Why aren’t car backup cameras of higher quality? You can pick a backup camera of good quality for $50 yet car companies use absolutely garbage backup cameras. Considering how we use it daily and it’s minimal cost when compared to total cost of a car it seems like a no brainer.
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Car components have a lot of requirements, and ruggedness is even more important than how well they work. They have to work flawlessly for a decade or more. They have to be waterproof and frostproof because they’ll be outside. They have to work when they’ve been sitting in the hot summer sun and they’re over 100 degrees, and also when it’s below zero. Cameras also have to be fast, because people like to turn the car on and immediately soak it into reverse and start going.
Reliability trumps high specs. Imagine if you had to get your camera replaced every few years because it broke?
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