Long story short, My mother and I recently had our lights smashed on the brick piers at the end of our drive. The drive is about 90 feet or so from the garage door. We've recently purchased a Swann 8 channel/8 camera system (420 TVL cameras) and they don't seem to pick much up from the porch. We also purchased a Swann 670 camera that supposedly is 600 TVL and can see as far as 80 or so feet. The 670 is definitely better but still isn't very clear when someone walks by the piers. We moved the 670 and one of the kit's cameras to a small tree in our yard that is about 50 feet or so from the piers. It is a bit more clear but still seems a bit pixelated to really tell who the person is when testing.
We've been researching online and there is this one camera that seems to be pretty good. Here is the camera: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088ITLOW/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&colid=2QGUXVHIZM90O&coliid=I1JMH4RR70Q7PJ&me=&seller= . This camera has 72 ir leds, 700 TVL, among other things like auto adjustment of the night vision for facial recognition and optical zooming. Seems pretty good for the price...
The better distance at night along with the zoom capabilities make this camera seem more desirable than what we are currently trying to set up. One question that we have is concerning whether or not we can connect this camera to the DVR that we have purchased. Here is a link to the Swann system: http://www.amazon.com/Swann-SWDVK-825508-8-Channel-Recorder-Smartphone/dp/B004VFGK1I/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1352427927&sr=1-1&keywords=swann
We think this might possibly be clearer than what we are using. Analog is really our only option right now because we can't afford to sink thousands into a high performance HD system. Another question I have is more on topic with this thread's title. What is the absolute best analog camera out there that uses a BNC connections and has superior night vision performance?
