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The dogs come out at night here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUUl6bFAp9k there is one road i drive down and at night like every 100 feet there is like a pack of 20 or so dogs trying to bite your car tires ... they even lay down in the middle of the road (one reason there are so many dead dogs all over the streets), guess its to make you stop so they can attack Yes the 4am burglar ... seen that before ... One night I was just watching the cameras out of the corner of my eye and I heard a noise, looked up and see this figure having just jumped the wall walking in my yard, with gloves on - actually it was like 1am so I thought was it the garbage men, they wear gloves. But no, I then see him disappear behind my jeep, now it was on - as i was not fully dressed or armed yet, i ran to the window to first stop him breaking my window and shouted at him ... he ran ... too bad ... then i got dressed and armed, turned on the alarm siren and ran out after him ... he disappeared down the beach somewhere, cops came eventually but never even got out the car, he probably hid in the bushes for a while. Another time I heard a noise and looked out the window .. saw this guy on top of the wall then he jumped and ran down the road after I said I was gonna get him .. played back the video and he had come in from the other entrance and was trying the car doors unsuccessfully .. at the time i had an old avtech DVR and evidence sharing from that was tedious so took a while like an hour to back up the video then drop it to the cops on CD. But my cheap color bullet caught him clear as day - and in most cases here these burglars are known to the cops so only have to show them some basic video or image. All that said. most of the time its dogs or people walking down the main road ... neighbors dogs bark anytime someone or an animal passes by now .. so then I open up the cameras and monitor it ... until they quieten down and I then know its all clear Most of the real crime videos I deal with happen at the night club and even the gas station .. Spent years watching video of people getting stabbed and beat .. sad really. Just a few weeks ago some thug broke a bottle over a customers head at a gas station .. for not giving him a cigarette - victim needed something like 20 stitches to his head. Ofcourse the videos where the victims die or get beaten near death is the hardest to handle, its not just youtube, you see the blood in person and many times even the victim and even the suspect, after a while it makes one paranoid of everything and everyone. And thats why you dont catch me walking around my yard empty handed at night * cough * while doing a little gardening ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOQSO8N3YLc

While the Samsung may be a great DVR, its not the cheapest out there. So if you are looking for an inexpensive system and something that is full featured, stable, and does the job for most applications, perhaps look at the Dahua DVRs - they are sold under different names and come in many different configurations. There are ofcourse other low cost DVRs that are full of features these days, unlike what we had to choose from just a couple years ago - though Dahua seems to be very popular now, its like the replacement for the cheap AvTechs of years gone by, but even lower priced and much better. With cheap DVRs though one also has to watch out for going too cheap as even if they claim to use the same compression type as their more expensive siblings, entry level DVRs can in some cases be lower quality video even when they have the same features - though most consumers may never even notice the difference. For cameras, either budget cameras like rebranded Color IR cameras, or better would be a middle of the line brand from a manufacturer like CNB. If you want better cameras though and can afford it, next step up would be the Samsungs at about double the price, then Panasonic for even more $$$.

Ok thanks, I was thinking it was their LCD model Ive seen before. I understand now. I cant locate it on any US sites though

Yeah it was one of your posts that led me to that LCD

4 cameras with 500GB approx 2 weeks give or take @ the default 7fps continuous record, depends on the quality of the cameras, lower quality or BW means a smaller image size and therefor longer recording, 24/7 color would take up more space than 12 hours color and 12 hours BW ... just an example. If you set a couple cameras to motion only then that could also increase the length of recording. BTW you can get them with 2TB drives also.

Now you are psychic? You can read my mind? WOW, that is impressive! What am I thinking now? Now, not last week. Perhaps you need to read more of my 19,000 posts to come to a conclusion? Nothing I write here is written in stone. Although you should only be using 50 Megapixel cameras, anything less is just not proper. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO I really dont care.

Then buy a CRT if thats what you want.

The one I have has a swivel screen, has AV in and out. It uses a small switch to select AV in or out. Useless for focusing wide angle outdoors but great for everything else. The best is probably this though http://www.totevision.com/catalog/lcd-monitors/7-20-monitors/lcd-703hd-desk-wall-hot-shoe-hd-7-20-monitors 800x480, LED, Antiglare, and also has an optional bag and sunshield.

Dahua make a 32 channel standalone DVR. Ive used it and it works good. Holds up to 8x 2TB HDD.

Look for Coby. They are $130 retail here so in the US they should be well under $100.

Too small to focus with. These are all just service monitors for basic adjustments.

Looks interesting for adjusting in the sun, but how many pixels is it, and do they also come in color?

I take it this would not be for focusing though? If you do get a portable DVD though make sure get one with a swivel screen. Cant always hold the monitor in one hand, balance on the top of a ladder, and adjust the camera. Having a swivel screen you can rest it on the top of the ladder and not have to be right up at the top of it looking down at the LCD. Ive been using one with the swivel screen for several months now and went to use a flat one yesterday and it was certainly not easy. I normally break out the 9" CRT to focus though. That rests on the top swing down piece of the ladder.

Normally I DO suggest a fresh install especially if it hasnt been done in a long time .. I charge the same for a fresh install as I do a cleanup and they get a fresh system. In fact in the case of Netbooks I almost ALWAYS insist on it, and its an Nlited install for speed. however .. all that I listed may only take 30 minutes ... it depends on the system. Running hardware scans on a slow system loaded down with dozens of running processes and services can take forever, especially if some of them are malware. First rule out the basics, the software. Thats alot cheaper than replacing the hardware in most cases. I can take a quick look at the Windows/system folder and tell if an exe belongs there or not. Normally if after 30 minutes it seems to be taking too long, then I insist on taking it away for a fresh install or further diagnostics - but on the spot at the clients location you gotta work fast and take care of the most common issues first, and cheapest resolve when it comes to home users. Notice there are no real time extensive scans involved other than the AVG at the end. And even that I dont always run anyway as its not always needed. Yeah we can run this spyware scan and that adware scan, but I find those never remove everything and just take extra time. I can even run through the registry in a couple minutes and clean it up without CCleaner, I just use the registry part of CCleaner because, well its there right after I use its cleaner - I always do it both ways anyway, after all I live in the Windows Registry. Heck most of the time I dont even defrag it until Im leaving and then I leave it defragging - after all time is money and the clients can always click OK when its done. NOTE: I left out a very important part of what I ALWAYS do first .. CTL-ALT-DEL See what is running first. Poorly coded malware can be obvious. A fresh start is NOT always the way to go. Whats involved in a fresh install could be too much for some, especially if they havent backed up their tons of data yet which may be scattered all over their computer - can spend hours just locating their data then backing it up ... or they have programs installed that they dont have the installation disk or setup file for, OR they want it installed the same way as it was and if not they call you over and over every night for free tech support for something that is completely new and different to them. BTW Windows Install on a slow computer: 30 minutes to 1 Hour - Drivers Install: 10-40 Minutes and if you have to search them down then it could even take longer - Install Apps: minutes to hours depending on what they have, simple things like printer drivers and software alone can take 30 minutes to 1 hour easily these days with the HP all in ones and scanners - eg. HP scanner software and driver install took 30 minutes on a 6 core today. Rarely computers today even come with a recovery disk so unless they are willing to fork the cash out for a new Windows Disk .... yeah nobody ever knows enough to create a restore disk at the beginning. One of the FIRST things one should do on a slow system they come across is run is that small Windows Cleanup program I posted - like it or not that little sucker actually works. Most malware will be in the temp folders, and then the windows / system folder, basically they put them in a common folder as thats what the malware programmers can access easily. Ofcourse if they took their time they would make it a driver, or throw it in memory, but these are mostly script kiddies, they use windows environment variables in most cases. IF there is a serious hard drive issue that should come up in the system log. Seen that more times than I can count. One can run the WD test all day and night but it still wont always be right - many times Ive run it when the drive most certainly was bad and it came back OK - and besides thats only for WD drives - try HDTune instead: http://www.hdtune.com. But if you want something quick and simple to check the disk then try http://www.roadkil.net/program.php/P13/Disk%20Speed - long as you know what a certain drive speed should be close to, this alone will give you a quick idea if its good or not - but like I said the most common thing I see when its a bad drive is a report in the system log - oh yeah failure to complete Windows check disk or defrag also almost always means its a bad hard drive. And sometimes NONE of the scans say its bad when it really is when there can be no other explanation. Lets not also forget heat. A hot computer can cause all kinds of issues. If one has this small program they can try this real quick also http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html Bad memory?? Havent come across that in maybe a decade. Besides bad memory is pretty obvious. Basically ... when I come across a VERY slow computer first I check whats running and kill all non critical system processes, then i run Windows Cleanup and then my services tweak - and if a process wont die I write a quick vbscript with a loop to kill it - works great for AVs like nortons and even AVG. Normally that then makes it fast enough to do what else I need to do, 99% of the time it is software related when dealing with the average consumer PC. However EVERY situation can be different and it really depends on the circumstances as to what I do and how I do it. Anyway, for the record I do this ALOT more than I do CCTV, everyone has a computer these days, and I was doing this from '96 for other local compute stores. I realize I dont know everything though, and in fact I learn something new every time, and when the situation arises I use whatever scanners are needed to get the job done quick - though I find dealing with the average Home PC User more difficult than actually cleaning up the PC, especially when you got kids screaming at you about they cant get on facebook! Just sayin ...

Thanks, Im more hands on when it comes to malware removal though. Only apps I trust are the ones I mentioned or created myself. Been cleaning computers for years now for a living and never had one I could not clean. Though I always suggest a fresh install over cleanup. I will check it out though.

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No idea about ASI ... in FL its XTS ... even eclipse have a model but theirs costs more. AS for weather? Well lasted through all the storms this year, and its been raining alot. Im NOT saying go get it for an outside app though, unless the client is really broke ... I would suggest something like the CNB VBM or VCM-24VF for outside but that costs triple, still cheaper than Samsung and Eclipse though. The cheap color IR does work fine for small areas though.

Run this - dont demo just run. When cleaning up a malware infected PC this is the first thing I run http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=72 Then this - do both cleaner and registry http://www.ccleaner.com/ Defrag all drives Goto Start, Run, msconfig, Boot.ini - check /BOOTLOG and click apply then Restart ... the Boot log file will be called: NTBTLOG.TXT and is in the Windows Folder Download HiJackThis, run a scan and save the report http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download Goto the Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer, and Right click save log file for both Application and System. Goto the Services and Export the list. Also check the Setup Error log and if not empty, save that - C:\Windows\setuperr.log Send me those reports/logs Also ... Manual Tweaks: (XP) Control Panel, System, Hardware, Hardware Profiles, Select the first profile listed if I dont select a profile in ... 0 seconds. Control Panel, System, Hardware, Driver Signing, Ignore. Control Panel, System, Hardware, Windows Update, Never Search. Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance, Settings, Visual Effects, Adjust for best performance. Control Panel, System, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Settings, Time to Display list of Operating Systems, 3 seconds Control Panel, System, Advanced, Error Reporting, Disable Control Panel, System, Remote, Uncheck both Control Panel, System, Automatic Updates, Turn Off Control Panel, System, System Restore, Turn Off Control Panel, Display, Theme, Windows Classic Control Panel, Display, Desktop, Background, None Control Panel, Display, Desktop, Color, Black Control Panel, Display, Screen Saver, None My Computer, Right Click System Drive C:, Uncheck Indexing, Ignore. Windows Firewall: Reset it to default Initial basic malware checks ... Manually check your TCP IP settings and IE proxy settings for anything abnormal. Check the Program Files path for any EXE/VBS/BAT etc files Check the Windows path also - arrange by type - and check the root path. Check for suspicious browser plugins and addons, disable/remove them. Reg Tweaks (sharing + prefetch disabled) http://www.bahamassecurity.com/dl/?q=etwks2.0.reg Services Tweak http://www.bahamassecurity.com/dl/?q=eServicesXP.exe use the Extreme and check only the basic stuff like firewall, audio, themes, print spooler, and wireless. After all that .. download and install AVG Free - remove any existing Anti-virus first. Do a full scan, then run the cleanups again and defrag again. That should get you started. Also need to use Add/Remove programs to get rid of some things, and ofcourse a manual registry cleanup is suggested if you have the knowledge. Some things cant be removed using the uninstallers so just delete their folder in Program Files for example then run the CCleaner registry cleanup and or manually go in the registry and deal with it. Also check out Device Manager and Hidden Devices ... some hide in there as drivers. After all that I also manually go through a system checking for malware and anything suspicious but the above normally will clean it up or identify it. Not in any particular order ... there is more ofcourse depending on the system.

Should have asked him how the flash at night is working out.

LOL which one? The one I said is the very cheap one, really is a very cheap one I called it an unknown chinese brand as I dont know the real manufacturer, but you can get that same exact model right from a South Florida distributor or a similar model from one of our forum partners

As it is Sean I will leave out the backdoors this time @ Sean. if it was fast once, it can be fast again and even faster than it was before. Unless there is some hardware damage like a bad hard drive.

its cheap bullets so its just glass, use windex vinegar and a cloth. if im in a rush to clean my own cameras .. heck spit and i whip off my shirt if its a dome with a poly carbonate cover thats different. I use a microfiber auto cleaning cloth (buy them cheap in packs of 3) and then either windex vinegar or rubbing alcohol. If I need to clean the actual lens, I use an eye glass cleaning cloth and rubbing alcohol, or you know those alcohol rubs from a pharmacy they come in squares already dipped in rubbing alcohol. Radio shack also sell the eye glass cloths in a pouch for cleaning digital camera LCD screens. If its a dome in a kitchen and its cover is full of grease, Windex wont do anything for it and neither will Joy, so use rubbing alcohol (mix it with a very little bit of water) - works every time.

let me on teamviewer and I guarantee I will speed it up.

true .. yeah they used to be great once .. now bosch owns them Bosch just finished killing off all their dual ccd ir cameras ...

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