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    Networking and 1 channel audio. Even alarm inputs. Also has email capibility so combined with the alarm inputs, so it will take 1 snapshot of the video and email it anywhere. Runs directly on 110 V. Big fan in the back for the HD. Made in Japan. Looks 5 times more expenive then the Argus DVR.

     

    Will set up the 2:nd one at home and really learn it.

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    Picked up a couple of them and put one in yesterday.

    The unit looks like a $1000 dvr, solid, in metal and heavy. Very Nice. Very user friendly in terms of playback and recording etc. Duplex function and built in Ethernet.

     

    Does not seem to have motion and adjustment for cameras ( color, contrast etc.) A little tricky to program in the first place. Has 3 levels of compression and the A level looks great. Mjpeg so not as good as wavelet in highest quality but close.

    Got 2 so i am settig up the 2;nd one to play around with and really learn it.

     

    Will probably be using this one from now on. Does it have every thing you want?

    No, but for $400 it is a pretty good deal. Will be using it for the donut shops.

     

    The times I put in a AvTEch DVR I feel a little stupid because the dvr;s look like something you pick up from radio shack for $99.

    This one looks great and works great.

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    You got to make your own cable. No big deal. Only 2 wires needed. The connectors come with the DVR and the web server. Reguar 2 conductor solid alarm wire will do. You soldering skills got to be good though. Then you got to set the baud rate correctly in the DVR and the server, and there is one other setting. ID setting i think. Easier to make a few cables before hand and try it out. I think the idea is great. A web server that controls the dvr remotely.

     

    Have you had any problems with the 9 channel DVR?

    Heard about power supply problem from someone here. Like to start putting them in if they are relible.

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    I like the AVTech Web server, but how do you set it up with a dynamic IP. I tried it with www.dyndns.org but could not get it to work. Used one of the routers the recommended (D-Link DI-604) but no use. Otherwise it streams nice, and less garbage in the GUI. One thing whitch is pretty cool with the Av Tech one is that you can control the AV Tech DVR remotely if you add a RS-232 cabel between the web server and the dvr. In that way you can set the streaming quality level independent from the recording quality level and get the beat of both worlds.

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    Rory,

    You said the remote software is no good. In what way? Slow frame rate, crashes, basic functions, or just looks cheap? I am mostly concerned with the frame rate. Don't really care about the other stuff, except freezes of course.

     

    I to used a bunch of Everfocus DVR's. Like wavelet better then MJpeg, like speco is using. Playback just looks alot better I think.

     

    Thanks for any insight,

     

    Fredrik

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    If you read the page correctly it actually tells that you don't have to download the plug in, but you get a better frame rate if you do. It's also safe to download and install the plug-in. We are in the business of installing camera systems, not spreading internet viruses.

     

    The bluenet server will probably work good for you. Works with staic or dynamic IP and no plug in is needed.

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    Deponds the budget for the system.

     

    On the "donut shop" style jobs we usally put in a 13" TV with built in VCR ($99) for backup and on the "real" jobs we put in CCTV monitors.

     

    If the budget only calls for $75 cameras, a hi res monitor is hardly going to make that much of a difference.

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    Intellicam dvr's work like this:

    1.Mux setting: Will record each camera separate.

    Quad: Will record all 4 cameras as 1 image. On playback if you pick 1 channel it will show you basically 1 quarter of the origional image blown up. Looks really, really bad!

     

    2. Frames: You have 60 frames total to play with.

    In mux mode the 60 frames will be divided by 4 for a total of 15 frames per sec per camera.

    In quad 60 frames per "quad" screen since in reality you are only recording 1 image.

     

    This DVR uses MJpeg. I read somewhere that each image size is around 8 k. The Merit Li-Lin uses MJpeg also. The image size goes from 6k - 22k.

     

    My logical conclusion tells me that if 2 dvr's are using the same compression format (MJpeg, whitch someone else invented no matter how much they claim theirs is proprietary) and the highest size of the Intellicam dvr is 8 K and the highest size of the Merit one is 22K, the Merit one is going to look alot better, no matter the line screen claim.

     

    I have personable experiance with the Intellicam dvr's and the recording quality look like ****.

     

    I will get a Merit Li-Lin DVR in the next 2 weeks and try it out. So far everything it looks very interesting and it have everything i want from a $500 DVR.

    Want to check out the recording quality just, but as i said, a 22k image should look better then a 8 K image.

     

    Tired of looking for a cheap, good DVR so i hope this is the one.

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