HDZero vs Analog @ 200mW around a bando - Which is better for penetration and breakup? 

Thanks for making it all possible Carl! 😎😎😎

Thanks Ryan. Happy to spread the word about how well this system does. I'll do a.more thorough and 'identical' back-to-back comparison as soon as I can because this one wasn't actually intentional, hence the different flight paths.

Thanks for the comment JB. Hope you found the video interesting 👍 I wasn't planning to do this comparison, I just noticed I had similar DVR but I will do a better back-to-back at my next opportunity.

Looked like it was gunna break up pretty bad to me behind the building

@@chrishiggins7475 I agree, it probably was and I wish I'd flown back behind it but wasn't actually testing anything when I was flying this particular day. I will do a similar test when I next can though. It would have been interesting to see how quickly it recovered compared to analog as I think it would have come back quicker. I still think that considering how far away the building was, and I was standing inside another building, lower down and behind a bit of vegetation, it coped extremely well at 200mW.

@@eatyourvegfpv agree hope they bring a dedicated set of high end goggles and sort the 1000mw vtx soon

@@chrishiggins7475 I don't know about the goggles, but that would be nice for sure. The 1W VTX is definitely coming and I'm.sure will be fantastic.

Glad you liked it, thanks! 👍

Thanks! Appreciate it ;)

My video is using a first gen camera, just a Runcam Nano HD... The HDZero is another step up 👍

I completely agree. Unless you actually fly both, it's hard to believe but we know, and hopefully this video demonstrates that too. Happy flying!

Thanks man. I agree there needs to be more videos like this, and I was so impressed with how well HDZero performed. Everyone flying analog this day struggled, and even the DJI guys were saying they were pixelating quickly.

@@eatyourvegfpv same experience. In the video posted of 200mw alone vs while flying with 4 dji quads on 1200mw, the dji guys all avoided that same area cause they said signal felt sketchy. Real world tests like this in different areas can give surprising results.

He didn't spend the same amount of time behind the building and looked like it was gunna be as bad tbh

@@chrishiggins7475 rf is rf and penetration won't change because of digital vs analog. However his signal gets messy and black and white heavy even on the side of the building where hdzero only got bad at the most critical point of signal loss but had good signal on the sides and even power looped

@@anthonyfpvminiquad1728 I agree. I do wish I'd spent more time behind the building and I will do when I next get the chance to do a similar test. I think I'd have recovered video quicker than analog too, which took a while to get back.

Thank you! I was using the Runcam Nano HD with an M12 lens mod (Foxeer Predator) here, but the lens isn't focused very well admittedly. I've got two of the new HDZero Micro HD cameras coming soon though.

@@eatyourvegfpv Yea image looks nice. I have the stock RunCam Nano and it doesn’t look as nice, but I also ordered one of the new Micro cameras, excited to try that. Currently finishing a video of the first flights and my first modifications, my goal is long range. Time will tell, cheers!

@@GiantAntCowboy The lens mod does make quite a difference. I wouldn't worry though as the micro camera is in another league. I promise you won't have any long range issues soon enough 😉

@@eatyourvegfpv yup, figure I’ll wait and just use the original camera on other future build. I already improved the range significantly using my DIY antennas so I’m optimistic that some further tuning will add some decent range.

@@GiantAntCowboy The upcoming 1W VTX and some other things will give you massive range improvements 👍

I wish I had too, and I will do next time, as I'll do a 'proper' test then 👍

I'm using the Runcam Nano HD with a TPU printed case for an M12 lens and I struggle getting the lens focused and locked in the soft case. In this video the lens is definitely not as focused as it can be sadly.

Specific receiver and goggles with HDMI input, though you'll likely know this by now :-)

@@SpexFPV yep the hd zero vrx , but I also realize that the cost of hd zero camera + vtx is almost the same as the Caddx vista and the price of analog goggles + vrx is almost the same as digital, so at this moment I think dji is still better

@@LeRatVisseur Totally. It's less of a dilemma if you don't have either system. I got HDO's a month before DJI dropped their system otherwise my setup could be quite different. I kept a close eye on what was bytefrost at that time, and I'm happy to say when the Sharkbyte system came along (and dropped to the super low price) I jumped right on it so I had quite a cheap entry into the digital world - I wasn't willing to invest in an entirely new system either given I hadn't long invested in my HDO's and a set of custom optics 😅 Absolutely no regrets or complaints though, and the system continues to improve.

Not specifically, nope 😉

but maybe you could fly with some plants in view

@@fluoxethine Haha! Well I do crash into a lot of grass and trees quite often...! 🤪

@@eatyourvegfpv make quad out of vegs

@@fluoxethine 😂 I'm too busy eating them all!