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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello do you have any indoor comparrison shots of the ACM-3511/3411 or acm 3211 or acm 4201 indoor night/day/low light shots? i need some cameras for an apartment building with is flouescent lit day and night. I like the look of these cameras but would like to see some different shots of what they produce. Thanks

which axis cameras are on a comparrison to these? price wise as well? sadly i only install for friends/family and family friends so im not really a dealer as such... the demo cams wouldve have been great thought to get a good feel for thier quality.

Has anyone tried this yet? Interested in seeing how it behaves in low light and night indoors. the ycam website only has demos to outdoors cams Thanks

Hi i have the following camera from the homesecuritystore VC-CA-IR100-6 - Color Weatherproof Infrared Camera, Fixed Lens had these for a while now , wondered if theres anyway to add a variable lens to two of them? up to 9mm - any suggestions or links to some lenses that would would would be much appreciated thanks

Hi Mike, sent you an email , regarding a dvr, anyway i dont supose you have any images of that particular camera on full zoom in, in both daytime and nightime mode? thanks

Hi Mike, sent you an email , regarding a dvr, anyway i dont supose you have any images of that particular camera on full zoom in, in both daytime and nightime mode? thanks

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Hi , I am looking for a dvr solution ,and would appreciate any advice. Things i need it to have *4-8 channels *h264 compression or better with at least 120fps -240fps * remote viewable from a web browser and application. *remote viewable from a blackberry or iphone(most important) *remote viewable from a mac osx if possible *at least room for 1TB of storage prefably SATA *Cost between $500 and $1500 (the lower the better) *web browser control runs in flash or java and is viewable in firefox or even safari.(my mac hates active x) I currently have a Intellicam 8 channel GLX DVR which works reasonably well, however it can only be viewed via internet explorer via activeX which limits it tremendously. Cameras - The cameras i currently have are VC-CA-IR100-6 from the security store - they are reasonable in the daylight and ok at night but not that great imo, could not pick out facial features from 20 ft at night operation. Loooking for a variable focus camera or even a ptz camera that operates well in night mode for outdoor use. The Ptz camera should allow me to set up automated runs to monitor zooming in and out. The less obtrusive the better cost per camera between $100 and $500 appreciate any help

I have a Intellicam DVR that uses an Active X plugin to display remote viewing of my cameras. What im looking for is some way to view this on a mobile device specifically either a palm or iphone or blackberry. Has anyone used anything to do this? thanks Brian

So although i dont want to do it - warrantys etc - i may have to cut back the 3ft cable with female bnc head from my camera. So my question is im trying to determine what type of cable the manufacture used, in order to buy the right crimp on bnc female head. i havnt noticed any info on the cable - is there an easy way of checking what it is in terms of size? thanks

Ok so i understand that a channel modulator allow you to select a specific tv channel or catv channel and place a signal onto this frequency. So If i take the output signal from say my 4 camera dvr and run that into the modulator and then place the output into a splitter with the cable tv input in the second input connection - and then run the output of the splitter into an amped splitter that feeds 3 different tvs. I should then see my dvr output on the specified cable tv channel of the modulator on all the tvs? If this is correct, is there any particular recomended modulator? i was looking at the CE labs high performance 125 modulator. thanks for your input

yeah i kinda finnally realiazised that after all the work - misread what the modulators did. so rather than worry about carrying the analogue signal through as a modulated tv channel it will be easier to take my dvr out into a d/a and send each signal to analogue video in on each home theatre reciever. Thus cameras will be accessible on AV1 on each TV.

Ok so yesterday i recieved the following - ChannelPlus NF-471 Notch Filter, Blocks CATV 75-80 Channel Plus 2-Way Splitter/Combiner Frequency Agile Mono Modulator, 1 Channel all bought from smarthome - So my current setup is - Cable TV from TWC comes in and goes to a splitter - from this one output goes to cable modem and the other goes to a residential amplifier which then outputs to 5 HD cable boxes in the house. So i tried the following - Hooked a camera up to the input of the modulator - took the output of the modulator to the above splitter/combiner on input 1 - The second input into the splitter/combiner came from the main TWC line into teh property which was attatched to the above notch filter and then fed the 2nd splitter input. The output went into my origonal 1 in 2 out splitter. This did nothing for me - didnt block any of the digital cable channels - from 75-80 on any of my tvs. So I then hooked everything back up as it was and this time i placed the combiner between the first splitter and the amp - thus bypassing the output of my modem. Again nothing. Am i doing something wrong did i buy crappy goods? any help apreciated who has got this working before with a simalar setup thanks

Specco VL-66 or G4-400hpt residential application - about 50ft coverage needed from each camera position for day and nightime. any thoughts appreciated

thanks for the info mike - Was looking at the - Universal Mounting Bracket - Black- CMB-1B on intellicams site - do you happen to know if this works with the 400HPT? in order to soffet mount it? Secondly - and slightly unrelated - how good is the G4 XLA dvr in relation to the Specco EZVR4 - as they seem to be around the same price?

looking at buying these cameras to install under a roofing soffet on a residential house. I assume being under the soffet its unlikly that il get much color change on the outside of the product. Anyone still recomend using these?

Looking to install 3 cameras for my brother in law. He already has one which is at the front of the house and covers the front garden and the front door - it has a wide lens. Want to add 3 more simalar cameras- Looking for a color/IR camera a small black bullet or cylinder camera that can be mounted to the soffet around the outside of the house. has to be between 50 and $200 The bracket that the current one is on is a drop down bracket from the soffet. thankyou for your suggestions

Am concidering purchasing G4-8XLA for residential use using 6 cameras. Any feedback on the quality of this dvr is appreciated thanks

Division of Licensing Services- Security or Fire Alarm Installers Walk-In Examination The exam is multiple choice, based on the 60-hour prelicensing curriculum. was trying to see where you can do the 60 hr curiculum in nyc anyone know?

Swann SW243-9MB DVR9-Net-4000 - 9 Channel Digital Video Recorder or VC-SYS-8CHWEBR - 8 Channel DVR with CDRW I was looking at the two above models. i want around 7-9 inputs - and web access and dont want to spend more than about 850. Basic home DVR backup needed incase of breakins etc. Any help on eitehr of the products or wetehr someone can point me to a beeter product for my budgert most appeciated thanks

i have a 80ft 12vdc run - to a camera that will draw Power Consumption of 12W. what is the lowest awg i can use without power loss.will 16 awg cut it?

ok i think ive answered my own question - but if any one has any tips would be apprciated. 12 watts is about 1amp at 100% pull from the camera at 100ft on 16awg - and a voltage of 12vdc Voltage at load end of circuit - 11.167 Voltage drop - 0.833 So techinically the camera should be ok in terms of recieving enough power on a 100ft run using 16awg?

Hello, I have a couple of questions - doing my first outdoor installation in a few weeks and wanted to make sure i get everything as right as i can. right now i have 4 camera positions with the drill hole and RG6 and 18/2 fed through the hole ready for the camera. I have purchased 4 of the following cameras : VC-CA-IR100-6 - Color Weatherproof Infrared Camera, Fixed Lens from the home security store. My first question is - once i have the camera wired up , and mounted - do i seal the small hole in the wall with waterproof sealent or use some type of grommet , any suggestions appreciated. Secondly as far as the connections go - is it better to provide a wall mounted box for the connection points to go into- any recomendations for these? or do you try and get teh connection points into the camera housing? Is there anything i need to get to provide additional protection to any of the wire that is exposed to the elements? thankyou for any help or sugestions

thanks for the tips - one more question - When crimping the dc cable together - is it better to use insulated b connectors, twist on connectors or Scotchlok URs (though i havnt found ones for 18awg) and regards to the outside boxes - any particular brands /types recomended>? thanks again