Cheap IP Video Encoders?

[LittleScoobyMaster 0]

I have some older cheap analog camera's I'd like to be able to convert to IP so I could use Geovision NVR 8.5.

 

The problem is, all the IP encoders I've seen are hundreds of dollars.

 

The analog camera's I have are all very cheap and in the $100 price range when I bought them new. (cheap bullet cams). Maybe one of them was $150 at the most.

 

Even if I could find a cheap IP encoder for them, I would then have to pay $100 per license for each camera to use with GV-NVR. Is this a common scenario people are in, or is it just me?

 

I'm finding I'm stuck running 2 sets of Geovision software because my GV DVR card only goes up to 6040, which is way before they added IP cams to the Geovision software suite.

 

I know most people probably pay alot more for their cams, but I'm sometimes known as a cheapskate. I'm trying to change that however.

[thewireguys 3]

You have other options if you switch from Geo. Avigilon has the cheapest full 30FPS encoder on the market and Axis has some newer low cost units too.

[LittleScoobyMaster 0]

You have other options if you switch from Geo.

 

That's probably the root of my problem. I've been using Geo for 10 years and I can't break the habit.

 

Also though, I've seen the IP encoders from Axis and they seemed expensive. I mean, there should be a cheap solution to convert an analog signal to IP, I'm talking like $50 per channel or something. But I know that probably will never happen.

[thewireguys 3]

You have other options if you switch from Geo.

 

That's probably the root of my problem. I've been using Geo for 10 years and I can't break the habit.

 

Also though, I've seen the IP encoders from Axis and they seemed expensive. I mean, there should be a cheap solution to convert an analog signal to IP, I'm talking like $50 per channel or something. But I know that probably will never happen.

 

Well Avigilon is very close to that price.

[buellwinkle 0]

For the price of the Axis cheapie encoder you can probably get some Geovision network cameras but of course you have to replace the coax with ethernet.

[ssmith10pn 0]

Why don't you just get a newer GV card?

 

I have a GV-1480-16 PCIE for sale but that's way too much card for what you need.

[camera-newbie 0]

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[LittleScoobyMaster 0]

For the price of the Axis cheapie encoder you can probably get some Geovision network cameras but of course you have to replace the coax with ethernet.

 

Yeah, this seems to be the case.

 

 

Why don't you just get a newer GV card?

 

This is mostly because I think it's unfair to have to re-purchase the same card I already own.

 

I own a GV600 8 channel that can run 6040 and (7.x if the dongle worked as it should -there was a huge debacle on that don't get me started).

 

I don't want to have to re-purchase the card just to run 8.x.

 

I'd rather use that money on a new camera, or a new license for GV-NVR for a 3rd party cam. After seeing what the new megapixel IP cams can do, I feel as though the analog cams are now obsolete, so I'm thinking I might just try to sell the old ones. They are fairly cheap anyway so I'll just run both systems for a while.

[ssmith10pn 0]

I have an 8 Camera GV NVR License. PM me if your interested.