Blackbox Dash Cam Systems: Features and Buying Guide

It is a consumer term for an in-car video recorder that continuously captures journeys and can save event footage. It is not equivalent to an aircraft flight recorder.

It normally records while powered and uses loop recording. Recording when parked requires a supported parking mode and suitable power supply.

Ordinary loop files are overwritten as storage fills. Important clips should be protected and copied promptly because event folders can also reach capacity.

It is useful when incidents behind the vehicle matter enough to justify extra installation and storage. A front-only system is simpler and may capture more detail per file at a given bitrate.