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Thanks. I'm sure they will sell eventually. Or I'll just use them on a job. I have been using strictly IP lately, but you never know when someone doesn't have a good budget. I installed a few of these already. The omni auto zoom is actually pretty cool. You decide on four areas of the image, all four for the entire image, or two boxes for half, etc. and if the camera senses motion, the camera itself zooms in 3x optical to get more detail. It's not much, but just enough get to get more detail compared to when its zoomed out.

They also have a built in UTP video balun, rs485, and if you enable it in the OSD programming, the camera zooms in automatically 3x zoom if there is motion within the cameras view.

shockwave, your in NY so if you want, we can meet up somewhere and test out the camera. I do not have a DVR set up right now where I can just plug them in and post a night time shot. If your interested in the whole lot and you would rather not meet up, I can bring home a DVR and set one up. These also have the starlight technology even though they have IR. They also have WDR, smart DNR, HME, and they are IP68 for total submerging capabilities. http://dwcc.tv/product_camera/camera_main_In.asp?category=Omni-Plus&id=79 and I now have eight of these TIR's and one without the IR's

a tent or umbrella?

Thats what I had said at first.

IMO, vbr sounds like the right thing to do on paper, but when you log into a camera, and if there is no action, the image looks very poor. I know it doesn't matter because nothing is going on anyway, but do you want to see a lesser quality image just because there is no action going on? It's your choice, try it out, see what you think. As far as missing frames on a mobile device, I find they work best on wifi. I had an iphone 4s and would watch my cameras on 3G and they were ok. Than I upgraded to the 5 and if I'm on LTE, than I get even more fluidity. If I'm on fast wifi, the image boots right up and close to real time. So, keep in mind what is giving your mobile device internet, not just your DVR settings.

Yes, that is exactly what I was saying. By lowering the resolution, there is less data being processed by the ipod and on that tiny screen, it wouldn't matter anyway so motion will look more fluent. You have nothing to lose by trying it out.

Oh, OK

You can try upgrading your ISP upload speed. DSL is a step below the latest broadband today. I like setting my cameras to constant. There's less processing going on IMO and the image looks the same quality all the time. And if your not watching on an ipad or a tablet, you can lower the resolution. Remember your smart phone is like 3 inches.

If I give a good deal on the cameras and install for free, how do I get my money back and get some earnings as well? I'm confused? These are sold by ADI for 250.00 each and I'm selling them for 100.00 each. I'm just amazed why I still have these for sale?

Just be careful who you hire or use to install. See if they have referrals. I recently sold a camera system to a licensed electrician that I met on a job. Our deal was he buys from me, installs it himself, calls me to come and set up the network and finish the job. Well, he calls me the other day and I go down to the job, a motorcycle bar, and I power up the dvr and the power supply. I look at the monitor and not one camera came on. I trouble shoot and discover he didn't strip the rg59 properly, so I stripped it and put on compression fittings. When I Climb up the ladder to focus the cameras, I notice he simply taped up the connections and ran the wires outside the side of the building. One camera up high had the connectors taped up and laying right in the gutter! I tell the guy it looks like a 4 year old child installed this! I asked him if he installs outdoor lighting like this and he says no, everything is sealed. He tells me he didn't think the camera lines had to be free from water. So, long story short, don't assume a licensed electrician will install your camera system perfectly. Ask questions to the installing company on how they will run the wires, how they protect connectors from the elements, what size hard drive your getting, or even if you can go visit one of their previous installations.

It should give you a nice picture both day and night.

or, since you said dome, maybe you meant to say the ICIPD1300IR?

Or did you make a typo and really meant to say ICIPB1300? Which is this camera..

What camera are you looking at? I am looking at the ICIPD1300. http://www.icrealtime.com/solutions/pdshowg.asp?pdid=ICIPD1300#!prettyPhoto Model ICIP-D1300 General Processor TI DaVinci Series DSP Operating System Embedded LINUX Resource Simultaneous remote monitoring, local recording and remote control User Interface WEB, CMS(DSS/ PSS), ICRSS, NVR Camera Image Sensor 1/3 1.3 Megapixel SONY progressive scan Exmor CMOS Effective Pixels 1920 (H)x1080(V) Electronic Shutter Auto/Manual, 1/60~1/10000s Mini. Illumination 0.1LUX/F1.2(Color), 0.05LUX/F1.2(B/W) Signal Noise Ratio >50dB Gain Control Auto/Manual White Balance Auto/Manual Day/Night Electrical Day/Night Lens Mount080(V) M12 Lens 3.6mm Video Video Compression H.264E/MJPEG/JPEG Image Resolution 1.3M(1280x960) / 720P(1280x720) / D1(704x576/704x480) Encoding Speed Main Stream:15fps @ 1.3M(1280x960) Extra Stream: D1/CIF (1~30fps) Bit Rate 128K~8192Kbps Snapshot Fastest 1fps JPEG capture Video Format NTSC Network Ethernet RJ-45 (10/100Base-T) Network Functions HTTP,TCP/IP,ARP,IGMP,ICMP,RTSP,RTP,UDP,RTCP,SMTP,FTP,DHCP, DNS,DDNS,PPPOE,UPNP,NTP,Bonjour,SNMP Remote Operation Monitor, Playback, System setting, File download, Log information, Maintenance & Upgrade Environmental Power Supply DC12V, PoE Power Consumption Max 1.5W Operating Environment -14°F~140°F / -25°C~+60°C, 10%~90% Dimensions 2.13" x Φ4.33" - 54mm x Φ110mm Weight 0.5lb / 0.25kg

Call the company back and tell him to buy Dahua. They're the same product as IC realtime but only less money. And that 1.3mp camera you listed the model number, does not have night vision, not sure why he chose that camera? As far as price goes, I'd rather not bad mouth anyone, but if your going to pay a company to install your camera system rather than DIY, than get more than one estimate.

Where do you live?

How many cameras on each NVR? Do you mean 8.2kbps for the bit stream? The Dahua 3216 NVR maxes out at 32000kbps with the bit rate, so if you had more than 4 cameras on one NVR, you shouldn't have been able to set them at 8.2. Are you running PSS on a server or just recording onto each NVR? Otherwise, congrats on your wireless bridge.

Why are you posting this? I'm curious? Either it was a return and your distributor made a mistake putting it back on the shelf and didn't check it, or the assembly line person was doing lines that day. But hey, I guess you just want to vent or something, right?

You already have the swann system installed, why not keep them as is and add a few acti's in alternate locations to get even more detail and/or different angles? If your going to spend the money and your paranoid to begin with, have as many cameras all over your house as possible!

I'll take 125.00 each or 100 each if all of them are purchased. How does that sound?

ceksenior, what a small world it is. I live in the Crescent! I'm here for 41 years!

What is the model number of the camera? 5 amps is pretty high. I do not know size of wire by mm's. I only know gauge. When you order the cable, usually the seller does not calculate distance and sell you the required wire. The reason of plugging in the camera and metering it is because you need to check the voltage under load. It sounds like your getting close with a daytime picture, but once the IR's come on, the camera requires more power so it's shutting down. Can you run a wire to a close outlet and just plug it in there and leave it like that? It sounds like your only choices are to run a thicker power cable or power it locally.

Camera #1 is 192.168.1.200 and tcp port 8001 and http port 8002. Go into router, port forward 8001 and 8002 to 192.168.1.200 Goto a remote computer and open Internet Explorer. In URL bar enter http://your ddns server address:8002 or in PSS enter your ddns server address and port 8001 for TCP. Your NVR will update your modems IP for you to the ddns server so when you goto your ddns and the port of the camera, your router will direct you to your camera. Make sure your NVR and all cameras have seperate http and tcp ports and each one has a port forward rule.