I’ve personally never tried the no names cheaper brands but companies like Viofo and Vantrue are well respected.
Personally I avoid Blackvue, my son paid over £650 for his Blackvue 4k front and rear and has had nothing but problems with it, even here in the good old UK it keeps overheating. Blackvue are aware of the issue but they kept on blaming other things until his warranty expired after which they refused to help just always citing that the warranty has now expired even though it was a long standing issue. They even tried blaming his micro SD card, claimed it was too fast and that that was the reason the cam was overheating. A truly loathsome company that I would never ever recommend.
In terms of the cams, much like CCTV cams they will all produce watchable clips during the day but it’s really important to try and find reviews of night time clips. I’ve got a Viofo a119 v3 and a Vantrue E1, both produce vivid day time clips, at night time getting readable plates is potentially luck I’ve found.
For parking mode, you’ll normally need a 3 wire cable and checking and understand the parking mode features of the cam is quite important. Make sure that there is a pre-buffer feature so that a few seconds before the incident get recorded elsewhere the recording of you are doing it in event based will start after the event.
