PMP400 DVR + bullet camera

[mowgli]

Hi all,
I've been considering getting a camera for use on the bike for a while now although common sense and budget always seemed to get in the way. Well things have changed and I'm finally in a position where the budget may stretch. I lost my common sense a while ago so there's no longer anything stopping me. I've narrowed my search down to,

PMP400 Digital Video Recorder (http://www.portable.geek.nz/) and this bullet camera. (http://www.viewtech.co.nz/product.pasp?categoryid=5&productid=28)

I'm just wondering if anyone else has used these on a bike before and what their thoughts are on suitability.

I intend to hard-wire power to both units, most likely through a fused power supply to dampen out spikes. The camera will be wrapped in a foam sleeve to dampen vibes and then mounted variously on the bike or helmet using tie wraps and speed tape. The DVR will most likely reside in a tank bag atop a wedge of foam to dampen vibes.

I don't expect I'll get much change out of a grand by the time I'm finished so your thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.

[Transalper]

I'd just say that Harddrives and vibrations and/or knocks do not go well together so you'd need to protect that PMP400 really well as it looks to me like it does all its recording etc from a harddrive.

[NordieBoy]

I like the idea of some of the SD-Card recorders with the looping feature where you press a button and it dumps the last "X"mins to the card.
Press the button after a good section rather than guessing if it will be good esp. if you've only got a couple of hours of recording space.

[mowgli]

I've now got the PMP400 but have yet to purchase a bullet cam. It seems that pressing the enter button during record breaks the video into separate files at that point.

I agree with the vibration concerns, however, the advantage of HDD is that you can record heaps. 35min of TV created an AVI file of about 900MB. With a 250GB drive that means I could store over 150 hours of footage. That's enough for even the longest rally and without the need to carry a laptop for regular downloads.

Initially I plan to put the player in my pocket so vibes shouldn't be a problem. Later I'll make a soft foam insert for a tank bag. That'll make it easier to access controls and route the wiring.

Edit: I should add that I am new to this on-board recording stuff so this is very trial and error. If it doesn't work out, well at least it will be fun trying