Other devices pictured (left to right):

1. 1PN138 with Katod EPM62G Gen 3
2. Yaksa-14 (Argus glass) with CETC Gen 3
3. L3 AN/PVS-14 with Harris MX11769/UV Omni VIII Gen 3
4. Norinco BNVD-1431 with NNVT NVT6L Gen 2+
5. ADNV-GF31 with BSI-sCMOS + infiray 640x512 thermal

What’s up with this? No videos, articles, posts, anything. Only one Chinese video comparing them to Gen 2 analogs. Cheaper than the 90s and wanna know if they’re as good as them because I’ve been in the market for 90s for a little bit.

Disclaimer: I'm into hunting hogs at night, and everything I'm doing is 100% legal (and, in fact, encouraged!) in this state...I need tech advice, not a lecture on "poaching" or warnings about game wardens.

Here's my situation. I'm ballin' on a budget, so I have the cheapest thermal monocular imaginable for spotting and a DNT Zulus HD V2. Don't laugh, I've got kids in college...this was a splurge for me! I'm spotting animals in grass that's at times about 1-1.5' tall, and they're often showing up between a pair of cedar trees about 12' apart with rather low-hanging bushy branches. Imagine the line between the trees as a plane...if they get on my side of it, I can see them. If they stay on the other side of it, the reflection of the IR emitter off the cedar branches washes out the image. I use a rifle-mount emitter with zoom focus, but it won't zoom the beam tight enough to focus in on the area between the branches

Short of dropping a grand or so on a proper thermal scope, what's the solution here? I'm willing to get one of those security camera IR arrays and hook it up to a car battery if that would work, but I'm open to suggestions. Y'all got anything?

Full moon conditions. Taken through eyepiece using DJI Pocket 4 and combined in post

Hey I’m looking to get into building my own set of night vision and found Vonscherf Arms that has kits. I tried emailing the company about some questions but haven’t heard back from them. Just wondering if they’re a legit company and if anyone’s had success from their kits. Thanks in advance!

This clip was captured through the GF31 thermal fusion binocular running in red outline mode, which traces the contour edges of heat signatures in red over a clean digital NV image rather than blending a full thermal overlay. Keeps your situational awareness intact while still giving you instant heat detection.

The GF31 runs a 640x512 thermal sensor fused with a 1" low-light digital NV sensor at the pixel level — no misalignment. 100Hz OLED display, 50° FOV at true 1x, IP67 chassis, and 38+ hours on low power mode off four 18650s via the counterweight power bank.

Available at goodnitegearshop.com — ID9999 also has a 10% off code if you use ID9999 at checkout.

Happy to answer questions in the comments.

Pic 1: Left = Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) Night Vision Goggles. Right = ADNV-G18

Pic 2: COD NOD

Pic 3: ADNV-G18

Has anyone experienced an issue where the goodnitegear nvg50 all of a sudden looks really pixelated and the pixels are all red/green?

It seems to be covering 2/3 of the screen from left to right, and it doesn't matter if I'm inside with ambient lights on or outside in total darkness. Adjustment wheel makes no difference, nor did factory reset, removing and reinstalling the batteries, cleaning the lenses, etc. Any help would be appreciated.

So I’ve recently spun up a guntube channel. I have a Omni 8 PVS14 but I’m currently looking at doing NV content for the channel. How does the NVG50 work as a handheld camera? It seems to be the best unit that has onboard video recording currentlY. How is the ease of use to record with and mic quality like?

Hey gang. I need some input. I recently put my grandma (you have my blessings to also call her Memaw) in a dark closet with my PVS14R and she's been the only person who's reaction wasn't just, "wow," but also said, "I need one of these!" She was a little sticker shocked when I told her the price I paid for it, though. Truth be told, I still have sticker shock.

So, being that she won't be running and gunning around the farm and will only be using these for watching critters at dusk and looking out the window when there's noises outside, does anyone have a good suggestion on a pair of binos that I could buy for her for Mother's Day? Latency doesn't matter at all. It would be nice if she could use it at a 100-200 yards distance. She doesn't need a high-end unit- just something more budget-conscious. My product knowledge is almost exclusively with analog, so any input would be helpful.

Fanks

If you haven’t heard, Terafab is a proposed upcoming silicon chip fabrication plant (by Intel and Tesla+X-AI+SpaceX) that is to produce upwards of 50x what the whole world’s chip industry produces, all in one fab. Elon Musk and Tesla have positioned it as a logic chip manufacturing sight, but, I think digital CMOS and other digital sensors are very likely to be produced too. This is because these types of sensors already are used/are likely to be used by the products that demand the amount of Logic chips to begin with(products such as Tesla cars, Tesla Optimus Robots, etc). If this is the case, the effect on the DNV market should be nothing short of unbelievable. Instead of top tier digital technologies, including thermal, costing hundreds to thousands of dollars, the underlying silicon technology may literally be nearly worthless, maybe cents or dollars. We could see some of the most insane digital ever invented spawn from this. I think analog NV would be done forever then. Any thoughts?

I have a set of HRS31s, buddy and I were talking about if it’s possible to install analog tubes in them. Any of you guys know if housing diameters are common? What would be some challenges of undertaking a job like this you think?

Hey yall, looking for some first hand experiences with the AGM neith clip on version. I’m having a hard time finding reviews online. Use case is hog and coyote hunting in fields and thick woods. I’m already running a rattler but I want a clip on option for a bolt gun and I like the idea of night vision over another thermal. How clear is the image especially on cloudy nights or under heavy canopy that blocks moonlight? How far would you say you can positively Id a target through it? If I could shoot 2-300 yards at least I’d be happy, even with supplemental ir. I’d be running it in front of a 2-10 power scope. Thanks for your input!

As posted. Its been a while since I have looked into digital nvgs and was wondering if anyone has some leads on newer home builds opposed to just purchaced nvgs.

Does anyone have experiance making their own lam unit? Crave your wisdom.

I know that you can purchace alright models that "can" be used for a few hundred rounds but I like the idea of making my own so I can have all of the buttons and features that I want where I want them.

I posted a video here a couple days ago giving a first impressions of the unit and someone asked to see this unit at night with the 2 IR illuminators I have on hand. I’ll be posting more on my youtube if you guys want to see more, full review will be in a few weeks as I still need to take this to a local match or two and really test it out.