BlackVue HDR Night Vision Comparison

BlackVue just introduced HDR Night Vision, a new feature for DR900S Series dashcams. The feature replaces Enhanced Night Vision and improves both day and night video quality. 

One of the main advantages of HDR is to preserve detail in both bright and dark areas of the image. You probably have experienced HDR capture with your mobile phone's camera. It works by combining two or more exposures in a single image. It is like taking an overexposed image (too bright) and an underexposed image (too dark) and combining them together. Except that your camera does it all in one smooth sequence. The overexposed image will show more detail in the dark areas, while the underexposed image will preserve detail in highlights. By merging them, the resulting image is able to display a wider range of colors and detail than the camera sensor was able to capture in a single exposure. 

HDR Night Vision follows the same process, applied to video recording. 

The advantage of HDR Night Vision over Night Vision is that it improves not only nighttime videos but also daytime recording. At night, it brightens scenes while preserving highlights, which means you can read the license plates of cars and streetlights' flare is reduced. On bright days, it also works wonders to minimize lens flare and reflections when facing the sun. 

HDR Night Vision also produces richer and more accurate colors day and night. 

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Music used in the video:
Chillhop - Chill Hip Hop Beat Music Lakey Inspired

[mdk]

I tried this mode and was excited about it. However when the car is moving, license plates are more likely to blur even during day time.

In low light conditions, it adds unnecessary noise to aggressively increase sharpness, again making license plates hard to read. I paid for the DR900S2-CH for the purpose of recording accidents and dangerous driving and it is imperative that license plates remain visible for evidence. This mode defeats that purpose compared to it turned off.

It does make the details of the background more visible and less over exposed but at the cost of sharpness for things that do matter. It also makes the picture dimmer than without.

[cenan.]

Like the music in the background name of song hehe?

[RoboticNerd]

Looks great! You guys keep improving this great camera and I love it!

[SteveFlanigan]

I see an improvement. Thanks for the update. NOW....I have to go along with Cenan Metti when I ask...PLEASE, WHAT IS THIS MUSIC? It is great and I would like to find the artist and song.

[Rjrolyn]

So wheres the REAR CAM ? Why just the front ?

[laingej]

This thing is just like a polarized filter. No night vision at all