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That Aci 4711 goes for around $600

ACTI-7411 http://www.acti.com/product/detail/Megapixel_IP_Fixed_Dome_Camera/ACM-7411 Both cameras are IP cameras and they are about the same price. One is analog resolution the other is 1.3 megapixel

Correct! , also why not hire a guard Ok...... come to a CCTV forum and tell people to hire a guard go push your trash can cameras some where else.......

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What do you expect out of this system? does you image look anything like this? or are you expecting this

Siamese cable = RG-59 plus a 2 conductor for power.... professional Coax can work but it not recomended unless it's all copper plus you have to run a separate power wire for the cameras. The RJ- connectors that Sams club uses 22 gage wire for video and power.... Junk My advice for you is let the professional do the job correctly.

you might what to check here>>>> http://www.mobotix.com/eng_US/Support/User-Forum

Soundy, Thanks a lot for the advice. I was looking for something decent but it seems like I'm headed for a $400 bullet option that do well in low light. I realize I need some light for low light (day/night) non-ir options so I will try and leave a strategic light on. I do not think a "strategic light on" is the best choice, of course we need to count the quality of the security provided for the office area. If you need to "sleep well" I do recommend you to go for IR Cameras option (especially for closed spaces as office buildings). Why not leave a light on???? Then you have a color image so you can tell what color shirt they are wearing instead of a gray just gray.

... Why not just add separate IR to this one?

That picture is 600x width. Anyway, Im done arguing on this, because its clear you have no experience with quality CCTV cameras. I realize it would suck to know my $70 Exview bullet camera can do just as good a job. Ofcourse you have to respond with another marketing pitch though .. I understand ... its all part of the sales method. Rory I got the specs of the image!!!! We are never gonna agree on this until you come out of analog land......... everybody else is enjoying HDTV and your watching your 13" B/W tube TV and saying its better Analog= better low light sensitivity then megapixel Megapixel = more resolution then analog

Post the link to that product??

OK lets get it clear .. we are talking about the image posted in this thread. You can go off on a marketing binge about other cameras in another thread. To obtain that image I only need 1 (ONE) CCTV Camera. Rory that's BS..... your say a analog camera will have the same image as a 1.3 megapixel camera. NOT TRUE Quit it man, that is NOT a 1.3 Megapixel IMAGE. If you hate, as you call it "analog" CCTV then why are you even on this forum?? It seems you hate a technology so much that you have never even used. Its an insult to anyone that has been in this PROVEN industry for years. Rory that camera has 3MP day/ 1.3 MP night imagers. That pic he posted is 1024*768 not full resolution of the camera. I know what that camera is capable of and you can't say a single analog camera is the same image. It seems you hate a technology so much that you have never even used? What the hell are you talking about? Analog cameras have better low light sensitivity!!! YES But to say a single analog camera can replace one megapixel camera and cover the same image with the same resolution is not true.

OK lets get it clear .. we are talking about the image posted in this thread. You can go off on a marketing binge about other cameras in another thread. To obtain that image I only need 1 (ONE) CCTV Camera. Rory that's BS..... your say a analog camera will have the same image as a 1.3 megapixel camera. NOT TRUE

What someone needs to come out with is a switch over component so one could use any 2 cameras for a dual camera set up .. then you could say hook up a 1.3MP camera and throw a standard Day night IR Camera on the side of it .. You mean what Arecont and Mobtoix have done?

I would only need 1 (ONE) Camera. And even if I did need a couple cameras, I only spend $200 while you spend $2000 and YES I can ID people, I have MANY times in the past, up to 100' away from the camera at night, example I helped cops put a murderer in jail from a cheap BW exview bullet at night. If you want the same resolution you need 4 analog cameras..... it's simple math. analog= .3MP Mobotix BW= 1.3MP And that $200 analog camera has a build in NVR?

You can use encoders and analog cameras That's true. What kind of card do you have to get if you want to do a 16 channel? http://www.acti.com/product/detail/Video_Server/ACD-2400

um ... with expensive IR LOL. exview B/W or nuttin And you would need at least 4 analog B/W cameras to cover the same night time image..... Then you would need 8 analog color cameras to cover the day image...... Think I will stick with the Mobotix

Not a good low light camera.

Well I know they support MJPEG and you don't have to to use ActiveX. Let me see what I can com up with.

You can use encoders and analog cameras

You have used and 32MP ip camera? Mind posting a link? I find this highly unlikely.

Exacq does not make cameras they are a NVR software company. You can buy there software on a per-camera license to install on your own machine, you can get one of there turn key hybrid solutions or NVR solutions. If you are using analog cameras you have 2 options. 1) their hybrid servers http://www.exacq.com/products/hybridservers.html or http://www.exacq.com/products/exacqvisionEL.html 2) Build or buy your own machine and install there software. You can use video encodes for analog cameras. There software is a per camera license of $150. I have there software running on affordable and low power machines. You could have a 4 camera license system for $1000 + cameras .

He could use the Q4704.... It has individual connectors for each RS-422.

If you use Mac you should look into Exacq. http://www.exacq.com/products/nvrsoftware.html

Any ideas?