austinsevo

Hello, Ive been having some pretty bad luck with some day/night dome security cameras. Ive gone though 3 of them with various issues of video cutting out/flickering only in night mode/day mode not displaying a picture. And these cameras were all less than a year old. I bought 2 of them from a company called VideoSecu and the other has no brand name. Maybe im buying cheap knock offs? They cost me between $40-$70 for 420TVL-600TVL. Is there a better company with low defect rates? And has a really good warrenty on their products (more than 1 year?) thanks, Austin

is there a different model name for the flush mount 24s vs the box mount? VCM vs VBM?

Personally I would look to get a different dome. IMO they are horrible in low light situations. If you have enough light they are ok, but if you do not they WILL NOT switch to BW mode, hence the first pic. The second pic is decent, but I had to manually switch it to BW and that means no color during the day. Kind of defeats the point of buying a color camera wow that first picture does look poor for a night shot, i would need a wide angle IR illustrator but they all seem to have a narrow beam on them. Is there any alternatives besides the Panasonic?, which looks like the size of a fishbowl for the dome.

Okay ive looked around and it appears the CNB Monalisa cameras are right for me. But i notice they have quite a few models. Im looking to get the flush mount model without a back box so it mounts flush to the soffit of my house. It looks like i want the VCM or the VBM 24VF. I was reading the 20 series does not have the upgraded Monalisa SuperHad chip. But i did notice they do not have built in infrared LEDs. Does that mean i need emitters for the camera to see it total darkness? Also i wanted to make sure these cameras can stand up to 100F summers and 15F winters. It appears on their tech sheets they will but i figure id check with you guys. I see they makes a heater model but i do not think my area gets cold enough to need one. We also get alot of rain and i wanted to make sure they dont have issues with heavy sideways rain. Also the power connector looks different to what im used to. I my cables i ran are those BNC with power where the power adapter hooks up where the BNC cable goes into the DVR. Do they come with a power adapter? thanks again for all the help, i got an email back from VideoSecu and they said the heat outside fried my chipset and since it only has a 30 warranty they wont honor a free repair on it.. Im looking forward to that 3 year warranty on these CNBs.