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Good to know, I just wanted to know for sure if it would work fine on IOS4, if it is just a minor glitch, no problem then... thanks!

Yaaaaaaay please send it over, my HTC Hero will be sooo happy!!

I did not even get to try and DVR. The problem I encountered with IVMS-4500 and IOS4 was that it would just sit there on the program login screen when the program boot up the first time, asking for user/password/reenter password. On IOS3, taping the "user" field brought up the phone keyboard, on IOS4 it just did nothing at all. I could also blame it on the customers iPhone. But, since I checked Apple Store and saw that IVMS-4500 is basedc on IOS3, I thought that maybe there was some kind of incompatibility... ?

Ok, here is one that will probably seem a very dumb question to be asking. I have read many times about "day/night" cameras, "true day/night" cameras which I do not even know if it would be the same, so the question is as simple as "what is a day/night camera"? (or "true day/night", whatever). I understand that it would be a camera with night vision (with infrarreds?) that has a mechanical IR filter, so it will filter out the IR during the day. This way, it will show good colors during the day, since it will not receive any IR, and then it will also have night vision. Is that about correct?

Thanks everyone on your inputs, very appreciated

No no, not at all... I am just trying to be able to understand in the future what exactly is or makes a camera be called "day night" or "true day night" Great, so it would be something like: * Digital D/N camera - no IR cut filter, but when low light, switches to B&W * True D/N camera - IR cut filter (also known as ICF, removable IR cut filter, whatever) * IR camera - it can be either Digital D/N or True D/N, but with IRs * D/N camera - all of the above Am I correct? So: * No color cameras can be D/N (neither True or Digital) * All IR cameras can be called D/N then, even junk IR cameras? * There are B&W cameras with very low lux that can not be called D/N, even if they have like 0.005lux This two last points are the ones that bother me. I always associated D/N cameras to "hey, this can't be crappy"... -+-+-+ Ok, so checking some catalogs now, I am starting to think that cameras with IR are just never called D/N at all. So D/N cameras I think must be just the ones that switch between color and B&W at night, either with (then they are True D/N) or without ICF (then they are called Digital D/N. I think this questions might look way too silly from someone in this business... I would just like to know better what I sell, and don't look stupid if I dare call something D/N, and it ends up not being D/N. Thanks

So, any camera that has removable IR cut filter can be called TDN? That is, that TDN would be just another way of saying a camera has that? If so then I will have to find out how to find that out... today I looked closely at several box cameras to compare, trying to look for a "mechanical" IR filter. I did see some cameras that apparently had filters in front of the sensors, but I am not sure I saw any that had a removable one... (Also read around about IR cut filter being called ICF, so ICF and TDN would be the same?)

Thanks on your inputs, but I am still not sure I have a clear "definition" on that "day/night" thing (TDN from now on as rory stated). So a TDN camera is just a camera that has good vision at night? Because, is there any way to measure how good TDN a camera is? Ok, so there are cameras with no IR that are called TDN, what I think would be my question is, how would a TDN camera be defined? What specs must it meet, if there is actually some specs to be called TDN? Or is TDN just merchandising, which manufacturers apply to their cameras as they see fit? Like, it CAN have removable IR cut filter, or it MUST have one so it can be called TDN? All this questions are because we have never called any of the cameras we sell "day/night" with those words, because we wouldn't even be able to say "why" we would be calling it TDN...

BEST and ECONOMICAL? Something does not quite add up here...

iVMS-4500 has worked flawlessly for me over here.

Old thread, but thanks a lot on this info!

What phone? If you have iphone, just search for ivms-4500 on the app store, it is free. If it is another phone, you need to be mopre specific. And yes, you will have 2 entries, but I think you have already solved that by now

This didn't happen to me with this DVR; but I have seen DVRs that with no gateway setup, you could connect to them correctly, login, but then you would get no video at all. Live view? Nope. Recorded videos? Nope. Seting up the gateway solved it, so I would never leave out that basic piece of info...

That won't do it... you need 2 ports forwarded. One for web access, one for data. I always change web port usually to 90, and leave data port at 8000. The forward 90 and 8000 from router to DVR (192.168.1.102). With only 8000 forwarded you would be able to use Hikvision CMS software, mobile phone clients, etc, but you would not have web interface for the DVR. You also MUST configure the DVR gateway so it can connect to the internet, I guess it will be in your case something like 192.168.1.1. Edit: No, I think you won't get this to work with Android for now... I would love to see Hikvision start releasing client programs for Android

That is I would say about NOT right in 95-99% of the cases. DVRs (PCI or UBS) that can be used with softwares different than the bundled one are not the rule, but the exception. With Easycap you have good chances to get it to work. You might need to use different drivers than the ones included. It might NOT work, since there are different manufacturers that sell their own version of "Easycap" with that same name, and there will be differences in hardware between them. From my experience, I can tell you that I use often one of this Easycaps for tests. I have it working under Win7 with no problem, but NOT with the included drivers (which work only under WinXP), but with some other drivers Google "gave" me. I can also tell you that it works great with AMCAP, and I am pretty sure that if I wanted to I would be able to configure it for let's say use it as a webcam with Messenger or Skype. I think there is a good chance you would be able to get it to work with that Mobiscope thing. I also thing that if you have no prior experience, you won't have it easy... If you wanted to go with a PCI card, you would have ir quite well with BT878 chip cards under Windows XP (I still have not tried them under Win7). Yes there is. Click on your desired phone, and then you will get links for the client for your mobile, and desktop version for your Windows/Mac OS computer

Huh... what feature? He was speaking about a DVR, so I am not sure how you can compare an IP camera to a 4ch DVR...

Why not just use a normal 12V 4A power supply, with a cable like this...?

This is a 18 month old thread, but I will add something to it; I have installed many DS-7204HI-VS DVRs (same as DS-7204HI-S, just with VGA output), and for me they are a great DVR for its price. Ease of use, reliability, software -> great, they can be accessed from mobile devices (like iphone). I would love to see an upgraded/revised model with D1 real time support, but I doubt that will happen. And I am 100% positive that with 7204 I have seen models that had email support, and others that didn't. Never really bothered with FTP, since I have never used it. But I have configured email support when there is movement for some clients; and I know for sure that more than one time, I have looked for the email options, and they were nowhere to be found. Luckily it was for customers that did not need the option, so it was not a big deal. I will add that in about 3 years I have purchased this DVRs as HIKVISION from 3 different sources, branded with 3 different names (HIKVISION, and 2 other names). I am sure that I have used in time many different versions of the firmware.

And this post was about Google Apps...?

Whatever if it suits you well. I do not need to carry any USB drives around for that, or waste even one second pluging it and copying files.

You can't compare Dropbox, with Mediafire, Megaupload, Rapidshare, or any of those, they are different things. I want my files synced automatically. I want to work in one file at home, save it, go to my office, and have the latest version there. Without having to do anything at all. I do not want to "upload" it on a web page, I just want to have the latest version for me to work with. And then if I am on the road, I just turn on my laptop, and as soon as it gets internet connection it downloads the latest version of all files. I am not using Dropbox so I can share files with other people and give them a direct link to the file; sure, I can do it, but for me that is not the main point of Dropbox.

Hey, my referral link was here first...!!! You should just upgrade to a pay account, and then you woulnd't need to refer anyone!

I have to agree with that, just some chinese camera, you could stick any brand name on it. I have actually seen some cameras like this, never liked them, but chinese sometimes make weird designs that will go nowhere. I think the point on this design is just so the camera can have a fixed CS lens that can be easily replaced without taking apart all the camera, but it is ugly as hell.

I use Google Apps, but there is a program I love probably even more than Google Apps: Dropbox This one has indeed improvced my productivity, it syncs files across different locations, computers, and even devices. Most of my work files are stored on my Dropbox folder, and that means I can access them from any of my computers, home, office, or laptop on the road. I even have a Dropbox client on my Android mobile phone, but I have never given it any real use besides trying and saying "hey it works!". Working on a file at home and have tyo go to the office? No problem, save it, and when I get to the office the latest version will already be there. What I think is even better; Dropbox stores older versions of your files, so you can always go back and recover some file you deleted, or some older version of that XLS file on where you erased some important information you needed. You can even access any of your files with a web interface from any internet enabled computer. I do not think I would recomment Dropbox for storing sensitive data, since you have to keep in mind that your data is stored (mirrored) on some other company servers, but for daily usage it is great. In case someone wants to try it out, here is my referral link for signing up. The free accounts give you 2Gb storage only, but with every referrer you get 250Mb extra (and so does the one signing up). https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTU0NTQ1MjY5

$250-$400 PC, choose the card I guess my question wasn't clear; what I meant is why are you pointing him to a PC based DVR, and not a standalone DVR?