[Foobar]

Was playing around with the 500 (trying to find a good location for it, testing out the wi-fi, and using the realtime video over wi-fi to my phone) for about an hour today, with it on the entire time in 1080 mode. I didn't notice it getting hot, but I suppose it would take a month of prolonged use before I see any real effects of overheating (fuzzy picture due to the sensor overheating being the predominant symptom).

Gotta pick up some fuses and other wiring doodahs before I put it on permanently and get some video to show, but so far I'm pretty happy with this.

Edit: Additional observation, the larger dimensions of the 500 make it a tight fit in the area behind the rear view mirror if you're going to place it on the driver-side dot matrix portion. I had to adjust the mirror arm down a bit to get it to fit without rubbing up against it. Not a whole lot of room for me to adjust the mirror now, but I'm the only one who drives my car anyway.

Edit #2: I played around with the software today. Be aware that my anti-virus scanner detected the Conficker.B worm on the SD Card's autorun.inf that came with the unit. Nothing it couldn't clean up, of course, but not cool nonetheless. I checked around and at least one other person (in Australia) reported the same issue. There may have been an infected batch of SD Cards that went out from the factory. Conficker.B! is a worm that replicates via network and through mapped drives that exploits a Windows SVCHOST vulnerability to allow unauthorized remote access. Make sure you have anti-malware running.

Edit #3: OK, Magic Pro is all wired up. I have it set to shut off if battery drops below 12V or after 120 hours. The device has been live all day and it does not get excessively hot. After pro-longed use, it is warm to the touch, but nothing that appears to be abnormally hot. I don't have a temp gun to give you guys an accurate external case reading, but it's really not bad at all. I also contacted the vendor regarding the Conficker.B worm detected on the SD Card, and they are communicating with Blackvue directly.