RE: Geovision & HA

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't stress enough how good the Geovision cards are - significantly
more flexible, powerful and feature rich that a DVR solution.

There's just sooooo much to it and once setup, it just works without any
'playing' etc. Remember - it is intended for serious CCTV use. Apart from
the occasional upgrade to add more features, I never tinker with mine -
just use it with the 6 cameras I have installed.

It definitely needs a fairly high spec machine though if you're going for
the higher end cards capable of 100fps+ recording - just like a video
capture machine would. That doesn't mean you can't run other things on it
depending on spare capacity - but this will depend on how stable a system
you want. I've not had a problem with it at all running on it's own.

I think you'll find others here who will recommend the Geovision solution
too :)

Paul.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
christopher purves
Sent: 05 April 2006 08:13
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Geovision & HA

Hi Chris,

I'm in exactly the same position as you although I am definitely leaning
towards a DVR. I seem to keep buying things that need 'setup' like the
geovision cards - no doubt the pc will not quite be powerful enough - maybe
a clash with the motherboard etc etc. To be honest I don't have the energy
anymore hence the choice of DVR for me - something that works out of the
box
or it goes back. I could imagine a pre-built geovison system but thats sort
of what you get with a DVR with some of the flexibility and upgradability
removed. I think I would actually just like to use the CCTV rather than
'play with it'!! All my opinion and I know many people on this list are
using geovision very successfully.

Chris


>From: Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Geovision & HA
>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:43:44 +0100
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>'wondered what people's experience with Geovision was - good, bad, or
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>'and does it really need to be run on its own PC, networked to another
>running HA, 24/7 (and to another for eveything else), or can both
>co-exist on the same machine.
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>We're thinking of having fifteen cameras, ten inside & five out'
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>with the former each assigned an area of about six-metres square
>(generally, we're open-plan - imagine a loft), but maybe that's too
>much, and I've no idea how to choose the cameras ... or if they'd be
>affordable ...
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>Or even the PC(s) ... 'still trying to work out which should we go for
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>Questions, questions !
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>Chris
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