Review by Dennis Meredith for DB Tech Mini DVR Video Pen – Gold-accented Executive Pen w/Micro SD Slot Expandable to 8gb, Captures High Res Photos and Video w/Sound. Includes 2gb Card + Card Reader
Rating:
I ran across this little spy pen while browsing for a new toy! The video and picture quality are as good as should be expected from an itty-bitty cheap lens! My biggest complaint would be the included instructions, which were obviously for an older product. There was reference to a non-existent “mode switch”, no doubt referring to the BPR (Business Portable Recorder) 2, 3, 4, whatever. After an hour or so of tinkering, I have established the actual BPR 6 functions: Push and hold button 1 second, light flashes past red quickly and goes to green (standby mode). You are now in picture mode. Push button, light goes off momentarily, comes back on, repeat for additional pictures. For video, hold down button 2 seconds or so, light flashes 3 times, goes off. You are now recording (light is off). To pause, press button, light comes on, you are in standby mode. Press again, light goes off, you are recording! I have found no way back into picture mode except to turn unit off: while in standby, hold down button for 4 seconds or so, unit is off. To verify, plug into computer, unit should be recognized as USB storage. If its still on (video mode), Windows will recognize it as new hardware (webcam). The pen will date/time stamp both pictures and videos in the bottom right corner, I’ve not found a way to turn this feature off. I’ve placed a txt file in the root dir per the (older unit) instructions, which stamps the user created date/time, but will not turn it off! Also, Windows Media Player will not play these video files, I ended up installing KMPlayer (free), which works fine. I hope this helps!

Review by Glenn for DB Tech Mini DVR Video Pen – Gold-accented Executive Pen w/Micro SD Slot Expandable to 8gb, Captures High Res Photos and Video w/Sound. Includes 2gb Card + Card Reader
Rating:
I’ve wanted to play with one of these “pen cams” for a while, but didn’t like the cheapness of the first ones I saw. This one looked like it had a nice finish so I took the chance, and won. The pen itself looks great – like “just” an executive pen. It’s fairly hefty and, well, it writes.

As another reviewer noted, the instructions aren’t quite right for the pen, but you can puzzle out the operation: basically press once for one second to turn it on, give it a quick click to start and stop video, hold the button for a few seconds to turn it off. The threads on the shaft, where you take it apart to get at the MicroSD card, seem a little fragile, but I’ve been gentle with them and haven’t had a problem.

What really surprised me is that this is an 8 megapixel camera, and the video is much higher-def than the 640×480 of my older hand-held cam. Even the sound is decent; you could use this camera on your vacation. But be careful if you use this for actual spying: the blinking LED on the back is really noticeable. Maybe 007 would put a piece of electrical tape over it.

The one problem I had was my unit came without the 2GB MicroSD card. I contacted the seller and they sent one immediately with apologies. That was really nice.

Would I buy one again? You bet. From this seller? You bet.

Review by D. Richards for DB Tech Mini DVR Video Pen – Gold-accented Executive Pen w/Micro SD Slot Expandable to 8gb, Captures High Res Photos and Video w/Sound. Includes 2gb Card + Card Reader
Rating:
The video and picture quality as well as sound quality is amazing for what the cost is for this Mini DVR Video Pen. If you read the reviews from others the instructions are a bit out of date and hard to understand in the translation. The threads that screw the 2 parts together are loose and you must be especially careful not to cross thread them. It looks great like a regular pin and writes well too.

I have not figures out how to change the time and date stamp om this Mini DVR Video pen yet. I have tried and tried but I must be missing something to effectively make the change. Maybe I need some help on the instructions or break it down step by step to me.