raztraders

I appreciate the input. Few followup questions: 1. Housings I presume are when u want to mount a camera outside, but since I already have several outdoor bullet cameras (sufficient for me), I shouldn't need to worry about buying housing? 2. Also, are heating kits required solely for outdoor cameras? 3. What does "CIF" solution mean? Many thanks in advance!

Thanks, the system is being offered for about $1500 + tax, and I'm under a tight budget as well I'm hoping for a system that can suffice for us for 5/10 years.

Hi, I've been reading these forums for several months, and would like your professional opinion on an installation. We had a 4-channel DVR system (10 years old) that died recently. A large established store in our area is going out of business, and they have a 16 channel American Dynamics Intellex LT they are liquidating for a pretty low price. It is currently running, comes with 3 monitors, and includes 16 Samsung 520 SCC-131B cameras. It appears to be about 6 years old. We would have to go there and take it out of its existing building. Would you recommend this? Our company has an IT consultant, and we have basic networking & cabling experience, but we are not CCTV installers by any means. Do you think going this route to replace our dead CCTV system is a wise move if we're getting the system at a bargain price? (We don't mind a slight learning curve and can hire a professional installer/company if need be for support hopefully). (We don't have any specific requirements, just basic viewing/monitoring, and wanted a good quality picture). Thanks in advance.