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Beware of Avigilon's bait-and-switch tactics - they lure you in with the image quality of their older JPEG2000 cameras (which are also available from Visiowave by the way), then they end up selling you their dramatically inferior H.264 cameras, which do not compare to the competition unless the competition is analog cameras. Have a look at a direct competition here and decide for yourself: Here is a comparison for you, please note that this is a true apples-to-apples comparison clearly showing the poorer image quality of the Avigilon camera. Avigilon always oversells their cameras and claims that are far better than they really are: http://www.slideshare.net/Avigilon2?utm_campaign=profiletracking&utm_medium=sssite&utm_source=ssslideview Avigilon always lures customers in with their JPEG2000 16MP or 29MP camera, then ends up installing their crappy H.264 cameras. Have a look here, and you will see that the Avigilon 5MP H.264 is no better than an Axis or Sony 2MP camera Another obvious overstated selling item the Avigilon sales guys do and show is that they always push you to their 16MP and 29MP camera, but they never show it in actual operation - that's because it can only handle 2fps at full resolution and the image is crappy when looking at any amount of motion. Also try asking Avigilon to do a true side-by side comparison of their H.264 cameras' Wide Dynamic range? They always make outlandish claims of being superior with night vision when the reality is that their cameras are one of the worst in the industry for WDR when compared to proper CCTV brands like Panasonic, SOny, Axis, Pelco, AD. If you need CCTV to be reliable in any way (i.e. for larger sites) you probably also want software failover - ask Avigilon how they handle that! they don't! Their way of doing failover is to sell vmware, Citrix ZEN, MS HyperV or similar virtualization platforms. These are fine if the hardware dies, but none of them monitor the actual software. what if a camera or the Avigilon ACC NVMS stopped responding? Nothing would happen - it would just stay frozen! Can they even make their JPEG2000 cameras anymore? I would guess that the JPEG2000 chipsets are going to be obsolete soon since Avigilon is one of the last companies on earth still using JPEG2000 vs. H.264. It's the classic VHS vs. BETA all over again - go ahead and invest in JPEG2000 and you are buying a technology that will soon die and no longer be supported. It is too bad since it actually provides superior performance for CCTV, even though it needs much more storage space. Just don't believe the BS that Avigilon sales rep's sell you about their image quality when they end up selling you really crappy H.264 cameras.

Wow it is too bad that you went ahead and bought the crummier Avigilon camera. Here is a comparison for you, please note that this is a true apples-to-apples comparison clearly showing the poorer image quality of the Avigilon camera. Avigilon always oversells their cameras and claims that are far better than they really are: http://www.slideshare.net/Avigilon2?utm_campaign=profiletracking&utm_medium=sssite&utm_source=ssslideview Beware of another famous Avigilon tactic: they usually go in promoting and selling their JPEG2000 cameras, since yes they do have bettery quality overall, but they cost over twice as much as any of their H.264 equivalents. Avigilon always lures customers in with their JPEG2000 16MP or 29MP camera, then ends up installing their crappy H.264 cameras. Have a look here, and you will see that the Avigilon 5MP H.264 is no better than an Axis or Sony 2MP camera Another obvious overstated selling item the Avigilon sales guys do and show is that they always push you to their 16MP and 29MP camera, but they never show it in actual operation - that's because it can only handle 2fps at full resolution and the image is crappy when looking at any amount of motion. Also try asking Avigilon to do a true side-by side comparison of their H.264 cameras' Wide Dynamic range? They always make outlandish claims of being superior with night vision when the reality is that their cameras are one of the worst in the industry for WDR when compared to proper CCTV brands like Panasonic, SOny, Axis, Pelco, AD.