DJI Phantom 2 Vision High Performance 1080p Quadrocopter - CES 2014
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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Linus Tech tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by nc.com your source for
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great technology selection and service along with Corsair memory and Western
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Digital so we're here with DJI a brand I
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actually hadn't heard of before but they are drawing a lot of attention here at
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the show flying around their Phantom 2
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Vision quadricopter this is a high performance quadricopter and of course
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the obvious comparison is going to be drawn to the AR drone but it's a little
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bit different from the AR drone so rather than using sonar to detect its height it actually
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has a different sensor system to detect not only its height but also its
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distance away from you which is allowing it to stay stable even in this crowded
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Hall it also supports Wi-Fi controls
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okay so that's similar as well as firsters view as well as taking video
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and photos but the quality has been stepped up to correspond to the
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increased price so it's around $1,200 but it can go as far as 300 M away from
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the controller with the Wi-Fi extender that you see here on the controller you
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control it in a more traditional hobbyist style so you move it kind of
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back and forth up and down and I think they're about to take it away so what
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I'm going to do is I'm going to cover a couple of the things on here so there's a motor controlled camera a battery
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indicator and LEDs on the bottom of the unit that allow us to orient it go ahead
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and take that away thank you very much the iPhone on the top of it can be used
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to see it in firstperson View and it can also be used to control things like
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camera settings like exposure for example to make sure that you get the
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best footage that you possibly can this guy's got a GoPro Hero 3 mounted on it
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so it's a little bit on the different side I'm just going to go ahead and give
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you guys a bit of a better look at it here it makes actually all things
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considered not a ton of noise but I wouldn't expect to be recording any
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audio with uh the camera that's on this thing so the main objective here because
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it's so expensive it's not necessarily for the Casual consumer but for RC
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enthusiasts just over $1,000 might not seem that unreasonable for a remote
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control vehicle especially one that includes a 1080p uh 14 megapixel camera
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but then again guys there are all kinds of different customers in this world
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some pros might want to use this but other Pros might want to step up to the
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eight rotor s1000 this one they're not flying around in here but due to its
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eight rotor design and carbon fiber
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lightweight construction this guy can hold a Canon 5D including look at this
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there's a gimbal on it as well for stabilized aerial footage and what's the
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maximum range on this guy do you happen to know off the top of your head um it's
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still actually under testing so we'll release that once we release the product
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well there you go guys either way the booth is drawing a ton of attention here
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