Hello everyone. Glad to be back here but the fed has approved my residency and maybe I’ll have some free time again to more regularly update this site! we shall see. Meanwhile this little beauty caught my eye..

The Tview Rv-102c is an unusually large monitor screen for what seemed at first glance a very reasonable price. While we all know that the price of consumer electronics goes down once the market is established this seemed to be a real stand out.

Its features beyond its excellent 10.2 inch screen are all you could wish for.  Twin video inputs, night vision capable camera and the device can go into a passive mode and serve as a standard interior mirror, and the thing comes with a keyring sized remote for when your parked up and fancy watching a Video before carrying on that Road trip!

The Camera unit is of a fairly standard wired design meant to affix to two of your licence plate tag holder screws. It is waterproof and has a cluster of  IR-LED’s around the 120 degree camera lens for the night use. All in all a solid if unspectacular unit that should do the job well.

But the thing that sets this apart is the price. All these features are being listed for under $130! Compared to some of the devices I’ve looked at before thats a great package deal! However technical details have yet to reach me in full so I really would like anyone that has one of these great looking little camera/screen units to leave us a comment here and let us know how well it performs in real world conditions.

But for now this is a great sounding deal and I encourage you all to take a closer look if you need a  Backup camera system for your RV or SUV

You recall I looked at a Hybrid system a while back that combined a Backup camera system with a pair of Parking sensors? Well this is another manufacturers take on that eminently sensible combining of the two technologies.

This unit has a heavy duty chrome bar for the rear  of your vehicle, that is supplied with a variety of mounting accessories (some pictured above) This makes it ideal for people that want a backup camera system but because of their vehicles configuration the traditional licence plate version is less than ideal. Owners of Jeeps and similar will know what I mean. Many of those have offset tag plates to allow for the external spare wheel.

This parking sensor backup camera  system in addition being more stylish and robust than the previous modle I reviewed has onscreen display of distance to detected obstacles along with an incremental audio tone as they are approached.  The camera itself has a 110 degree angle which is acceptable but doesn’t claim any especial low light capabilities. The items other slight down-points are that the supplied screen is only a 2.5 inch model which is a little disappointing, and that the device in not wireless but is supplied with a long direct link up cable. While this is ok as I have said before if your no beginner to Car maintenance I would have especially liked to see a wireless version of this backup camera system.

Still overall its a decent backup camera system, especially if you want a durable exterior camera. This one is pretty sturdy and while I can’t comment how well it would take a direct knock it should stand up to the wear and tear of the road better than most.

Now this is an alternative backup camera system unit that caught my atteniton. This device is a totally self contained camera display unit you can permanently fix it to the back of your vehicle with the screw mount on the camera unit but one of the intriging things is you really don’t have to! Not apparent from the picture is the powerful magnetic pad the camera comes with which is pleanty for short trips – or (as its manufacturers originally thought of) if you just need that extra hand hooking up a trailer hitch.

For trailer assistance its first rate position the camera and back up, the screen though smaller than some is of very good quality and many folks are reporting that its all they need to attach horseboxes, trailers (etc) single handed. One chap then had this camera repositioned so he could keep an eye on his beloved horses in transit.

So if you want versitility rather than a simple backup camera system than this is it! The batteries on it will last a long time on a single charge so it might even double as an overnight security camera while you were in your tent or cabin!

Naturelly there is (excuse the pun) one hitch… Its fairly pricey compared to some devices I have listed here, but for you money you get a tough camera and hand held (or mountable) screen. The thing has a listed range of over 300′ but from my research this really depends on conditions and as with all wireless Backup camera systems what the signal has to transmit through. Still by all accounts it does better than half that(200′) before any significant picture quality is lost.

So while not a “Classic” backup camera system like many reviewed here. This certainly is something to look at for its sheer versatility.