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They are not bad, but for the money, I recommend the one that I carry, I put it at a level that is better than GEOVISION. Check this one out: http://www.shscomputers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=69&osCsid=8d14e3da003fe13ae5dcd76f25b1d652 a member here already purchased one, and there are screenshots in this section which you can look at. If you want more info, send me an e-mail at: hermin@shscomputers.com

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Check out the I-VIEW line of DVR cards, much more stable than GEOCRAP. already have a member here who purchased one, and after he's done testing, he can tell you how the cards perform. http://www.i-viewusa.com

Since we are talking DEMO'S, here;s mine from I-view. http://www.shscomputers.com/html/livedemo.htm

I hear you man. You know, I was checking around for other 32 CH DVR"S, and I have seen some good ones, but damm, GE has a nice one coming out, but for 12K.

Well, the bet I've seen it's my personal ATI XT800, 256DDR ram, but it's a 500 card

hey craig, two things I sent you a PM, check it, and where are you from anyway? and I have been trying to presuade rory to come over here, but he doesn't like the 1 degree weather that we are having right now

Ok, it's 3AM, and I just have to answer this question in the best possible way. There are aproximately 10-15 manufacturers of DVR CARDS. These manufacturers sell their cards to "Software" developers. These software developers create a DVR software to record, view, log, ETC video transmision. There are over 500 (I verified it) companies that sell their own version of a DVR card. It can be in the range of "pico 2000" .99cent software, to Witness, or Geo, or kodicom, ect. Very very few of these companies have CCTV background before coming to market with their dvr products. Most of them basicaly, like a smart business man, saw a new hot market for a particular type of product, and, to beat the competition, rushed to sell their products without doing the proper quality control checks. Many of these companies lack the personel that is true Knowledgueble to provide proper support after the sale. Ok, so this post don't take over the entire forum, let's just narrow it down to GEO, since that's who you are askin about. Geo is very famous because of their marketing stratergy. What does this mean? Basically, my little brother, with enough cash to buy 25 card direct, can contact geo, and say that he's a dealer, create a fake website on let's say geocities.com, and say that he's a dealer, and guess what? geo will sell him the cards, and call it a day. Many TRUE distributors and dealers on this forum, DVR-Australia for example, can tell you that this is true, and how frustraiting it can be, expecially since geo basically went around the world, telling everyone who would sell their products, that they are going to give them "exclusivity" for their region, or sometimes their country, only to find out that 2 months down the road, your competitor has been told the same thing, and he's 2 blocks away. Now, the software. I'm not going to be a hipocrate and sit here and say that their software is crap, because it's not, but it looks like a high school kid with too much time on his hands created it. It's not professional at all, everytime that you want to use a different funtion, like the webserver, or the log viewer, you have to open a different program everytime, instead of just creating a "central shell", where all funcions are streamlined into one program. If you click on the log viewer, just look at the windows taskbar, and there will be 2 programs open. You are going to spend all this money on their products, and it does not even have a decent GUI? come on!!! Support. I'm just going to say this as simple as I can. Can anyone here tell me that you can call geo direct, weather is in their US or Taiwan offices, and talk to the egenieers who created and maintain and upodate the actual software that runs their cards? I-View, you can. One more thing, did you know that the cards that geo uses are not manufactured by them? they buy OEM like almost everyone else, while I-view, manufactures their own. Don't you think that there is a little advantage of manufacturing your own cards and designing the software with both set of engenieers right next to eachother? Come on!!!!!!

I'm telling you one thing from experience, don't mess with haitians, they are no joke.

One word, GARBAGE!!! You are not going to find a good 32CH DVR in that price range, actually, that's cheaper than DEALER prices for some of the better ones. Plus there is the question of support. You want a good 32CH DVR? Check this one out, at send me a PM and I'll give you more details. http://www.i-view.com.tw/dg-3200ase.htm

Hey guys, did you get together and did this job? Just curious.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!! I did it about 60FT up in the air, in the middle of a snowstrom about 2 years ago, while I still lived in NY.

Damm, I remember WAY BACK in the days, when we hit 100, we where all so friking happy that we went out to a local bar, had a brawl with some english over soccer (Manchester), and we don't remember who the person that woke up next to us was!!! hehehehhehehehe Na, in a serious note, is really great that this forum is growing so much, I was here when we hit 100, and I'll be here when we hit a million!!

You got that right!! I have the PT-65, and it has saved my ass quite a few times.

Uhm, I don't think that you want to use Shrink tubbing over a balun. His best bet is using FlexTubing, one with a 1" inch diameter.

rory, where in the hell do you find all this stuff man? I really got to come and pay you a visit. Is you could run that test for me, and let me know the results, man, I'll owe you one. Thanks a bunch!

See, here's the problem. The power supply box is going to be hardwired to the Main power panel, because he doesn't want the cameras to be cut from their power like it has happened before... this guy sells high end luxury cars out of his lot also, so the EXTRA security that I was offering him by the powerbox was really the dealmaker, everyone else was telling him that they would put transformers localy, and he didn't want that. What I think that I would do is just run 2 cat5 runs per cam, 1 for video, 1 for power.

Thing is that I'm planning to use a Power Supply box, and the longest run it's going to be around 200 feet. so I can basically use a pair for video, and 2 pairs for power, uhm, how does that sound?

Thanks for the reply, and to be honest, I'm thinking the cat5, and I'm thinking of running the power on 2 pairs (24V) and the video in one, but I honestly just don't know how the CAT5 will handle the voltage. By the way, it's 5 degrees right now, just so you know

ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh Get paid for my brains!! ....uhmmm...........

You now what you should do? find a ADI office, I think that they have one in SF, they carry tons of different brand dvr's, and play with them, but don't buy there, they are only dealer suppliers, and offer no support. Remember, it's OK to pay a little more to get quality support WHEN YOU NEED IT!!!!!! And to be honest, kriton seems to be your best bet since he's closer to you than anyone else, plus you can maybe take a saturday and go check him out, and see what he has and what he can offer, plus he knows what he's talking about. Just my .02 ¢

hehe, well, I KNOW that they are better than GEO crap, and the prices, well, RETAIL: GV-800, lowest I found it, a "authorized" reseller, $699.99 The CC-1408ASE-XP: $499.99 Dealers? come to the Dealer Section to get more info

Well, they've been around since 95, and they just don't like to do the cheap marketing bull**** that Geo does. They only handle high end clientele, but now they decided to drop prices enough to be able to be afforded by most of us. Tell you one thing, RELIABLE, and STABLE.

Damm, 5AM, me too I just got the new versio of the dvr software and I've been exploring all the new features all night.

Nah, the ATI toolbar doesn't affect me, plus I use it constanstly and Yes, it's not too bad, I should have sent you a screenshot when it was -5 degrees sunday It's ActiveX by the way