jeromephone 6 Posted January 3, 2009 This may have been covered before but I am confused on what makes a megapixel camera and what a Analog camera with a network connection We were talking about the actii 1431 I thought it was megapixel and actually found an ad that calls it a 1.3 megapixel camera but the actual manual does not reference mega pixel at all. I also have seen someplace that the lens quality is at least as important as the number of megapixels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted January 4, 2009 http://www.acti.com/Web_AdministratorV2/CatalogV2/DataSheet/%7BC1BCB303-80C3-49F5-B16D-0BE09F79B78.PDF The camera your talking about is not a megapixel camera. The maximum resolution of that camera is Full D1 (720x480 in NTSC, 720x576 in PAL). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted January 4, 2009 Megapixel means, very simply, 1 million or more pixels. Technically that requires a minimum resolution of 1024x1024, or equivalent in a different aspect ratio. A 1280x960 "widescreen" camera, for example, would also be a megapixel (about 1.2MP). 1024x768 (VGA resolution) doesn't qualify as megapixel, although it is pretty high resolution for a CCTV camera. If you're unsure, look at the camera's specs - it should list vertical and horizontal resolution (like, 1280x960). Multiply the two, and you have your answer. D1 (720x480) is actually less than 0.35MP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
