[m5james]

I asked the same on post #47. AVIN's DVR is nothing more than a USB camera. I was going to get this one -https://www.ebay.com/itm/-/152712898105? or this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/FHD-1080P-H...kAAOSwry1aAOhi but I'd already put in my order, so that's where post #71 came into play, meaning now I'm stuck using AVIN's. I'll likely buy the eBay one anyways because I don't like that AVIN's is a front facing only vs being a dual camera like I'd prefer.

Looking closely at the AVIN DVR https://avinusa.com/bmw-oem-style-dv...9-e53-e38.html, it looks similar to eBay type cameras...generic with two button operation and an SD card slot - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Y61-WIFI-Ca...0AAOSwB4BaIG8F. About the only difference I can tell that makes the AVIN unit unique is that it appears like it may replace the plastic assembly around the rearview mirrow where it mounts to the window, but seeing as the GF's E61 has rain sensing wiper, I get the feeling the AVIN unit will be useless to me :/ I've just sent an email asking for confirmation. I've already had to point out that some of the years of vehicle applicability they had listed was wrong going from CCC to CIC, he admitted that their E39/E53 unit showed outdated information and now I think they'll be adding an asterisk onto their website that their fancier DVR won't work on rain-sensing wiper equipped cars.