Re: WTF?

[Matt Ion <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx>]

Roland wrote:
> Very few DVR or nDVR makers support megapixel cameras yet. So what brand are
> you using?

CSI Vigil - www.camacc.com - they have live demos of their "Hi-Def" setup (I
don't like the "Hi-Def" moniker, it's not properly used, just latching onto a
current buzzword).

> What CIF does the 1.3 record at? Does it eat a bunch more that a
> regular 540 line camera?

I think it's 4CIF.  Full specs are at http://www.iqeye.com/iqeye501.html  Normal
analog capture runs at 640x480 to 704x480 or 740x480, depending on the capture
hardware... 1.3MP is 1280x1024.  So yeah, it chews up a fair bit more disk space.

> I know that soon everyone is going to try to OEM
> the Arecont camera under their own brand. I think that 8Mpix is well over 30
> CIF. Going to be some big drive arrays needed for storing that stuff for
> anything more than a day or so.

System I put in had one machine with a 500GB SATA-II drive and standard capture
card for the analog in-store cameras, and another box with a second 500GB drive
configured as network storage, and a dedicated dual-head video card specifically
for outputting a split-screen view to an LCD VGA monitor at the paypoint.
Pretty heady stuff.  Fortunately drive space is getting cheap... 500GB drives
for a hair over $200.

> Get rid of the RG-6 and say hello to more Cat 5E or 6 with PoE.

Fine by me.  Stripping RG-59 is a PITA and the stuff is way too stiff and unweildy.


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> "Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>So I stop in a site today because they say the pictures they're getting on
>>their DVR are "too fuzzy" for the cops to use... find out that's because
>>the cameras they're worried about - the ones on the gas pumps - are
>>cheap-ass IR bullet cams that WE DIDN'T INSTALL.  But that ain't the
>>screwy part...
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>>I see one input on the DVR showing NO SIGNAL... okay, I'll check that out
>>once the software upgrade is done.  Finish the update, fire the server
>>back up... ahh, got picture now!  Wait... a minute later... NO SIGNAL
>>again.  Da hell?
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>>Look for the camera... oh nice, it's a cheap PIR motion sensor
>>(functional!) with built-in pinhole cam, really ugly wiring hanging down
>>the wall (obviously also NOT installed by us)... and the camera only comes
>>on when motion is detected.  Soon as the "red light" goes out... so does
>>the video.
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>>Cheap bastards... apparently all this junk is stuff that was GIVEN TO the
>>owner's brother for money that was owed him.  Nice.
>>
>>Just to rub it in, I showed the owner some pics from the 1.3MP IP cameras
>>I installed last week... 40 degree FOV and a license plate is still
>>CLEARLY legible from a distance of 40 feet.  Sweet.
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