ImmersionRC PowerPLAY

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[SKYFPV]

I bought one just before I got my DJI set up, and then thought what will I do with it now. As I am going to use DJI for freestyle, have got my Rapid Fire on those for my analogue freestyle quads. So, I will use it for racing with my HDO's. I bought a Dock King, and TrueD X, then velcro mounted the PowerPlay onto the back of the Dock King. Jobs a goodun. H264 video while racing, and a nice ground station to boot.

[NATGEOANDSTUFFPaulbrannan]

i love our hobby and the technology is out of this world.imagine in 3 4 5 years time.new things every day.so sophisticated nowadays.

[yosayogi]

Good tech to own. Great review Lee. Thank you.

[DadsRCHangar]

Like that, about to dip my toes into FPV, have FS, so this would be a nice add on. 👍🏻

[Autocharge]

Wow I love this, this should have been in the HDO2 but it is what it is. I have had to get one in my bag thank you for this

[licensetodrive]

I'm 50/50 on the PowerPLAY - on the one hand I can get 60fps and power my goggles, but on the other, the deinterlacing technique is basic, just like every single 60fps DVR on the market it produces footage that jumps up/down by a single pixel (try watching virtually any 60fps DVR footage back at 0.25 speed on YouTube). I can re-process PowerPLAY footage and 'properly' deinterlace it, but the picture quality isn't as good as the original source since the PowerPLAY crops the edges and scales the image back up, which introduces some (unwanted) artificial sharpening.
I've been working with captured analogue video for decades now, and have equipment to capture full resolution interlaced footage, which I can then use a computer to 'properly' deinterlace, which enables me to spot the flaws of the 60fps DVRs from practically a mile off.
The 18500 cells were pretty poor so I redesigned & 3D printed a new back for the PowerPLAY so it can hold 18650 cells, see Thingiverse 4080213 and I also designed a new goggle strap holder for 1.5" & 2" width straps, see Thingiverse 3918015

[julianhumphrey]

Looks a very nice item but a bit expensive for my needs as i dont do a huge amount of FPV

[bennymack]

How might one connect this to a ground station? Some sort of splitter to goggle and powerplay?

[dronereviewman]

This would be really cool 2 have!
Great Review!

[oyleyhands]

Any mention how to charge...what are the av in connections?

[filiped]

I just wish it could be possible to update the current HDO’s built-in DVR firmware put the same codec.

[stuartyr]

Having just upgraded from FS Scouts to HDO2’s, I’m shocked at the downgrade in the DVR so this looks tempting. Are the H.264 files capable of being imported to iPhone?

[TaaviTuisk]

I wish they would release the firmware update that they are beta testing. Also, i wish they could also do interlaced mode, so i could deinterlace the video myself. The result would be better than what the encoder in the powerplay does.

[woodrunner]

Ive seen a review of the powerplay, showing that if you play it back at 1/4 speed, 60fps, you will notice the picture jumping up and down by one pixel, can you notice that on your unit?

[XrossRider]

Hello, I have a request. You did awesome vid on how to upgrade the firmware on QX7 and how to use S6R also with STK tool. Thank you for that. But, all is changed. With the new release, the steps are different. Perhaps a new topic for the new content.

[alanhobbs]

I really notice the video shaking when looking at that top bar in your side by side DVR footage. However I do like that it names files with the date and time. Does anyone know of a cheaper DVR that names files this way?

[jayward]

would be nice if they made a belt clip for it and better batteries ive herd they dont last to long

[Autocharge]

One more thing, Can you power the FS goggles with a normal pack and just record using the ImmersionRC Powerplay?

[ElPresidenteBuzzard]

has anyone found a good alternative? These are basically extinct.

[jwc]

Ah! More tech that will be useless on my side of the pond ... well for law abiding types ...lol