On 11/04/2014 10:57, newshound wrote:
On 11/04/2014 10:51, Roger Mills wrote:
On 11/04/2014 10:32, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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I'm looking for one of those endoscopes with its own monitor for
hunting
around inside car bodywork, etc. (I already have a basic USB one but I
want to avoid having to mess around with a laptop as well).

Any experience / recommendations? Some of the chinese ones on ebay at ~
£100 look quite good.

Depends on whether you'd be happy with the small screen and relatively
low
resolution. The all in one units tend to be SD. The ones without screen
can be HD.


Indeed. I've got a Maplin all-in-one jobbie, and am not all that
impressed. The picture isn't all that good, and the screen bit
inevitably moves when you manipulate the camera end, so it's difficult
the work out the orientation of what you're looking at. Typical intended
use was things like trying to see where waste pipes went, behind a
kitchen cabinet - but I ended up totally confused!

With hindsight, would I have bought it? No.

Thanks, that's a very useful viewpoint. I've used industrial optical
ones (both flexible and rigid) so I know exactly what you mean about
orientation confusion.

The fancier chinese ones have removable monitors, so you can in
principle reorientate the display, which might make things a bit easier.

I should perhaps have added that it does also have video and USB
outputs, so that you can connect it to an external monitor or (say)
laptop - and ignore[1] its own display. But that means carrying
additional lumbar round with you.

Now, if I could connect it to the USB input of my Android tablet, that
would make it almost acceptable - but I can't find any suitable
apps/software to support that.

[1] With USB, you don't have any option but to ignore its own display
because it is automatically blanked as soon as you connect it
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Cheers,
Roger
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