DVRs for Cop Cars

AEton writes "News.com is reporting that IBM is developing digital video recorders for cop cars. The systems involve a digital video camera and reusable hard drives which police officers will take with them on their shifts; centralized servers with up to 3.5 TB of storage will hold recordings. The cameras continuously record and cache old video in a "Tivo-like" fashion; tapes will start from three to five minutes before the cop turned on the recorder. Unbiased, high-quality recording could have a compelling social effect; and at the very least, we're headed for HDTV Cops."

Comments

Einstein would be impressed.

[coupland]

"The cameras continuously record and cache old video in a Tivo-like fashion; tapes will start from three to five minutes before the cop turned on the recorder."

Not sure I understand, this means that after you press "record", the DVR travels three to five minutes backward in time and catches you in the loo a few minutes prior? Surely the video would spool to disk 3 to 5 minutes after it was recorded. Maybe I can use one of these after I get pulled over for speeding to travel back in time and brake in advance...

30-second skip?

[Wesley Felter]

Yes, but will there be a secret code that you can type into the remote to enable the all-important 30-second skip feature?

Awesome!

[TopShelf]

Just gotta remember my EMP when driving about.

Re:Awesome!

[Pharmboy]

If they are using MS, it will probably crash anyway. BSD would be better if it wasn't dead.

In Soviet Russia, YOU record COPS. (huh?)

1. Film prostitutes
2. ?????
3. Profit!

Did I leave any out?</troll>

I can see it now.

[American AC in Paris]

"...well yeah, Bill, I really like the new TivoCop Recorders they issued us, but I swear mine thinks I'm racist or somthing--you should see what it puts in my "Favorite Citations" list..."

excellent!

[simpl3x]

"cops" will now be in high definition. will they record the busts in surround sound too?

Re:excellent!

[Pharmboy]

"cops" will now be in high definition. will they record the busts in surround sound too?

The cool part is with 5 channel audio, when they bust a skull with a night stick, it will sound JUST like they are in your living room!

Gives "Reality TV" new meaning.

Re:excellent!

[LittleGuy]

The cool part is with 5 channel audio, when they bust a skull with a night stick, it will sound JUST like they are in your living room!

Wait! They are in my living room!

Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! stupid homeland security Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

Re:excellent!

[Pharmboy]

If you are watching COPS, and you notice the house on the TV looks JUST LIKE your house....no amount of Karma is gonna help you.

Re:I knew I should have patented that!

[Washizu]

"I've been coming up with an in-car multi-angled record to HDD system to"
"I was planing to use Freevo or simular, a notebook some webcams and wireless lan"
" I was also trying to figure out how to get a finger print scanner hidden in an unsuspecting place, like the gear shift."

Batman, you should really start posting anonymously.

Tonight on "COPS:DE (digitally edited)"

[Sunkist]

You...doing shit you didn't.

Re:IBM drives?

[Openadvocate]

Strangly enough, a break every hour at Dunkin' Donuts will be required. That will ensure that the disk gets a chance to spin down and stay within operational specifications.
Rumor has it that the IBM solution was choosen for just this reason.