GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings • Hacker News Board

Re: GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings

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Post by tonyplee » Fri, Nov 04, 2016, 10:31 PM UTC

joshu wrote: post #88

tonyplee wrote: post #51

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Agree, one can easily study the clone's features, price and customer reviews here: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_12?url=search-alia... They use the same SOC, camera sensors. There are tons of HD Videos comparison reviews on Youtube.

I am told the GoPro is very similar to the ambarella reference board. Are you saying these are similar? Because that would be very useful.

I believe they used the same chip.

Anyway, I got one of the clone after study the youtube video of the output for $50+ to put on my kid's model airplane. It works great. He crashed the airplane a lot. With only $50, I feel better.

Re: GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings

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Post by georgemcbay » Fri, Nov 04, 2016, 11:56 PM UTC

thrownblown wrote: post #150

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I think the Kodak Pixpro is purpose built for what you're describing, for what it's worth: https://store.mypixpro.com/?route=product/product&path=70&pr...

off topic, but isn't 3DR done?

Not fully done, but they've "retreated" from the consumer drone space.

Basically they got crushed by DJI (which was pretty predictable since the Phantom was already kind of the Bandaid/Google brand of consumer drones before 3DR went all-in with the Solo).

3DR still exists but is trying to pivot into some kind of "enterprise" mapping drone company.

Re: GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings

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Post by stouset » Sat, Nov 05, 2016, 4:35 AM UTC

gigatexal wrote: post #208

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And their new product looks great. For the first time I lust to upgrade my Hero 3+.

everyone has a hobby -- i trade stocks and have done pretty good for myself. They both picked up a few percentage points from their after-earnings lows. Either they get bought, go kaput, or soar again a-la AMD in their most recent restructuring (selling HQ and leasing it back, paying down debt,etc.); either way I win: I win because this is fun, and I win if the shares rise.

Something tells me you aren't going to feel like you've won when you're out thousands of dollars.

It's not hard to make money in a bull market. Getting out before it turns sour is the trick.

Re: GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings

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Post by trungonnews » Sat, Nov 05, 2016, 7:46 PM UTC

GoPro needs additional applications to their camera besides being an action cam. How about adding home security, or baby monitor capability? Otherwise the GoPro camera will sit in the closet for 364 days of the year. What a waste.

Re: GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings

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Post by barrkel » Sat, Nov 05, 2016, 10:06 PM UTC

totalZero wrote: post #160

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GoPro is a poor shape to use with motorbikes; helmet mounts in particular are ludicrous. Any particular reason you didn't consider Drift? Fairly happy with mine, using it as a helmet-cam.

which drift do you have? i'm in the market for a helmet cam and was strongly considering a hero 5...until i saw this thread.

I have a Drift HD Ghost, but it's a couple of generations old by now. It still works great though.

Re: GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings

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Post by barrkel » Sat, Nov 05, 2016, 10:09 PM UTC

mikestew wrote: post #171

barrkel wrote: post #146

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GoPro is a poor shape to use with motorbikes; helmet mounts in particular are ludicrous. Any particular reason you didn't consider Drift? Fairly happy with mine, using it as a helmet-cam.

Any particular reason you didn't consider Drift? Because, as I've outlined elsewhere in this thread, I'm an idiot who thought the name brand was a safe bet and didn't do enough research. That said, most of the time it's mounted to the front crash bar or a saddlebag. Not a big fan of protrusions on my helmet.

Drift is mounted on the edge of my helmet, opposite my Cardo Scala Rider intercom system on the other side. There's not much way for it to hit the road first without my shoulder going AWOL, and if it did, it would snap off pretty rapidly.

A key advantage of the Drift and similar systems is the camera sensor can be rotated with respect to the camera body. So it doesn't matter that it's at an angle, close to your shoulder: the picture is still upright owing to one twisting the lens.

Re: GoPro shows its vulnerability after horrific Q3 earnings

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Post by odbol_ » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 1:17 AM UTC

PKop wrote: post #168

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haha is this a joke? Apple basically forces you to upgrade your phone every two years, by releasing a mandatory OS update that makes older phones slow as dirt. I'm talking about my mom's 1957 Ford pickup that still runs great today. I'm talking about the Ostrisizer can opener from the 1970s that my family still uses in their kitchen. 5 years lifetime for a $800 product is not "built to last".

I had my MacBook Pro for 6 years before I upgraded, and didn't really need to. Are there many better examples within the computer / smartphone industry than Apple? Capitalism allows $1000 to buy progressively more powerful computers year after year. Oh but you're talking about pickup trucks and can-openers. Oh ok my bad. Were those created by socialist / communist economies now? What are we even talking about here? D…

We're not talking about capitalism vs. communism. We're talking about capitalism vs. consumerism, aka Planned Obsolescence.

Capitalism _could_ produce products (even high-tech products like phones) that last for longer than 2 years (e.g. swappable chips/boards/screens, etc), but it doesn't, because the rapid, constant growth demanded by investors is antithetical to making products that are built to last.