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  1. Posted

    Called Meril Li Lin

     

    4 Channel DVR:

     

    1. 1 Channel Audio

    2. Ethernet

    3. 4 levels of MJPEG quality

    4. runs on 110 Volt directly no adapter

     

    $499 80gig HD

    $530 120

     

    Sounds perfect for the donut shops. Will get one for the next job in a week or so. I heard that they are making quality products.

     

    They are doing a us web site with updated info right now.

  3. Posted

    The Hunt one is $540 dealer price. Don't no about the Merit Lin-Le dealer price. They are in L.A. so i am going to go down and try one. Went on there website and downloaded the manual. Did not say anything about audio or networking on the site. Might be outdated. Will find out. I read through the manual and the more I like it. Looks very easy to use, using 110V direct and have a feature that if the customer reviews material, and forgets to start recording again, the unit will automatically start after a period you set.

     

    I think the networking all suck on these units, but for $500... I just want a unit that is stable, looks good, easy to use and have good recording quality. The networking playback part I don't really care about. We do alot of $3000 jobs, (the going rate for a 4 cam system in small shops) and don't want more phone calls then necisarry.

     

    I think the line rate matters but I think the compession level is more crucial ( I might be wrong). On these cheaper systems we usally just use a 14" TV vith VCR built in for back-up, so I don't know if you can see much of a difference. Thinking of using the highest one with a slow frame rate.

  5. Posted

    We put in about five of them. A couple of really bad things about them:

     

    1 You can't adjust the recording quality, only switch between feild and mux. Mux still looks really bad.

     

    2 not very user friendly to the customer. Still get calls all the time to how to use the thing.

     

    3 they way it is setup to mark/save clips is really bad. Looks like you can only save individual shots, not video

     

    It's kind of funny, on Intellicams website they compare the unit to a Av Tech DVR. I personally compared the same unit with the Av Tech one and thought the Av Tech one was alot better. They main reason I picked up the Av Tech one was because they are using wavelet, and i was tired of the chitty recording quality of the Argus/ Intellicam one. The recording quality is so much better. The thing with the Av Tech is that it looks pretty cheap, but they way the menus/software is layed out is alot better. The thing is we put one in, and 2 days later the HD died. I am a little sceptical ow, because a I heard that the Av Tech's DVR have a power supply problem.

     

    I am going to try one of these next:

    http://www.hunt.com.tw/Products/01.asp?adaType=H06&adaArticleID=113&txtSearch=

     

    (might not work so go to http://www.hunt.com.tw/ and find HDR-04MP

    same compession but atleast you can adjust the recording quality.

     

    Here is another one I haven't tried:

    http://www.cctvworks.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PDR-400&Category_Code=DVRS

     

    Anyone know about the Merit Li-Lin compared to the Hunt one?

     

    Fredrik

  6. Posted

    I don't want to deal with the extra cost/work of adding a computer + this seems really simple to set up. I surfed around and read some reviews, and this one has gotten the best reviews by far. I haven't seen a better webcam anywhere in terms of picture. My customere don't need a fast refresh rate, just a great image so 1 frame every five seconds is fine.

     

    Thanks for all the help

     

    Fredrik

  8. Posted

    Does anyone know if there is a free standing 1 channel web server that uses Java, or do I have to get a PCI plug in card and a PC. I was trying to avoid that route. What about a cctv web server that uses MPEG-4? Still need a plugin and/or is it possible to insert video to a web page at all with a MPEG-4 server. Also I need the best possible quality for this. Is there any difference in Compression/Image quality between the different web servers or is "Java" just the same everythere?

     

    Any help greately apprichiated

  9. Posted

    Software as in web design or web cam software? Dreamweaver for the design I know. He has a good web designer that will add the video I think. Wanted to use a hi res regular cctv camera and hook it up to a web server like Av Tech 's one with a static IP. Is it then possible to take that stream and somehow inserte it to the web page without the need for a plug in, or do you have to have a camera directly hooked up to the computer. The site is hosted somewhere else.

     

    Thanks for the post

     

    Ps.

    That camera looks pretty good. Can you set it for a higher res. and a little slower speed. What software is that

  10. Posted

    I have a customer who want a camera overlooking the runway on their airport. He wants to have it displayed on his web page imbedded with the design of the page, showing live video all the time. How do you do that?

    Does not want the usual "down load plug in and install to work" stuff. The video should just pop up when people go to his site. Should work on Mac and PC.

     

    Thanks,

    Fredrik

  15. Posted

    Darn, our DSL to get that kind of speed costs $490 a month! we have to use Cable, which is okay, around $400K upload, for $150 a month for business including TV, $90 a month for a home user. Otherwise only other option is Dynamic IP but I make sure we only use Static IPs.

     

    How are you using a dynamic IP host with a stand alone? NOIP.com requires frequent emails and the software always running on the PC.

     

    We have been using the bluenet video server but are know switching to the AVTECH web server. Bluenet has there own DDNS host so that is not a problem. The AVTECH doesn't have one so we have to set it up with TZO.com

     

    Still figuring it out but the trick is to use a router with a built in DDNS Client software so you don't have to have a PC at the location. The router will send the new IP info to the DDNS host every time the IP changes.

     

    Check out this weblink.

    http://www.tzo.com/MainPageSupport/Routers.html

     

    Also check out www.dslextreme.com for cheap and great dsl rates. Very good service.

  16. Posted

    As far as retail shops and small restaurants, how many of you use geovision as opposed to standalone machines such as the argus or avtech one?

     

     

    We are just putting in standalones. Don't have time to fiddle around with pc based. Everyone wants remote viewing now, put most of our customers don't want to pay for a static IP. (small shops, etc) Setting them up with a dynamic IP, 256 K upload for $27.95 with DSL extreme. WOrks great!

  17. Posted

    The VGA card add-on for the argus dvr's are no good. Tried a few and the video shakes. Known phenomina. Use the s-video out to your tv if you have an s-video input. Otherwise just a bnc to rca. The argus remote software is ok if it is used on the same network.

  19. Posted

    Got Avtech's web server to work with there dvr's. Pretty interesting. You can actually control there dvr through the webserver through a RS-232 cable between the DVR and the webserver.

     

    Why bother? My experience of having the DVR itself stream the video is not good. If you have a DVR that records Mpeg-2 for example, the recording quality will be very good since that is a pretty lossless format. Good recording quality = bad web streaming. On the other side, if you have a dvr using H.263 the streaming will be excellent, because of the small file size, like 2-3 k per frame. Doesn't look very good when you blow it up, full frame. I thing to do, i think is to have 2 separate devices.

     

    For example now with AVTECH 9 channel. Connect monitor out from DVR to web server in and a RS-232 cable between the units. Now you can control the DVR remotely with a 1 channel webserver! Does also support dynamic IP through a DDNS host like no-ip.com

     

    Build in webserver= You can connect to it through a web browser. No dedicated software needed.

     

    HUNT's 16 channel dvr's starting at $1750.

  20. Posted

    That DVR is made by Argus. http://www.sys-tek.co.kr/main.htm

    One of the better places to buy that one would be Intellicam, since they have good support. www.intellicam.com Couple of other places.

    http://www.iscsecurity.com/VDO430.html

    http://ensignsecurity.com/

    The DVR is ok. We have put in 10 of them. Easy to set up. A better one would be AVTECH's 4 channel. Cheaper and better. Uses wavelat, so the recorded video looks better.

    http://www.avtech.com.tw/english/product_13.htm

     

    Fredrik

  21. Posted

    I had a 30 min conversation with HUNT here in L.A. and tried 3 of there software demos online. Interesting DVR. You can connect a cd burner w/ a firewire cable, does POS text search with a cash register with a com port out och streams video really well. It doesn't have a webserver built in so you have to download their software to make it work. Not good for pre schools. I am going to go down there and have them demo it for me. I am usally a little sceptical about dvr's that stream video well.

    The local recording quality then usally looks pretty bad, all jagged when you blow up the picture full frame. Prefer to use a separate web server instead for the streaming part, and leave the recording quality to "best".

     

    Question:

    Has anyone used the avtech DVR's (4 and 9 channel) with there web server? Supposedly you can change channels on the DVR remotely through the webserver.

    Has anyone made that work?

     

    Fredrik

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