RE: CCTV at B&Q

["M McAree Jr" <michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx>]

I have the Ring version.

There is a mic but no IR. The picture quality is reasonable and the camera
looks to be silicone sealed within the unit. There is a long cable which
plugs into the Scart connector. For £35 it seems to do the job.

Micvhael
BELFAST

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Orr [mailto:Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 April 2000 08:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CCTV at B&Q
>
>
> At 23:07 13/04/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >I noticed today B&Q has some cctv kits at £35 for Ring and £29
> for Kingston
>
> I bought one of the Kingston ones yesterday (funny old world!).  Price
is
> certainly good- I've not seen anything except board cameras at that
price
> before.  Picture quality is OK, as good as my similarly priced board
> camera, IR illumination is adequate for about 1-2m.  The mic works.
>
> Disadvantages:
> The front plastic window is too far from the lens, so there is some
> reflection from the IR LEDs on the picture (a couple of bright spots)
> The outside box says 'weatherproof', the inside says it should not be
> mounted where it will experience heavy rain... I'm not sure what
> weather it
> is supposed to be -proof against (sunshine and wind presumably).  The
case
> looks reasonably well sealed (as long as it's pointing down-
> there is a mic
> hole in the front), but I'll have a look at the Ring one as a
replacement
> and see if it is more waterproof... not sure if it has a mic, but
that's
> not an issue for this one...
>
> >(I think). Has anyone tried these kits. They are supplied with
cabling,
>
> 17m of cable according to the leaflet inside, again, they're _very_
cheap-
> I could get a camera for the same price from henry's
> (http://www.henrys.co.uk) but
then it'd be about the same again for cable,
> PSU and water/weather-proof housing.
>
> If anyone has the Ring one, I'd be interested to hear how it compares.
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
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