BlackVue

BlackVue DR590X-2CH Plus

Name: BlackVue DR590X-2CH Plus
Brand: BlackVue
Price: 235 USD
Availability: InStock

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60fps frontSupercapacitorHardwire kit includedScreenless

The DR590X-2CH Plus is the entry point into BlackVue's shape and install experience without the cloud hardware. Both cameras are Sony STARVIS modules recording 1920x1080, the front at 60fps on a 139-degree lens and the rear at 137 degrees, and there is no HDR. What you are buying at this price is the things BlackVue does not vary by model: the screenless cylinder that mounts flat to the glass and reads as factory equipment, the hardwiring cable in the box so parking mode works immediately, a supercapacitor, and an operating range of -4 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit. What you give up against the rest of the line is real - Wi-Fi drops to 2.4GHz, the card ceiling is 128GB, the GPS is an external receiver rather than built into the body, and there is no LTE path at all, so the cloud features BlackVue markets on its other cameras are simply not available here. It is a good camera for someone who wants the install quality and does not want the subscription conversation.

Approx. price: ~$235
Hot car: Supercapacitor; Supercapacitor, rated to 158°F
Parking tier: Buffered; Hardwire kit included

Best for

Someone who wants BlackVue's discreet install and will never use a cloud subscription.

The description and the pros and cons above are written from published specifications, not from owner reports. Owner sentiment, where we have it, is in its own section below.

What the numbers mean here

The front camera records 1,920 horizontal pixels across a published 139-degree field of view, which is 13.8 pixels per degree — establishes the scene, not the plate. The rear channel manages 14, so it resolves as finely as the front. How this is calculated, and what it does not tell you.

It runs on a supercapacitor rather than a lithium cell, so there is no battery to swell in a car parked in summer sun — the classic way a windshield-mounted camera dies. The maker publishes an operating range of -4°F to 158°F. Supercapacitors and heat.

Keeps a rolling buffer, so the seconds before an impact are saved as well as the impact itself. It is the most useful parking mode and the hungriest. The hardwiring cable is in the box, so this works from the first install. What each parking mode records.

Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures, recorded from BlackVue’s own product page and a specialist retailer’s spec table. Fields the maker does not publish are omitted rather than guessed.

Type: Dual-channel
Channels: 2
Front resolution: 1080p
Front frame rate: 60fps
Front sensor: Sony STARVIS
Front field of view: 139° (as published)
Rear resolution: 1080p
Rear sensor: Sony STARVIS
Rear field of view: 137°
HDR: None
Power cell: Supercapacitor
Operating temperature: -4°F to 158°F
Parking modes: buffered, motion
Hardwire kit: included
GPS: built-in
Wi-Fi: 2.4 GHz
LTE / cloud: None
Max storage: 128GB microSD
CPL filter: optional
Screen: None
Voice control: No
Form factor: cylinder
Mount: adhesive
Release year: 2021

Features

Dual 1080p Sony STARVIS, front at 60fps
Hardwiring cable included for parking mode
Supercapacitor, -4 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit
Screenless cylindrical body
External GPS receiver included
2.4GHz Wi-Fi with app control

Where it is strong

Hardwiring cable in the box, so parking mode costs nothing extra
The same near-invisible cylinder body as the flagships, at about half the price
Supercapacitor and a 158F ceiling on a budget model
No cloud hardware means no subscription pitch and no LTE module to buy

Where it gives way

1080p across 139 degrees is roughly 14 px per degree - it will not read a plate at distance
128GB card ceiling, the lowest in this catalog
2.4GHz Wi-Fi makes even 1080p downloads slow
GPS is an external receiver dangling off the body rather than built in
No HDR, so a low sun or a tunnel mouth blows out

What owners say

Summarised from public owner discussion. Nothing here is our own testing.

This is the BlackVue people buy when they want the shape and the install without the subscription. One owner's account is the one that circulates: they took the community recommendation over the app-store reviews, and report that after a fiddly first setup the Wi-Fi app has been flawless since.

Failures here look like failures anywhere else in the BlackVue line. Cards are the theme - one owner formatted a BlackVue-branded card with BlackVue's own PC software, got nowhere, and concluded the camera was bricked, echoing an earlier failure on a previous BlackVue. The other unanswered question is parking-mode endurance: nobody can tell you how long it will actually watch before the cutoff trips.

Be clear-eyed about the image. 1080p across a 139-degree lens is roughly 14 pixels per degree, the floor of this catalog. It records what happened; it does not read a plate at distance.

What owners like

An owner who chose it over the app-store reviews reports the Wi-Fi app working flawlessly after the initial setup, which is rare praise in this category
Owners looking for a two-channel camera under about $150 with a supercapacitor find it on the shortlist
No cloud hardware means no subscription conversation, which owners costing out a camera appreciate
It gives the same discreet screenless install as the expensive BlackVues at roughly half the price

Common complaints

Card trouble reaches this model too - owners with BlackVue-branded cards have had cameras they concluded were bricked
Owners cannot find out how many hours or days parking mode will last before the low-voltage cutoff stops it
There is no LTE path at all, so none of the cloud features BlackVue markets elsewhere are available here
At 1080p across 139 degrees it resolves the least detail per degree of anything in this catalog

What owners of the BlackVue DR590X-2CH Plus ask

Is the app as bad as the reviews say?

One owner explicitly weighed the app-store reviews against community advice, bought it anyway, and reports that the app has worked flawlessly since a slow initial pairing. Others have had connection problems. The pattern across BlackVue models is that the first setup is fiddly and things settle down afterwards.

Can it use cloud features?

No. The DR590X has no LTE path, so remote live view, cloud backup and push alerts are not available on this model regardless of subscription. If those matter, the DR770X or DR970X are the models that support them.

How long does parking mode last?

BlackVue does not publish a figure. The hardwiring cable, which is included, has a low-voltage cutoff that stops the camera before the car will not start - but that also means it stops watching. Owners planning to park for days fit a battery pack.

Will it read a license plate?

Close up, in good light, sometimes. At distance, no. 1080p spread across a 139-degree lens is about 14 pixels per degree, which is the lowest density in this catalog. Buy it to establish what happened and who was where, not to identify a car several lengths ahead.