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You have a ground loop. Either change power supply, plug into a different source, or install a ground loop isolator.

In that sample video, are the IR's even on????

Does anyone have any experience here with Wifi Megapixel IP cameras? I'm looking to upgrade a system and cannot run wires to some areas. We plan on going with IP cameras and an NVR. My questions are will the wifi camera just join in on the network wirelessly with an IP and work just the same as a hard wired IP camera? What sort of distance are we talking with these cameras? Is the image just as good as a hard wired megapixel camera? Will the data from the camera bog down the bandwidth of the house?

Not all effios are, but 700tvl cameras are equivalent to 960h. He did not say in his first which cameras he had so I was only suggesting.

Effio cameras are 960h and they are 700tvl's. D1 does not go up to 700tvl's. If what your saying is correct, and I'm wrong, than why does my customer who has the 960h dvr and Effio 700tvl cameras, the images look incredible?

If your cameras are 700tvl's analog, than you CAN go 960h which is higher than D1.

I agree. A hybrid DVR can record both analog and IP cameras. I bought a dahua hybrid for about 800.00 a few weeks ago from Empire. It records 8 analog cameras at 960H which is higher than D1, and it can record 16 D1 IP cameras, or 8 720P IP cameras, or 4 1080P cameras. So, figure ballpark 800-900 for a hybrid, and 200-600 per IP camera. Than figure cat 5 wire and a POE switch. That should be all that you need to upgrade.

We have a Dahua hybrid DVR that this camera will be wired to.

I have a customer with 4 of these cameras but analog versions and we are installing a hybrid dvr that can record both analog and IP cameras. We want to add 1080p IP cameras now, but want them all to look the same. Does anyone know of 1080p IP cameras that look exactly like this? I can't seem to find one?

Set those channels to D1 and give it a shot

Not sure about samsung, but if you set the recording ratio on a Dahua to very low, than it displays the camera at that resolution. I always complain to myself that even if I want to record a camera at lower resolution, why couldn't it at least display normal?

Empire, my distributor told me he cannot get these until late September. Are you able to get them? If so, what is the price per camera? I'm guessing they are outdoor though. What makes you think they are indoor?

Can you still check what the recording resolution is set for on those channels even if recording is turned off?

They have kits that are usually 2.4ghz that you plug the camera into one piece and than the receiving part into the DVR and it wirelessly transmits the image of the camera. Both pieces require power and have a line of site limitation. Some are expensive and work better, but the ones under 100.00 usually work for a short distance and not so well if walls are concrete or metal objects in the way. If at all possible, if you can run a wire, spend the extra effort and do so, you'll be happier in the long run.

Can you look in the settings of the dvr and see what the recording resolution is set for on those channels? If you try a different camera in that same channel is it also blurry? Have you tried rebooting the dvr? How old is it, maybe it's on the way out?

Who is he???

If your posting this question in a forum, than your cutting yourself short. Why not go with a size that has more than enough room for the amount of wires you need to run? And most importantly, you did not tell us if your running Siamese or cat5e?

I just recently did a 6 camera job with an 8 channel dvr for more than 4100 for the company I work for. Only the wife was home to show her how to use PSS. A week later, the husband scheduled a 4:30pm service call to meet him and instruct him how to use PSS. I arrived at the scheduled time and waited 1/2 hour for him. The wife called her husband and he was stuck in bad traffic and would not be home for about an hour. I left because my job did not want to pay me O/T to stand around and do nothing. I had to go back yet another day to meet him and instruct him. So, even if you installed budget equipment or top of the line equipment, there are sometimes after installation service and you have to eat it.

What about any good wifi IP outdoor PTZ's with 5-700tvl's? Anyone have any good experiences with any?

Sounds like you already know the answer to your question? If dropbox can send you your updated IP, than why not stick with that? On another note, there are free ddns services out there so if it's cost your concerned about, why go through the trouble of writing a script and than having drop box notify you of your new IP and than adjust the settings upon notification?

Maybe something similar to this?

7 cameras, an 8 channel dvr, power supply, programming and set up for internet remote viewing for 4100.00 is pretty reasonable in New York. You have to figure if they are all outdoor, a company has to send 2 men all day for the installation. With that price, that should include any additional days for focusing or adjusting any cameras, paying the 2 workers a day salary, all the equipment, wire, connectors, a work truck for the men to get there, insurance, etc, etc. And than on top of all of that, the company has to profit money! But, if you hired a friend of a friend to come on his day off, than a 3K profit for one day is a highway robbery.

Nice...very professional. Are you 12? If I am 12, at least I know how to spell...............

Just in case your not sure what a KVM is, it's a keyboard, VGA, and mouse extender. It allows all the functions of a PC from another location. You really don't need a keyboard for the dvr, but you would need a mouse and monitor if your going the PC monitor way. But like I said, why not bring it to your tv and put an IR extender so you can at least use the wireless remote to operate the dvr while your viewing it on your large flat screen TV?

If you have a long enough VGA cable. If not, you can run rg59 and use a coax to vga convertor. But why not run a wire to each TV through out the house and than use a video splitter by the DVR and split the video out to the number of TV's? This way, you can run a cat 5 to each TV, than use RCA video baluns. OR, if you want to get crazy and spend some money, if your DVR has an HDMI out, you can use an HDMI splitter, run 2 cat5's to each TV and than use HDMI baluns!