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I really do both, I'll prewire anything low voltage and I'll retrofit security and CCTV and a few other things.

Staples is a US office supply company, "The Easy Button" You've probably seen their TV ADs. Wait a min... What hardware devices are plugged into the PCI and AGP buses, oh and please tell me nothing ISA. These devices often limit your overclocking pretty quickly if you can't change their bus divisor. Overclocking is about dead now but you can give it a try. In the BIOS there should be a way to change the processor from whatever it says it is now to something like "user define". The only thing you should change in the begining is FSB (front side bus) .... EDIT: I looked over the manual and it's pretty basic functionality, I only saw adjustments for FSB and a system memory function. Might look for a copy of Sisoft Sandra it has an app to stress the CPU so you can see if they will have temp issues down the road.

Yeah only residential thus far and never on speculation, the spec builders won't pay for it as you've noticed. You gotta find either a owner/builder or a custom builder to get very far into that market.

Thats the way to do it and it will require 2 cables. I run 2 TV networks: 1. 1 unfiltered and bi-direction, goes to all HDTV locations and the cable modem. 2. 1 filtered with all of your modulated channels injected. You can do it with one coax if you loose the digital cable or if 480i is okay. If 480i is okay you can just add the cable box as a modulated channel and deal with IR or serial control remotely. HDTV makes distributed video a PITA.

Okay that makes sence but my feelings still haven't changed much. What about Windows CE? I seen no reason why there couldn't be a RTOS with geovision like features and without all the other uneeded junk and then all the stuff that makes Windows XP cool but aren't needed in a DVR gone. Sure the OS and hardware would be linked but that doesn't totally mean you couldn't upgrade either. I just hate paying for a license for an OS that isn't used just because most consumers alreadt posses it. Maybe it's just all the "stand alone"s I have seen just really sucked.

Yes but it doesn't always work the other way around, ideally they should be the same in every way. Don't expect that to happen though.

You aren't really owed a responce, just assume whatever posting you have done up to this point hasn't yet fit the requirements posted HERE, just chill a while and post more then ask again in a month or so. Ps I'm not snobbing you off, I don't have access either, but I'm a mod and admin on other sites and I hate getting asked the same question over and over. Sometimes you just get busy and I doubt the mods here are getting paid very well for helping out.

Was this a reply to this thread? http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4649 If so I don't want you to think I have any problems with those panels, really they work perfectly for those in your position. They allow a clean install and the stuff that won't fit nobody puts into houses built on speculation.

100% agree, you a moderator elsewhere too? or just been doing it here long enough to get it.

Yeah but it's like why not FTP? I mean a linksys router has enough nuts leftover for it but these network standalones don't??? Cheese... The difference between "stand alone" and "PC" based is quickly coming down to operating system and available applications. Is a P4 ATX system running avermedia's linux on chip a "PC" or a "stand alone"?

Don't fret though, the 650 is a great value board. The nest value step is to the combo cards and they are quite a bit more money.

Anybody know anything about these? http://www.gogocity.com/product_details.asp?dept%5Fid=60002&pf%5Fid=K078PROINDOOR I'm looking for good vari focal bullets both color and BW, also bullets with fixed lenses but options. Obviously its a bullet so price is a player, no $5k bullets for me.

I'm kinda liking this one as well, it's kinda on the large side though. EDIT: Oops no links. http://www.digitalwatchguard.com/securitycameras/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=270&idproduct=689 http://www.digitalwatchguard.com/securitycameras/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=271&idproduct=2430#

If you want features PC based is the only choice.

Intel E7230 server chipset, should work but it's not on the list of tested chipsets. All Geo cards should be a go, you will need the cams and their power supply plus the wire/cable to hook it all up.

Usually residential but it would spill over into other areas as well. Quite often it will be covertly installed in a wall in close proximity to the entry doors. kandcorp, how big is the housing? Since you said they also have an IR in the same package I'm wondering if this thing isn't bigger then I think. I don't see the OD on any of the pages that are up this am.

Is the IR version you like also varifocal? Thank you much for the info, knowing you use one of their products with success helps me out quite a bit. Thats not bad either, I somewhat question KTL though after my experience with their DVR (probably their most budget entry model). I do know that some companies try to cover most of the bases, I do want something that will provide a really good picture. I do like that that one is ExView I didn't say low light but these are for indoor use and I can't specify the lighting. Keep em coming, black and white is no problem but I do want a high quality picture in a small package. I want these to be my ~all purpose~ front door facial ID cam.

Although I don't agree with how KrCCTV put it out there I do somewhat agree with his concept. ICRealtime just hasn't been around long enough with enough of us using them to put in a top list, they could overheat and fry after 12 months in a small office envirnment. We don't know yet, we also don't know how problems are handled when they are found. but... ICRealtime looks better on paper then any of the other standalones I have seen. (EDIT: and I have no reason to expect them not to live up to the claims, or that they fry after 12 months.) I don't think each post needs to be encompassed by [iMHO] tags. The starter was looking for opininons and thats what was given, there is no definative top 10 lists for cars or cameras or DVRs and there never will be. All of our opinions are somewhat controlled by we sell as we have more experience with them. I have never seen a Video Insight system in use. I don't recommend them simply because I haven't had enough time with one to know. That doesn't mean I think they don't have a good product it just means I personally don't know for sure.

All geo needs for the video overlay is access to the serial data passed between the POS and it's reciept printer. Or were you asking about actually installing the card in one?

I can build themes as well, I just don't enjoy the little button images. I think you should have more then one! I found my users a 60/40 split between black background and light text vs. light bg and dark text. Usually I'll put out 2 one light and the other dark. My vote: Nightvision theme! Dark background and lime green text baby throw some white highlights in every once in a while.

I'm not sure you would need to deinterlace it anyway, if the image doesn't change from field to field. This might be why you see stairs on rory's curb. It thinks the pixel shift of the CCD is motion and tries to compensate. Maybe some motion caps really are needed, it may make stills look worse but aide in motion.

You could do this test better with a cam close up on slowly spinning fan black blades in a white room.

Is it just me or doesn't every single image market "DeInterlaced" looks all interlaced to hell. I mean the curb at Rory's house looks like stairs! That hasn't been deinterlaced properly, then the supposedly interlaced images all look smooth. That curb isn't moving, no need for that. Think this might be a labeling issue? Does geovision require WMP to be installed? If so I have had loads of issues like this with different captured video. WMP does not read the DAR (display aspect ratio) and will make assumptions. I would be willing to bet it would look at that as 720x480 anamorphic widescreen and stretch it to 853x480 like it would 16:9 widescreen DVD MPEG streams.

~kinda~ I have more issues with their BS compression methods. This is usually the bandwidth culprit. I'm not familiar with the NVdv4 specifically but mpeg4 should be pretty kosher with DSL.

Subject basically says it all. The thing has to be network enabled, I don't care about embedded vs. not. I guess I prefer not because I would like to hack it to possibly serve other functions as well. I'm just too scared to cough up the dough to buy one.