Flat screen monitor recommendations

[koz 0]

Can anyone recommend a decent flat screen monitor for viewing GeoVision in full screen mode with 16 cameras? The user will be sitting approximately 8-10 feet away and the monitor will be mounted on the wall.

 

I've seen 23" flat screens, anything bigger than that is usually wide screen. Does GeoVision support wide resolutions? From what I see, the max resolution you can use is 1280x1024.

 

Appreciate your responses!

 

Thanks,

koz

[rory 0]

In the 26-43" LCDs they are typically TVs and you can have a resolution of 1280x ... look on tiger direct for the LCD TVs and Olivia ... check out the 26, 32, 37 and 42" LCDs.

[CSG 0]

How good do you think the images will show on such a large screen? I would hate to pay for a large screen for CCTV, and then have the cameras look bad when blown up to large proportions. Let's assume the Geo software is set for the highest resolution.

 

Do you plan to use the large screen connected to the PC video card, or to the Geovision card RCA output?

[rory 0]

im doing Geo on a 42" LCd right now ... sweet .. uses DVI-HDMI input BTW.

[koz 0]

CSG, I'm definitely going to stay away from RCA output. I'd say either DVI or HDMI. The screens are going to be used for "glancing" only. In other words, we want to see them on the wall and if something is interesting, we walk over and click appropriately or log into the network client. The video quality on the larger screens is not too important because they will be viewed from approximately 8-10 feet away.

 

I have a wide screen LCD-TV that runs a max resolution of 1280x720. GeoVision MultiView won't even work on it. It says that the resolution must be at least 1024x768. So, whatever flatscreens we go with, they will need to handle a resolution higher than 1280x720.

 

rory, would you mind posting the make and model of the 42" LCD that you're using? And, can you confirm if it will work with MultiView. I've been reading through the forums and it sounds like you've coded your own network client. Is that something you are distributing?

 

We are going to be installing a total of 6 of these large screen monitors to display between 80-120 cameras.

[koz 0]

We decided to go with one 42" LCD/TV and four 21" LCD/TV's...

 

Sceptre 42" LCD HDTV w/ External Tuner Box (MFR Link)

It just came in today and we're waiting for the wall mount to arrive. The reviews say it's an excellent LCD (1080p) for the price! I'll let you know how it goes once we get it set up. Costco.com has it for $1599.

 

Samsung 215TW-Black SyncMaster 21" Analog/Digital LCD(MFR Link)

Not a bad monitor either. ZipZoomFly.com has it for just under $500 bucks.

 

Now I'd like to find a quick way to swap server displays among the monitors (like a switchbox). So, if they want to see the output of DVR1 on the 42" or maybe DVR3 on the 42", they wouldn't have to swap cables, just move a switch? Anyone heard of anything like this?

 

Thanks,

koz

[rory 0]

youll want a KVM switch ...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch

[koz 0]

hehe, I figured that much rory...question is which brand/model??

 

Most KVM's allow you to see (and control) multiple servers on a single set of Keyboard/Video device/Mouse (KVM)...but what I want to do is a little different.

 

Namely, the 42" is going to be mounted on the wall along with the 4 21's. That means we can see the output of 5 DVR's at once. What I'd like to do, and I don't know if this is possible, is to be able to "swap" displays. That is, say DVR1 is being shown on the 42" and DVR's 2,3,4 and 5 are on the 21's. Is there a way to swap so that DVR2 goes onto the 42" and DVR1 goes onto the 21" that DVR2 was on?

 

Basically, the thinking here is they see all cameras. But, if something looks interesting on one of the cameras that is connected to a 21", can the user move that server output to the 42" ?

 

Not sure if that's possible without swapping video cables somehow...

[rory 0]

So basically what the 42" will be is a Spot Monitor ..

 

What type of DVR are you using .?

[koz 0]

Yep, spot monitor (that's a better way of describing it).

 

GV-1480's in custom built servers:

 

Intel Pentium D 960 3.60GHz

Asus P5WD2 955X

ATI Radeon X1900 XT PCI Express 512MB DDR3

4GB RAM

250GB RAID 1

WinXP Pro

 

Video card has dual DVI output and a single composite output.

 

These are rack mounted, so they're in the same vicinity. A switch box could be used. Any ideas?

[CSG 0]

That sounds very similar to the Geo Server I just built. I used a Pentium D 3ghz, 2 gb ram, Asus board, same ATI card I think, XPpro, and 4.5 TB of harddrive space. ( 4 Sata and 5 ATA-133). With a Geo 16ch 1480 card.

 

Just got the Samsung 24" DVI widescreen, looks pretty good.

[rory 0]

well cheapest method is still the KVM switch ...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=528278&CatId=598

[rory 0]

Optionally .. if money isnt an issue .. you could use the GE KTD-440 Matrix Switcher .. 64 Video in and 4 Monitor outputs (though you are only using 1 in this case) .. you can then use the CBR-KB3 keyboard to control that .. bring up whichever of the 64 cameras you want to bring up ..

 

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Digiplex IV is an expandable matrix switching system that manages video inputs and monitor outputs. It is designed for use in large CCTV systems.At the core of the system is the KTD-440 Master Switcher Chassis, which can manage 64 video inputs by 32 monitor outputs. With the addition of color-coded expansion cards and an expansion chassis, the KTD-440's matrix switching capabilities can be increased to 512 inputs by 64 outputs. Digiplex IV also offers video loss detection cards, which monitor video signals and alert users in the event of camera failure.�

 

# Industry-changing compression preserves picture quality

# Base system: 64 video inputs by 4 monitor outputs; expands to 512 inputs by 64 outputs

# Easy-to-install expansion chassis

# Internal video loss detection

# Built-in diagnostic LEDs

# Transparent cross-mapped inputs

# Video ribbon cable interconnect

# Easy sequential switching

# PC keyboard programmable

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[ezCCTV 0]

The next version of GeoVision 8.X should support widescreen desktop resolutions nativley.