Great idea, those would be a good solutionrentz wrote:for anyone interested woot has some refurb shuttle pc's that might work well for one of these systems, though i hate to shell out the money they want for the i7 (old i7's at that)
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- Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:10 pm
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- Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:40 pm
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Oh - and also bear in mind that many low cost cameras are generic, white-label products all from the same Chinese factory, just re-branded.
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:38 pm
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Boy, I'm not sure what US manufacturers are available! I'm taking a weekly online class from IPVM, next class starts in 20 minutes. I'll ask them about what US manufacturers are available, if any.GeekwithaGun wrote:thanks for that info RHenricksen - one of the companies i got some quotes from would install those camera's. would like to buy USA products.
Axis is Swedish, and one of the original IP camera manufacturers. Very good quality, and I wouldn't have the same security concerns about using them. Samsung is a solid mid-tier manufacturer worth looking at.
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:07 pm
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Hikvision is a VERY large Chinese company with significant government patronage & funding.GeekwithaGun wrote:on topic - anyone know about the Hikvision products? ip cameras and NVR's
For my work on potentially sensitive commercial/industrial sites, I won't use them for that reason.
They're going to be the Wal-mart of security cameras - undercut most other manufacturers and capture a large market share.
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:39 pm
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The camera system I'd inherited was running the Geovision VMS; Milestone is so much better, it can be difficult sometimes not to weep w. joy.PBratton wrote:Nothing better than a good old Milestone system. I use it as my system at work. My Axis cameras run just a bit more however...
I've been eyeballing Axis, but have been having trouble justifying the cost difference over GV hardware. Zipstream does seem to be working as advertised, though, as best I can tell; that might help tip the scales. I'd love to learn more about your experience w. them.
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:37 pm
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Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC LR - Berry Nice!! Ubiquiti has released (or announced, anyway - maybe not shipping quite yet?) a new generation of the AC version at a significantly reduced price.GeekwithaGun wrote:A small bit of thread drift - I was running a consumer grade Linksys wireless router for WiFi, range was terrible and signal strength horrible, connection reliability worse than horrible, rebooting all the time. we had our new house wired for multiple Ethernet ports and a WAP in the center of the house on the ceiling. I installed a Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC LR access point that is PoE (comes with a one port injector) and now able to use the full 30 MBPS our internet provider has and so far no down time for 2 weeks. Cost was maybe a little more than a consumer grade, but worth it to me and she who must be obeyed. found on amazon for a really good price (at least I thought it was <$200).
Old Linksys is now a non-wireless switch providing the DHCP server - it is too big for my cabinet so maybe a new configurable switch will be in my future.
back to the normal conversation -
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:11 pm
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One of the things I've learned about WiFi and IP cameras is that there's a big difference between consumer grade wifi routers and commercial APs and point-to-point bridges.
I have both Engenius ENH500 and Ubiquiti Nanobeams that stream 8 to 45 megabits/second 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without a hiccup or reboot required. IMX, attempting that over a consumer wifi router tends to bog down the router requiring regular reboots to clear its head.
Surprisingly, the ENH500 and Nanobeams aren't that expensive - $85-95 each (you'd use them in pairs).
I have both Engenius ENH500 and Ubiquiti Nanobeams that stream 8 to 45 megabits/second 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without a hiccup or reboot required. IMX, attempting that over a consumer wifi router tends to bog down the router requiring regular reboots to clear its head.
Surprisingly, the ENH500 and Nanobeams aren't that expensive - $85-95 each (you'd use them in pairs).
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:41 pm
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I've been maintaining (and heavily revamping) a commercial analog + POE system for a client for the last 18 months or so. 6 DVRs and ~130 cameras so far, with a mix of coax, Ethernet, point to point WiFi bridges, and fiber.
Also have 7 POE cameras so far @ my house running against a PC hosting Milestone XProtect. This is all commercial grade stuff, not the $299 Costco special, so can't speak to which is the better $39 camera; but if anyone needs help understanding networking, commercial grade WiFi as a possible solution to areas difficult to run Ethernet cable to, etc, I'll help as best I can.
The Geovision cameras I'm using run $350-500 each. Until you've experienced what a difference super low light sensors and WDR (wide dynamic range) can make in image quality, it's hard to know what you're missing out on!
Also have 7 POE cameras so far @ my house running against a PC hosting Milestone XProtect. This is all commercial grade stuff, not the $299 Costco special, so can't speak to which is the better $39 camera; but if anyone needs help understanding networking, commercial grade WiFi as a possible solution to areas difficult to run Ethernet cable to, etc, I'll help as best I can.
The Geovision cameras I'm using run $350-500 each. Until you've experienced what a difference super low light sensors and WDR (wide dynamic range) can make in image quality, it's hard to know what you're missing out on!