with your buddy in hot pursuit capturing every heroic moment of your record-breaking ride on video. Riding like Vale on his way to another world championship, you know you will be looking like a superhero when the boys come round and you fire up the big screen to show them the footage. Then, as you get back to the pits and pull out your cam-corder, uncoil fifteen feet of knotted cables, unstick the duct tape you have been
using to hold the battery pack, and rewind the tape to check your finest hour, you are greeted with sweet nothing. Somehow, the camera shut off, the tape got stuck, a wire fell out, and the video proof of you breaking the track record is gone.

Well, working in the motorcycle biz for close to a decade now, and having made two-wheeled video all over the world during this time, unfortunately this scenario has happened on too many occasions to be funny. No matter how careful you are setting the camera and taping up all the wires, it somehow has a frustrating way of going wrong when you need the footage the most. Thankfully, for those of you who have struggled with this problem over the years, this annoying situation need never happen again.

I have recently taken delivery of a VIO POV 1, so I can say goodbye to electrical tape, external battery packs, mini DV tapes, and all the confusion that has accompanied the joy of onboard footage over the years. Now, I simply pull out my POV 1, connect the camera lens to the main body, turn it on, and hit record. Coming with a 1 GB hard drive that can hold over 40 minutes of footage at 720x480 lines of resolution, it records at 30 frames per second. This is more than enough to capture a couple of track sessions, and downloading it when you are finished is a breeze. Just plug the POV 1 into your laptop and import. Erase card and repeat.

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