emmet mc namee 0 Posted November 7, 2012 HI All I'm pretty new to the cctv indusrty and require some help. on isntalling a cctv system i hooked up the tester and focused the camera and on the screen it was sharp and clear. on hooking to the dvr it looked good on quad view but when i put it to full screen it looks awful. its really unclear and pixelated. Could this be the monitor or am i doing something wrong its a 16:9 monitor and i have recoders set to top quailty in recording. many thanks in advance Emmet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yakky 0 Posted November 7, 2012 Depends on what DVR you have. Most cameras look great when hooked directly to a monitor or live view on the dvr. The actual footage once compressed goes downhill quickly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmet mc namee 0 Posted November 7, 2012 Depends on what DVR you have. Most cameras look great when hooked directly to a monitor or live view on the dvr. The actual footage once compressed goes downhill quickly. Thanks for the reply this my recorder http://www.icrealtime.co.uk/Analogue/Recorders/Median-FD1/The-Median-FD1-Range/flypage_images.tpl.html and i am having the problem in live view Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vector18 1 Posted November 7, 2012 You need to tell us a bit more info. How many TV lines is the camera,420tvl, 550tvl, 600tvl, 700tv.? What resolution setting do you have in the DVR, D1, CIF, QCIF? What type of cable are you connecting your Monitor to the DVR, hdmi, coax, vga? And lastly what size is the monitor, 15", 20", 55"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmet mc namee 0 Posted November 7, 2012 You need to tell us a bit more info. How many TV lines is the camera,420tvl, 550tvl, 600tvl, 700tv.? What resolution setting do you have in the DVR, D1, CIF, QCIF? What type of cable are you connecting your Monitor to the DVR, hdmi, coax, vga? And lastly what size is the monitor, 15", 20", 55"? Thanks for replying Camera ◦1/3” Sony Super HAD II CCD ◦600 TV Line Resolution ◦2.8-12mm Vari-Focal Lens ◦Day/Night Function ◦0.1 Lux at F1.2(Colour)/ 0.01 Lux(BW) ◦Back light compensation (64 Area) DVR is set to D1 @25fps I am running the cameras on rg59 and the monitor is running on vga and is 18.5inch Thanks again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the toss 0 Posted November 8, 2012 One of my boys rang in the other day to say he could not get a clear focus on a new camera. He replaced it with a used camera for testing purposes & the pic was fine. He was sure the new camera was crook. Went out to the job to have a look & he hadn't removed the protective film from the front of the lens. He has never had a problem with this for the last 2 years so I think he was suffering from Monday-itis. I told him he was an idiot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neutech 0 Posted November 9, 2012 Where you based Emmet? What brand monitor are you using? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmet mc namee 0 Posted November 9, 2012 Where you based Emmet? What brand monitor are you using? Irl the job in question had a philips monitor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
groovyman 0 Posted November 11, 2012 emmet, if the dvr is recording at D1 resolution, that's 720 × 486 for NTSC systems and 720 × 576 for PAL. I'm sure the resolution on the monitor is much higher (probably 1366 x 768) so when the image is enlarged to full screen it's stretching out quite a bit and will get pixelated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neutech 0 Posted November 11, 2012 As groovy says the resolution is probably the problem Where in IRL ? I cover all over and will be around a lot next week Drop me a PM and if im in the area i'll take a look for you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justincameras 0 Posted November 14, 2012 HI All I'm pretty new to the cctv indusrty and require some help. on isntalling a cctv system i hooked up the tester and focused the camera and on the screen it was sharp and clear. on hooking to the dvr it looked good on quad view but when i put it to full screen it looks awful. its really unclear and pixelated. Could this be the monitor or am i doing something wrong its a 16:9 monitor and i have recoders set to top quailty in recording. many thanks in advance Emmet Your resolution is only as good as your weakest link in the system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites