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If it is way too hot, like summer days with no clouds, sometimes depending on how long id have to stay out in the sub (like all day such as doing alarm beams), then I prefer to wait for a cloudy day, but since its rare here I can hardly ever pick and choose Got sun stroke many times this summer, well, actually its still summer for us here, darn sun is a killer! I have a client with white walls and a white patio and a white roof, yah can barely see to walk with shades due to the glare.. As for rain, I generally just wait for the heavy rain to pass normally takes a half hour unless its a depression in the area, but cause of the sun and the heat I prefer to work in the rain if its not too heavy so the electronics cant get damaged. Rory (bahamas)

Ok, but im only going by what the web site sais and what they show. The US Samsung Eletrconics is basically just a bunch of OEM products identical to COP-USA products and are cheap. They are the SCC Camera versions among their own brands, and are all crappy products which is why I have been staying clear of them. I havent tried any of the Techwin so I cant comment on that. Samsung Techwin is Korean by the way incase you are mixing them up. I aint vouching for anyone cause they are getting paid, not me! )

kalatel is a good stand alone, but depends where you are located..

the Samsung that makes the SCC line have totally different products, Techwins are much better from specs, and have a wide range of Wide Dynamic cameras. GVI who reps Samsung Electronics in the US sells alot of their own OEM (COP-USA type) products with the Samsung label on it, I have used them and they are not impressive.

Techwin is ELECTRONICs, the other one, is cheap stuff http://www.samsungcctv-info.com/ Techwin makes all the samsung products like engineering products, etc. ABOUT SAMSUNG GROUP ---------------------- "Each company within the Samsung Group is an independent legal entity. Samsung Group is not a legal entity. Samsung Group is a term to conveniently refer to a group of companies that are tied together by their corporate history. Therefore, please do not mistake the companies by their use of the similar name Samsung. In particular, no company within the Samsung Group can accept or receive service of process on behalf of another. " ------------------------------------------------------- "Starting with the aircraft engine business in 1977, SAMSUNG TECHWIN has conducted nationwide and industry-wide important business related to high-technology industries. SAMSUNG TECHWIN transferred its industries (a domestically intergrated business entity) in 1999 and currently concentrates on the high- technology industry, including semiconductor systems,opto-electronics, engine business, and special businesses related to national defense. In the digital optics business, SAMSUNG TECHWIN created a foundation to grow as an internationally known company based on accumulated optics technology. In semiconductor systems, with remarkable achievements,such as development of the world fastest chip mounter and next generation lead frame, SAMSUNG TECHWIN is recognized as a leading global semiconductor system company. In the new millennium, SAMSUNG TECHWIN will continuously progress as a top-ranking, profitable, and high-tech company, focusing on engines, special businesses,digital optics, and semiconductor systems. " "With the independent design and development of the short-focus average-level camera in '86 as the beginning, the institute, established with the objectives of independence of optical technology and early localization of camera manufacturing, secured independent development technology power in the area of the zoom camera in the early 1990s, and competes equally with other international leading camera makers. With pride as the only camera development institute in the nation, it also develops new competitive products every year and competes fairly with other leading manufacturers in the world market, as well as the domestic market. Major R&D areas of this institute,which is proceeding with technology development with the objective of becoming the 3rd largest camera maker in the world in 2001 through the creation of the most superior products, are the APS camera with new film standa rds, high resolution digital steel camera that is a necessity in the age of multimedia, monitoring camera, picture meeting system devices, high-quality binoculars, and high-magnification telephoto lens development, including the short-focus zoom high-level camera for 35 mm film. With these various R&D areas, it is leading the camera and precision instrument industry in the country." "In the meantime, it achieved the heroic accomplishment of developing the world's first 4-magnific ation zoom camera in 1994, ahead of Japanese camera makers, and also was acknowledged worl dwide for its technological independence in its literal sense by receiving the TIDA award and EISA award called the 'Nobel Prize' of the camera industry. It localized the technology of lens and shutter, which is the core technology in the camera industry. With this as a turning point, it contributed to repl acing it and was awarded the Gold Prize in the 28th Precision Technology Promotion Contest for its development of the world's smallest 2-magnification zoom camera. The institute considered 2000 as the starting point for leaping forward again to overcome the difficulties caused by IMF. It shortened the development lead time by over 30% through development utilizing the 3D CAD design technology and innovation of development process through setting up E-CIM, and as a result, in 2000, introduced a total of 13 new products, twice as many as was developed in 1998. Therefore, it received high praise from customers and reporters from various nations at the European Convention '99 that was held in Lucerne, Switzerland resulting from Samsung's aggressive development strategy. In the near future, Samsung's 35mm APS camera will lead world markets by securing competitiven ess through the development of products in the low price range utilizing family/modularization techn ology, the development of products that added the advanced functions, and the development of technology that enhances the appearance and updates design. In order to cope with the digital age that is expected to grow rapidly since 2000, it intends to take a leap as the global research instit ute of optical digital system development by expediting the development of the high-resolution comp lex function digital camera, network-type monitoring camera, and picture meeting system"

Actually, its not the genuine brand of Samsung, it is the cheaper Samsung with crappier products, it is the Samsung Brand that most distributors in the US sell though. The Genuine Samsung: http://www.samsungtechwin.com This is their real Samsung 16 Channel DVR:: It is actually a very good DVR... http://www.spytown.com/sasv16chdivi.html Either way, the both of these are not popular DVRs, there are many others out there that are tested and proven.

Hi Bob I did this with some cheap Kmart cameras one time that used telco wire to their own monitors. I used a 15Volt Power Supply for each camera. These had audio so I had to deal with that also, but basically got video off the wire and ground for the video came from the 15V power supply. In other words, try connecting the yellow wire to Your Video Input SIGNAL on the CCTV Monitor/DVR, the black wire (or whichever will be ground) to the ground from the 15V power supply, and also to the Video Input GROUND on the CCTV monitor/DVR, and Red from the 15V power Supply to Red (power) going into the camera. Rory

could be the DVR also....

They both dont look very good. Never heard of the Netfocus DVR. You might want to post this also in PC DVR forum as this is mostly for embedded stand alone DVRs.

yes Voltage Regulators, still doesnt help when power goes out.

what about another input?

well for a 4 channel for example

what about a USB adaptor with multitple BNC inputs?

I guess, can you put it on one of these? http://www.cappuccinopc.com/mocha.asp http://www.cappuccinopc.com/waferpc.asp

now they need to make an embedded stand alone machine and im sold!

I imagine there is no warranty right?? Think of it as buying a used computer, the hard drive could be bad also from being dropped or thrown around.

the closest security store for me is in another country! I still always deal with distributors. Just takes me a week or so to get any parts in.. If you need help also check out www.spytown.com they sell most well known brands. Rory

someone here should be able to answer your question, but I hope you have learned a valiable lesson, dont buy CCTV equipment off Ebay. Also, where are the BNC connectors on this card? is it a seperate cable that has say 8 or 16 cables that plug into that RCA input? I hate those things, the BNC connectors are easy to come loose in that type of scenario, but for the price I guess Its worth it, let us know what happens. Rory

yes everyone has back up. But they only last so long, normally our power can be off all day, only those that can afford it also have generators. The biggest problem though are the low voltage spikes. On that note, im going to do some experimenting with a car battery and an altronix multi output supply, as we have used them with alarm panels during the long hurricane outages.

Ok, must be a Uk thing, but its good to know With our 3rd world power we have here, even using a LC or UPS doesnt help, let alone grounding, I've seen UPS's & LC's come out unscaved while the PC's were fried...Just FYI, our power goes off every week, for numerous hours due to failed electric products, just last week we were off for 10 hours in my area. Basically the gov bought cheap products from South America and they fail all the time so our power goes off all the time. Do they have RG59 Siamese cable with 3 power wires??

If you still have the bullet cam, can you replace each of them one at a time and see what each image does? ROry

DM is also more expensive on this side of the pond, and remote & firmware software is not as good. But it is still a great machine.

I had 5 of them just recently and had no issues with them, though i have had silimar issues a couple years back with another type of Kalatel camera, the Ceiling Wedge BW High Res, had to send them back. They had bad Power Boards. This was before GE bought them out, but still. I had lines similar to that. Ofcourse could be connections and other power issues also. Email or call GE video support, they will be better able to answer this question as its their product, they have a direct email for the US, so you can attach the image.

yeah I gots to get one of those ganz test monitors, they look good, and thats a neat trick, all this time ive been using an extension cord with a regular 9" monitor, im going to see if I can get a battery operated TV for now ..

Oh yeah, thats just ig you want to ground it also, not found on all cameras. You could ground it to something right near the camera, or run an extra wire back to the Power Box and use the same ground that the Power Supply is using I guess. ALtronix normally comes with a ground also ROry