sumo 0 Posted March 2, 2006 Hi, I have been a lurker on this forum for awhile now trying to learn trick of the trade . But it seem that I need some advice for you experts. I have purchased a Geovision GV-1480 card and 14 in door and out door 480TVL day/night cameras. Will get another two hidden cameras later. What I am needing help on is what sort of PC components, out put display I should go for. I guess a list of what I want to setup would be easier to see. 1. Record all 16 cameras in HIGHEST possible resolution. 5 with audio. I am using PAL format. Because the cameras provide 480TVL resolution, should I record it at 640x480 or can I get better image quality at 720 x 576 resolution? I only need about 3 weeks max of storage and getting extra HD space is not a problem. 2. Monitor displays. This is where I am at a cross road. Here is a list of the displays I want to setup. a) Monitor connect to capture PC. b) a TV to display all the cameras (I guess the TV out from the GV card can handle this). c) 2 LCDs mounting next to the front door and back door, and possibly a third for the back room(no PC here). There is no room really for a CRT. Each one display up to 4 cameras on each and they are displaying different cameras from each other (front/back). What I am asking here is, should I split the camera's signal to go to the LCD TVs (expensive? camera's signal will become weaker?) or using a QUAD display computer system to display WEBCAM or TCP/IP viewing for each? Is QUAD display computer even possible? Can it done with the capture PC or I need another PC for this? What will the spec of PC need to be? Is VGA to CAT5 transmitter is all I need for this? The maximum distance to the PC will be 60m. Hmm, I think there is something else I need to ask but can't remember right now . I hope you guys can help me. Sorry about the English . Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
