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Annnndd.... I think spending $300 on a Chinese DVR for an enterprise level solution is a pretty humorous proposal. But to each his own.

For that many analog cameras with Exacq, their hybrids are the only way to go. Exacq doesn't sell their capture cards separately and to use that many encoders would cost 10x the cost of the hybrids. Change out to all IP? Well sure that would be nice but he's talking almost a hundred cameras... good luck getting them to budget that kind of cash. I would definitively stick with Exacq. Imagine the nightmare of trying to train the end users on two different systems... Especially when they are already used to working with Exacq.

I didn't recommend Dahua... rory did. That stuff is more along the lines of extreme budget residential. For a school district, you need the big boy toys.

haha, he could probably change out every site he has to dahua for cheaper than a single retro to exacq but come on rory... really

I know cross platform CMS solutions exist... but I have zero experience with. They're designed for video monitoring companies. I'd imagine the cost to be muy expensivo, and limited on features. If you've only got one site to worry about integrating, I would imagine it to be cheaper (especially in the long run) to just change out to all Exacq. Not to mention, if one unit failed the others can't be too far behind... What's the IP to analog cam ratio at the site? It may be cheaper to run a single hybrid for all analog, then for the IP just buy licenses and slap them on off the shelf desktops. It's been my experience that with turnkey servers you pay a huge premium(2-4x)... albeit Exacqs are badass.

what they said but be careful of $2 baluns... that's a lil too cheap, even at dealer cost

send me a PM and I'll try to arrange that for you

Can you be more specific with models?

Send me a sample of each of your products, and if I like I'll consider buying a container.

That's a good idea and I love Pelco's housings but I was hoping for something their maintenance guy could easily climb up a latter and replace. Not to mention Pelco's parts are probably just as expensive as anything else their selling these days... I ordered some tablet screen protectors so I'll be anxious to see how they test

what do you guys think of using ipad screen protectors? big enough I should be able to cut a lot out of a 3 pack. http://www.amazon.com/Premium-Crystal-Clear-Screen-Protectors/dp/B003D8GAA0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Sweet! We had something similar when I worked in the newsroom for a local ABC affiliate. I've never priced anything like that. I bet it's expensive!

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Go to seup/ schedule/ enable network. Ensure weekly is selected and all the calender is highlighted in blue. Can you ping the dvr locally? You have known working network cables? Is the network switch they are using managed? If so, is port security is enable or do they have that port on a different vlan?

Sanyo used to make a box zoom camera with HDMI out... Not sure if you could stll get a hold of one since the buy out. Would work great with a ZeeVee box. Distributes HD video over coax for use with off the shelf TVs and their built in tuners...

Can you view locally on the lan, using the local IP?

Where did you buy it? They don't offer tech support?

Be sure to forward every port required by your dvr. Some dvrs have a seperate port for mobile devices. It's possible you have this setup, and not others. Also, most dvr browser clients require Active X, which must be used in Internet Explorer unless you have some sort of plug in.

ha!

what is a "uhf connector"? do you mean "f" connector for cable tv?

one MILLION dollars

rory??? you're time to shine!

don't run dc that far... use ac powered cameras or use 24vac to 12vdc converter

http://www.amazon.com/Greenlee-508S-Wire-Finder-Locator/dp/B000LDGZLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322178019&sr=8-1 I've got one... works well

good to know. does it fit in the housing as well? limited space in there...