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 and this bullet camera.

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