Re: Fushion DVR

[J. <jsloud2001<removeme>@netscape.net>]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:11:24 -0600, "Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>So I am trying to price out a Fusion DVR for a customer with an existing
>Honeywell access control connection. I am going through the pricing and find
>SKU for the Pentium D dual core and 512 MB upgrade. What a bargain! $1500.00
>to have it installed at the factory and $2k to install it aftermarket on
>your own. This is the retail pricing of course. I get so sick of DVR
>manufacturers pricing stuff like this (and hard drives especially) with
>beyond ridiculous markups. These manufacturers have to know this stupid
>pricing limits their market. I had one Honeywell engineer remark that sales
>of the Fusion and Rapid Eye DVRs were "brisk" at more than a hundred units a
>month. The over the counter boys have a different take. At ADI they say
>they've never even seen one, let alone sold one. Well  I thought I'd try
>Anixter or Northern Video to check their pricing. Not so fast, Honeywell
>Video sells direct or through ADI only. I always considered an AD Intellex
>Ultra about the highest priced box DVR around. Seems like a pumped up Fusion
>could give them a run for their money.
>

The Honeywell Winpak PE, DVR, and Vista integration is pretty slick as
well.  For end users with multiple sites and centralized management,
it gives them a whole lot of flexibility in managing access, IDS, and
video across the network and the pricing is decent as well.  Btw, the
Intellex Ultra is pricey, but there are some Integral boxes out there
that make them look cheap.