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You can edit the stream quality but not the bitrate or encoding. You can see up to 16 cams at once too and do all the other view toggles ala watching it on a monitor. These guys ought to give you a free copy since you're a vendor.

Just got the app for my iPad. Wow, the picture difference from the 'pro' version is huge. No noticeable pixelization where before it was horrible. Granted I'm testing on my wifi network but I'm impressed. It's a tad buggy with the touch sensitivity being off and it puts up a memory error if I toggle through too many Cams in a row. The price is super high for an app at $10, but I suppose it's worth it for the quality increase.

Thanks for the quick reply, rory. I may try out the HD version today.

Ok, I give up- how do I adjust the extra stream aspect to remove the pixelation on a QVis Apollo 16 HD?

Ah, thanks- I'll look at my settings for extra stream. Here's the link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/idmss-hd/id496176795?mt=8

Just hit the app store a few days ago for 9.99. Anyone tried it yet? My feed on my iPad is horribly pixelated and I'm hoping it will be better with a native app.

Thanks, Tom! Are these decent cameras for the price? I see CNB mentioned a lot here and wonder how they stack up. Also, is the monalisa chip any good?

http://www.cnbdealer.com/ I couldn't find anything on them on resellerratings.com.

Typical back-story: vandals breaking crap, punk kids, blah blah. Professional back-story: network technician with tons of wire-pull experience, some A/V experience and tons of 'just make it work' experience. Hopefully I can get going and help the forums here in the future with my professional expertise. I'm just going to kind of brainstorm this as I write. ***** Here's my scenario: I need a 16 Channel DVR setup that has all of the whistles and bells such as motion detection, streaming to the internet and iOS (iphone) and Android Clients, also I'd like for it to be network Plug-n-Play so my internet ready TVs can browse and view it. Of course, I want it to be inexpensive. EDIT- I talked myself out of ZModo after reading some comments on these boards- they range from horrible all the way to mediocre. Now I'm eyeballing the Dahuas and or Qvis. Can someone recommend a lower end one that has the features I'm interested in? Here's one that caught my eye due to price: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dahua-DH-DVR1604LE-AS-16-Channel-Entry-level-1U-Standalone-DVR-/190589479946?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2c6004ac0a#ht_1823wt_1133 EditEdit- Rory, I just found your site (http://bahamassecurity.com/). Awesome info on Dahuas. Oh, and as a bonus, are there any 'hackable' 16-channel DVRs on the market? If I can get more out of it with software or hardware hacks, I'm all for it. ***** Next part: distance & outdoor install. My house is on a 1-acre lot. I will need to run a few cables a few hundred feet. To that end, I'm reading that I should use Video/Power BALUN adapters with Cat5 cable. I like this since it will allow me to make the network cables to the length I need, and I have the cable and tools to do it. Questions on this portion: What would be the best way to ground the Cat5? A custom ground spike for each camera? If so, can someone point me to a good instruction on this? Is it possible to use Cat6? Given it's extra shielding, I figure it would be better for a combo power/video possible audio line. Anyone know where to get cheap BALUN adapters in the US? The cheapest I can find per pair is $8.75 on monoprice.com. I can get them from Hong Kong for $6 a pair (which I still think is steep), but I don't want to wait weeks for delivery. ***** Lastly, the cameras. I realize from reading that night vision is kind of a pipe dream on the lower budget scale, and it's easier/cheaper to just light the area with security lights, which I'm going to do. I also realize that there's a sticky on this subject but some of the info is outdated at this point and I'd like up-to-date info if possible. Here are some questions and a couple of cameras I'm looking at: For my four inside cameras with audio, I was looking at this http://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Security-Infrared-Bracket-Surveillance/dp/B001IB0X8Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1324316219&sr=1-1 . The reviews are really good, with the cons being cheap plastic housing and some failing. I'm not concerned with the housing so much in a sealed, air-controlled environment. If it fails fairly soon I can send it back to Amazon and they ship free. I will be using these in low-light rooms at night (living room, kid's room, etc) Any insight into these? Also, will the audio stream in the browser/mobile client views? For around my house, under the eves, and at the front and back doors, I was looking at these: http://www.amazon.com/VideoSecu-Vision-Security-Camera-Outdoor/dp/B001U8VL9K/ref=sr_1_3?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1324316425&sr=1-3 . I like that they have a decent amount of IR LEDS just in case I decide to use them elsewhere and are 'vandal proof'. Thoughts? I may consider a few super-low-light areas, such as a creek that runs behind my house where the vandals did their mischief. I may mount cams/lights on poles or trees in that area, but if i decide to go IR illumination and ir-cam, can you recommend anything? Lastly, I'd like to hide the front door cam so it's face-level for identification. It would also point at my mailbox, which has gotten some attention from the lovable kids in the 'hood, so being able to see faces at night about 30 feet away would be idea. The area in front of my house is fairly well lit, so IR illumination isn't huge in this case. ***** Whew, well that's it for now. I'm sure I will come up with more later and post in this thread. Again, I hope I can contribute once I get my CCTV chops and help out other noobs or even old-timers with network questions. Thanks! EDIT- Of course, noob mistake- i posted in the wrong forum. Can a mod please move this to the System Design forum? Thanks