VIOFO Dash Cam A119 Mini 2, STARVIS 2 Sensor, 2K 60fps/HDR 30fps Voice Control Car Dash Camera with 5GHz Wi-Fi GPS, Night Vision 2.0, 24H Parking Mode, Supercapacitor, Support 512GB Max

If you’re in the market for a high quality 2K dash cam, look no further than the Viofo A119 Mini 2. The image quality on this dash cam is fantastic for a 2K dash cam with crisp and clear videos. The highest resolution it supports is 2592 x 1944 at 30 fps with HDR. It’s also equipped with the Sony Starvis 2 sensor which provides excellent night vision. In its price category, it’s difficult to find a better 2K dash cam with similar features and performance. You can buy a 4K dash cam for the same price, but the video quality and performance of 4K dash cams in this price category can’t compete with the A119 Mini 2.1. When recording at the highest resolution (2592 x 1944), the corners of the video have a slight fisheye effect. However, recording at 2560 x 1440 produces noticeably less fisheye effect.2. Unless you’re filming for slow motion video, recording at 60 fps doesn’t improve the quality of the videos.3. It supports 5GHz WiFi which can transfer a 500MB video file in about 1 minute.4. The dash cam has a small profile, weighs about 10 oz., and is hardly noticeable.5. You can use the mobile phone app to connect to the dash cam over WiFi to change the settings or to download video files to your mobile phone.6. There are 2 USB-C ports: one on top of the dash cam and one on the side. You can power the dash cam using either USB-C ports. However, the side USB-C port also supports data transfers using a computer or OTG USB mobile device.7. It comes with a GPS module attached to the back of the unit.8. It doesn’t include an SD card, so make certain you have a high-speed microSD card (SanDisk Extreme or comparable) available. It supports microSD cards up to 512GB.9. It attaches to the car windshield using 3M tape.10. I purchased a rear-view mirror mounting kit (aftermarket accessory) to mount the dash cam so that it can easily be removed or rotated as needed.11. I also purchased the CPL filter for the dash cam, and it greatly reduced the glare during daytime and nighttime driving.

The media could not be loaded. I have one video uploaded, but I cropped out my own screen data that includes my license plate (plate data can be added in the app). You’ll get the idea of the image quality, but I believe that Amazon compresses this. It looks better than what is uploaded. I had a thinkware F50 from 2017 that I am upgrading because I burnt it out by accidentally connecting it to 12 V directly. My bad. As I looked to replace my old dash cam, I came across Viofo and the new a119mini 2 with GPS, Sony starvis2 and capacitor (a must in Florida) vs cam with an internal battery. The quality for both daytime driving and nighttime exceeds my old cam. Huge difference, but we are also talking a model from 2017 to 2024 release date, in all fairness. I want to note that I am not using the viofo polarizer and the image is still really good. I am certain I could benefit a little bit from the polarizer by getting rid of some windshield glare and reflection. But for me, having no polarizer does not hurt the image quality. It is difficult to quantify, but in my opinion, a big part of capturing an image is to get a license plate number if needed for identifying a vehicle. My old cam would sometimes fail to resolve plates in high contrast situations, which are often with bright days in Florida and was too grainy at night or in rain. It may have been the frame rate, too, that caused the old cam issues. I am using this new camera with the higher frame rate and middle resolution, based on some car gear review I saw. Bottom line, I’m getting way better images with this camera than the older camera. Customer service is also great. I had an issue that others were reporting, too, that I could not see the GPS data in the ios app. I heard back from customer service in a few days with detailed instructions. There was a misunderstanding on my part on how to obtain the GPS tracking data. It is not visible while viewing the camera footage in the first gallery. It must be downloaded and then viewed within the app in the downloaded My Media menu area (pancake menu in upper left gets you there as of Oct 2024 app release). That is where the GPS tracking data attaches, and shows the map. You just have to get to it a different way it appears than from what users say was available in an older version of the app. Also, the little gaps between video review that people complain about is by design. You aren’t missing any data. It’s just ending on one file and starting a new file. This is just part of the looping structure of the video clips that are taken. Any good dash cam should do this. But, I suggest also allowing the camera to do smaller sized video clips. This can be done right in the camera settings. This makes them easier to download. Having the little 2 minute clips is much easier to download. Even the small clips at high resolution can be upwards of 500 MB. That is a big file to share. Imagine trying to share a clip of the entire duration of your drive. These settings can be done while connected to the camera via wifi. Yes Wi-Fi, not Bluetooth. There are many complaints in iOS app reviews about connecting the phone to the camera. The camera does not connect via Bluetooth to the iphone. It connects via Wi-Fi. Think of it as its own little Wi-Fi hotspot. Based on some of the comments I am reading, it seems like people think that they should have their home Wi-Fi and also be able to connect to the camera. Or they keep thinking that the dash cam should be a Bluetooth device. This is not the case when the camera and the phone are connected. I do get my phone service data simultaneously (I don’t know if this is specific to carriers, but I can’t connect to the phone and still browse using my LTE or 5G on iPhone 14). To connect, turn wifi on (right lower button under camera screen). Open phone and join the new hotspot (camera will speak a wifi connected confirmation). Then open app and connect to camera. App now can control camera, review video, download and see GPS data and offer ability to share images and video to others. I was not provided a dash cam nor was I paid or rewarded to write this review.

So it's a decent camera. I've only used few days. So far voice commands don't work. Which I don't care for but they should work. When you install on your windshield be very mindful of the pressure you use. The sticky side surface isn't going to match the glass and so you may have a hollow spot in the middle that won't even actually touch your glass no matter how hard you push. So push a Lil harder than you think you should and push in different directions to get the most adhesion you can. You also may have to learn how to sync video clips.. I had a 2 hr video I wanted to keep and the cam made hundreds of 1 min clips.. I don't know yet if thats something I can change but I had to get program to mesh the files into one mp4 video. The only downside to this camera is that anyone can steal your video card by just pulling it out. They should make it so that the card is under the car console outside the camera so police or thief can't get immediate access to it. But it's a great camera for the price. I would buy another one if your just trying to capture any incidents. You can capture cell phone conversation pretty good if the phone is on speaker...not bad at all. Oh and Ps..I couldn't put the acc wire on a acc fuse spot..I had to put it on a fuse that had power when ignition was in the on position as opposed the required acc position. I hope that isn't an issue but I don't think it is. This is just my preliminary review.