Types Of Monitors
If your car comes with an inbuilt display unit, while buying a backup camera, make sure that the camera and the display unit are compatible. They may not be directly compatible, and you may need to buy adapters separately to make them compatible.
If there is no inbuilt display unit, you have two options. You can buy a backup camera and a monitor separately, or you can opt for a complete backup camera system where a compatible monitor is included in the package. When you are buying a monitor separately, you have to again take care of the compatibility factor.
The monitors can be of different types starting from LCD to LED. The LED ones are better as you can watch the video from all directors without any issue in clarity. The LCD ones are more economical, but viewing from the sides can be problematic. Apart from that, the size of the screen matters quite a lot. It generally varies from 5 to 10 inches and the bigger, the better.
Besides, you should make sure that you can use the monitor for other entertainment purposes when not in use for the backup camera video streaming. This means you should be able to play videos and songs from your pen drive, DVD players, or memory card whichever is applicable. Not just that, there should be an auto switching option which means the monitor should automatically start streaming video from the backup camera when the car is in reverse gear even when you are using it for other purposes.