gopro hero 2 lcd screen supplier

The LCD Touch BacPac is a removable LCD touch screen for GoPro cameras*. As a removable accessory, the LCD BacPac keeps your camera as small and light as possible, yet provides the convenience of an LCD screen when attached.

While the wide angle lens on the Hero2 means you don’t have to worry too much about precise framing, I’m sure anyone with a GoPro Hero2 HD is going to be pretty disappointed if their action packed car chase scene is taken up with 90% dashboard or that gnarly skate session has only recorded your feet.  The fact that the lens is offset to the left of the camera doesn’t help either when “guessing” what you’re aiming at.

Obviously using an LCD panel is going to mean your battery takes a hit.  The LCD panel can be either left on all the time or made to auto off after 60s.  In addition, pressing the button will also turn the LCD panel on and off.  GoPro makes a Battery BacPac which doubles the battery capacity of the GoPro; however, you cannot stack the Battery and LCD Bacpacs.

Those who already own an original Hero HD might get confused, as the R4 code on the Hero is [email protected], whereas the R4 code on a Hero2 means 960P @ 25. Not an issue for me since I’ve never memorised the Hero HD codes but ….

In addition, another “selling point” of the Hero2 is that it has 4 “operating” LEDs on it so that no matter what angle you’re at you can see if you’re recording.  The LCD BacPac covers the rear one, so if the LCD is off, you can’t actually tell if the unit is recording. Yes, the small video icon goes red when I’m recording, but that’s no good if I have the LCD panel turned off.

The GoPro LCD BacPac does exactly what it’s meant to do.  It gives you the peace of mind that you’re able to  properly and quickly frame your videos and stills and allows you to easily review the footage you’ve taken while  on location without having to transfer the data to a tablet or notebook.  Covering the rear activity LED is a bit of an issue which I’m sure I’ll get over, and the video codes are a very minor gripe (but to me worth mentioning) :).

²Applies only to purchases made on GoPro.com. Some accessories excluded. Learn more. Limited to a maximum of 10 items per subscription anniversary year.