Re: Geovision & Camera Advice Seeked

["darren_karp2001" <darren@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Many thanks for the reply.

As all of cameras will be outside I will need an outdoor enclosure.
I think that the more horizontal lines the better the image quality.
Am I right? Does this translate into pixels? This is where I get
very confused!

Cheers
Darren

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "John Nye" <john@j...> wrote:
>
> Hi Darren,
>
>
> 'I have been advised by Henry's radio in London not to both buying
4
> individual IP network cameras but to instead buy a 4 port
Geovision
> card and install that into the PC dedicated to recording these
cameras.'
>
> Would definitely recommend Geovision, not cheap but mine has been
rock
> solid over the past few months
>
>
>
> 'What I'm looking for is some advice on what Geovision card I
should
> get (there will never be any more than 4 cameras) and what the
spec of
> the host PC should be as I will need to build that. I would like
to
> record at the best frame rate and quality possible, but would only
be
> recording when there is movement detected.'
>
> I ordered an 8 camera GV-600 card (couldn't afford a faster one),
> although I was sent a 12 camera card as that was all they had in
stock.
> I've got 6 camera's at the moment only recording when movement -
quite
> happy with the results. Although you only think you want 4 I'd go
for
> more (just in case)- we've now got one trained on SWMBO's budgies
and
> I'm just about to build a nest box with one in.
>
>
>
> 'The next thing is the colour camera itself. Can I have some
> recommendations please? Image quality is important and from what I
can
> tell from Henry's Radio the non-ip or bog standard range of colour
> CCTV cameras aren't really that expensive and would probably suit
but
> I really don't know!'
>
> I've bought most of my cameras from Henry's, the latest were 2 dome
> cameras for front and back door
> http://www.henrys.co.uk/cctv/highrescolourdomecamera.htm
- Very
pleased
> with them!
>
>
>
> 'I assume that the camera's require a source of power and a video
> cable. What video cable is required on these as I intend to run
this
> on Wednesday.'
>
> Having laid co-ax for the initial cameras I then discovered the
error of
> my ways. Now I just use cat5 with an RJ45 passive balun (think
that's
> what they are called) at each end to connect to camera and card.
Cat5
> then carries both power and video.
>
>
> Oh and Mark's article on automated home is very useful for PC
spec's
> etc. Part 2 looks as if it could be interesting also if (sorry when
> -:)it appears.
>
> John
>