dopalgangr

Just curious, did you remove the back and use the different dip switches on the cameras? That footage was straight outta the box, slightly focused(except to zoom it all the way out) and the factory defaults on the rest. I think if you fool with those switches or maybe the iris level you could get a better daytime picture?? Or call Mike at Shoreviewsecurity.com and he will know what to do.

I saw these, seem interesting enough, however I heard you could draw a better picture than they can capture

Glad to have been of assistance to everyone!! I'm going to be posting a more in-depth review on the P540 this weekend, that will include the camera at different focal lengths, accurate distance of IR illumination, as well as utilizing the manual switches built into the camera to get the best picture and anything else I can dream up . Should have it ready by Sunday I'm also going to be getting a couple of the PIX-D-5 dome cameras, the specs look good and will post a similar review when I get them.

Just my two cents.. I bought one based on the quality of the recording, remote access not to big a deal for me, I would probably buy another and just come to face the fact that I will need a larger hard drive due to the motion masking issue. I am unsure why they dont have that built in, even my cheapo 4 channel dvr that I sold on Ebay to purchase this one had it?? I am going to write to them and request those changes.

finally got it close to the way I want it, so if you were trying to access it give it another try

Hello, I'm in need of a good sub 200.00 True/Daynight (or equiv) camera for my driveway and back yard and found the KT&C KPC-N630NH for a good price and dont know whether its a good camera or not. Has anyone here used it before? Here are the specs: Specifications Highlights Documents Resolution 550 TVL Remote Included No Power Supply Included No Output Video Level 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohms Operating Temperature -10 C ~ 50 C Lux Rating 0 Lux (IR LED On) Lens Focal Length 4mm Fixed Lens IR LED IR LED 30ea Image Sensor Sony 1/3 HD Included No Gamma 0.45 Effective Pixels 768 x 494 Dimensions 60mm x 145mm (with sunshield) CCD Type 1/3 CCD Manufacturer Sony Brand KT&C BLC Yes AWB Yes Audio Connector No AGC Yes Shutter Speed 1/60 ~ 1/100,000 sec auto Signal To Noise Ratio More than 50dB Storage Temperature -20 C ~ 60 C Sync System Internal Total Pixels 811 x 508 Video Connector Type BNC Voltage DC12V Thanks, Dop

Were you able to get any pics? What do you think of the night time quality? Thanks And thanks securitymonster too!!!

roger that..

Rory, how are you contacting them? Can you send me the contact info and I will send them my thoughts. I picked up one of these last week and although the quality is good on recording your right, the lack of motion masking is eating up my drive. I had two cameras on it over night at the least sensitive motion setting and it still recorded all night long?? They also need to increase the playback speed to 32x or 64x, the 16x limit takes forever, especially when the motion isn't working and you have to go through a whole night of video It has some pretty positive features outside of that though. I like how it automatically adds the codec and player software to the USB backup and other nuances. Here's a link to some captured video I took with it to review some cameras (I will be posting that this week sometime) The settings were kept at the default and the resolution set at D1/Best for each camera (by the way the cams were at the defaults as well). http://s285.photobucket.com/albums/ll42/Dopalgangr/Cameras/ Anyway let me know, maybe I can help with the SDK thing to.

Make sure its formatted in FAT32 not NTFS as the DVR does not recognize NTFS.

What type of device are you using for the USB backup? Thumb drive or hard drive? Either way make sure it is formatted in FAT32 NOT NTFS as the DVR will not recognize that (probably because it's Linux based). If your using a hard drive make sure that it doesn't need supplemental power to run it (especially a 5.25 disk), the port (although it runs mine fine) may not be able to power it. Dont know about the motion. As for the time it takes to back up, I move 100mb (got to be at least 15min of video) off of mine within 2 minutes, But I was using a USB 2.0 hard drive to back it too. Remember if you use a USB 1 or 1.1 device it will take hours instead of minutes, also some of those USB thumb drives have cheap memory in them thus have a slow write speed increasing the time it takes to send info to them. Hope this helped!! I extremely recommend using a Hard Drive over a thumb drive or flash disk when moving large amounts of data at a time.

What type of device are you using for the USB backup? Thumb drive or hard drive? Either way make sure it is formatted in FAT32 NOT NTFS as the DVR will not recognize that (probably because it's Linux based). If your using a hard drive make sure that it doesn't need supplemental power to run it (especially a 5.25 disk), the port (although it runs mine fine) may not be able to power it. Hope I helped!!

Hows the picture at night? Do you have any sample video or stills? What kind of distance are you getting out of them? Thanks!!

Yes, that is just a link off of Nuvico's site, I watched the two outside cams at night and they are not that great. Cant tell though if its the cams or the dvr. Just thought I would post it since everyone kept asking for video from those cameras

Heres a link that is a live feed that has alot of the Nuvico CB-SD3895-L cameras running. User name = user pwd = 000000 w506fbf(.)dvrhost(.)com:7000/viewn (dont forget to get rid of the parenthesis I cant post web pages until Tues) Now you can sit back and watch people do there laundry all day

Cory, would you recommend the 400HPT? Have you ever used the p540x, if so is it better in your opinion?

One more idea, after you get it the way you want it, take an image of it using hard drive imaging software (Norton Ghost, Acronis, etc) that way if it goes teets up again you can just reapply the image and your up and running with out reinstalling every thing, however anything done to the pc after the image was taken will have to be reinstalled. And most of these will let you make an image to burn to a dvd and make it bootable so all you have to do is through it in and go Here is a free one if you dont want to buy it wwwxxclonecom (you will have to put the dots in I cant post sites yet)

thats ok, I appreciate it anyway

Rick, you know who owns that man, c'mon... He was a member here before and you know who I am referring too... One of those guys even has your same avatar

I mistakenly put an extra "s" on the site name and came to [EDITED] (still cant post urls, come on 10 days )seems similar to this site (colors only ) is it an offshoot of this site?

Cory, Do you have any video from those cameras that you could post so that I could see how good they are? Thanks

Thanks for the response Rory, you just saved me 600 bucks!! I guess its back to the drawing board. I would go with the wizkids but they are outta my price range since I am stuck buying them at retail cost. Anywho, thanks again for the info.

Hmm, no biters on that cam well how about any of the KT&C True Day/Night cameras in general??? Are they any good? Has anyone used them?? I have been thinking of the KPC-N600H series as of late. Any opinions

Maybe just a little lok-tite is needed??

do those have the mechanical ir filter in them?