BCHobbyist created these MODs for owners unhappy with official firmware.
Image Quality is affected by Resolution, Sensor, Lens, Focus, Sharpness, Saturation, Exposure, WDR, and other hidden controls. VIOFO's product line combines different Sensors and
Lenses as expected but many End Users aren't aware of the differences
each has on image quality. In an effort to improve the over-sharpened
official firmware BCHobbyist started to modify the baseline firmware.
These useful A129 , A119S , A119 Pro , A119 MODs have become popular and a Team of dedicated Testers now verify stability and image quality worldwide.
It's been revealed not all Lenses are equal with variations in Focus and
alignment. Dash Cams with poor/blurry/soft center focus Lens can load
High/Strong Sharpness MODs to compensate. Lens with perfect center focus
will benefit using Low/Soft or Med/Normal Sharpness MODs. VIOFO has
recognized the need to offer customers more image quality control and is
about to release official firmware with new MENU options = Bitrate Low /
High and Sharpness with Soft / Normal / Strong for all Dash Camera
models.
Drivers wanting increased textured details benefit using 24 Mb/s or higher Bitrates. Complex patterns on road surface, buildings, bushes are blocky at low bitrates and noticeably improve at 26.6 Mb/s. The trade off is larger video file size and for A129 owners less Parking Mode support. Color Saturation can vary greatly from realistic tones also benefiting from a tweak. Replacing the Mute icon is a good example of simple graphic improvement done with modified firmware.
