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I just ended up ordering a ZyXEL ptz camera for installation on a porch. The sample video on youtube looked ok and it will do , at the very least for a temporary solution to a neighbor problem at my sisters. Since I can't get there for a while this is a wireless camera so I can always use teamviewer to set it up for her. Is there any good open source nvr software. I figure I need about a weeks worth of recording at a time before data is overwritten. I think she has enough HD space for this. I have seen good reviews for blue iris, but are there any similar software solutions that are free?
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IP camera for a front porch only.. what is best?
BiGKaT replied to BiGKaT's topic in IP/Megapixel Cameras and Software Solutions
any cameras under 200 that would be any good? -
IP camera for a front porch only.. what is best?
BiGKaT posted a topic in IP/Megapixel Cameras and Software Solutions
My sister is not good with tech stuff and she is having problems with some drunken neighbors. I cannot get there to do any wiring. There is a computer in the living room near the front porch window. She would be able to run a wire out the window. Something to hold her over until I can get down next Oct. So what would be best for a camera and software. I have a wired network set up with an access point so if there was a wireless solution that could be done or I could send her a switch to add to the living room computer to connect to the camera. I didn't want to have to buy a card for the computer as that would be too difficult for her to set up. I can remote to the computer to set up the software. Any ideas? I was even thinking of a dash cam but they don't give great night vision and I would like to be able to record longer than 8 hours or so. The front lawn is about 25 feet from porch to street and I would like to be able to get a fairly good view of up to approx 40 feet The porch is sheltered so weather is not a problem and there is outside power. Did not want to have to invest in a PoE switch etc.. for this -
I am trying to decide which to go with next. I was debating ip cameras but it just is too far out of my budget and since I have an existing setup with analog that does ok, I will go the easy route for now and just upgrade the dvr. Dahua makes a nice DVR with D1 on all channels. Gen IV makes one that is almost a duplicate or maybe it is exactly the same but cheaper. I have an old JS series Gen IV that has worked flawlessly for the last several years. I take it Dahua and Gen IV are separate companies?
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Is D1 quality what you see in real time?
BiGKaT replied to BiGKaT's topic in Digital Video Recorders
Is the quality of the picture affected by the dvr? I find there is not that much difference inbetween the picture I see of my CIF recording and that of the real time viewing. I was wondering if quality of picturwould go up all around as D1 is 4 times better. My cameras are 520 TV or above sony ccd's -
Is the picture from the camera that you see on the remote service through explorer going to be as good as it gets. Say I have a CIF quality dvr and upgrade to a D1 will the live image be better? or is that as much as I am going to get quality wise from the camera?
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Help with DVR selection and some questions about dvr
BiGKaT replied to BiGKaT's topic in Digital Video Recorders
Thanks. My old unit is a GenIV JS-XLA4 so I would imagine the D1 will be much better. They don't make a firmware update for my current unit either and it can only be accessed by using explorer compatability mode. I will use it in the cabin and get a newer one for home. Prices have come down, that cost me 425 back in 09. Would 2 TB hard drive give me around a month with approx 6-8 cameras with two running in d1 and the rest in cif? I wish I could go network ip but from what I see they are really expensive. I will have to get some more cameras also. Are the nvr setups with ip cameras about twice or so the price of analog after all is done? -
Help with DVR selection and some questions about dvr
BiGKaT posted a topic in Digital Video Recorders
I am away from home at the present but I believe I ended up back in 2009 with an lta-rt4 but not sure. It is a 4 channel. I do know I got it from the manufacturer and the girl said I would probably want more cameras later. She was right lol. Video is not bad for my purpose. I have 520 to 570 line cameras on it. It uses a program that I think is the same as the dahua dvr.. connect over the internet and it's a web access screen that looks the same. It needs to run in explorer in compatablility mode. I wish I could upgrade that but have no clue if that can be done. I would like to be able to use explorer without setting compatability. So I am now looking for a dvr with more cameras. Dahua full D1 16 Channel Security DVR with Real Time D1 Resolution, is one of the units on my intrest list. I have been looking around and it seems to be the most bang for the buck. Does it require the remote by internet to be run in explorer and compatability mode ? Second question is how big a HD should I get so I will get about a months worth of record for 8 cameras? I think I will end up with 8 now. I have six installed but can only use 4 now. I would like to put a few indoors also. I get over a month now for 4 cameras. I think i have a TB installed or could be 1.5 tb Can the unit I mentioned be run in less than 30 fps D! if it's a camera I don't need that on? I am guessing it would be a better picture than my unit which I think does just cif . Not really sure if it has one channel of D1 but I doubt it.Picture is not bad on mine but it's almost impossible to read plate numbers if the car is not within maybe 20 feet of the camera. -
First; Are they the same units? Second I have a question about remote access on these. Embedded web server just means I just run the unit at home hooked to my router with the rj45 plugged in and access it with my dyndns. Is this correct? I just have to open a browser on a remote computer and access the dvr box using my dyndns addy.My router has the option to update ip change to dyndns.
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Help needed to choose a sub 400 dollar dvr with internet
BiGKaT replied to BiGKaT's topic in Digital Video Recorders
That h.264 compression seems to be the way to go. Is there a us dealer that sells avtech? -
Help needed to choose a sub 400 dollar dvr with internet
BiGKaT replied to BiGKaT's topic in Digital Video Recorders
AVtech 792 any good for what I want and if so , where is the best place to buy in the US? -
Any images anywhere for a 3mm to 9mm varifocus camera?
BiGKaT replied to BiGKaT's topic in Security Cameras
TYVM They were just what I was looking for -
Help needed to choose a sub 400 dollar dvr with internet
BiGKaT posted a topic in Digital Video Recorders
Looking at the 300 dollar range - can be more or less. I figure I will have less than 4 cameras, a 560 line one is on the way with a variable focus 3-9mm sony had lens. I figure 3 cameras total maybe four in the future, but at least two of them soon. -
I am new here and just looking into cctv cameras. I found some 520 and 560 line units with varifocus lens that have adjustable zoom and focus from the 3mm wide angle to the 9mm narrower field. I was wondering if anyone knew a link or place to view sample images from this type of camera to compare the 3mm to the 9mm views?