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  1. Posted

    After all my failed attempts to port forward so i can remote view CCTV, I'm finally convinced that my ISP is blocking/restricting Port 80.

     

    Sometimes this assumption is incorrect as you may have the ports forwarded to an IP that is out of the routers DHCP range. The only way to tell is to have your DVR pull an IP via DHCP and/or call your ISP and see if they are actually blocking port 80

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    Normally, if your camera has an adjustable OSD menu, you can go in there and lower the gain settings which will help reduce the overexposure problem you are having with the IR whiteout problem. Right now, your camera is trying to electronically make the brightest picture possible at night, but in turn is making it too bright for faces. By lowering your gain settings, the picture wont appear as bright but will reduce the white out effect that you are having. You can try that with your current cameras to avoid having to spend more money on other ones. If those cameras do not have adjustable OSD, we have some that do have adjustable OSD that you can adjust the gain settings, checkout our Dahua 650 and 700 series IR cameras, we are out of the BT650 right now unfortunately but do have the dome version. I would probably lean more towards our 650 series as it has less IR bulbs and will reduce the IR whiteout effect with less IR leds.

    Or, you can do as shockwave said and get a smart IR camera which physically reduces or increases the power of the IR depending on how close an object is to the camera.

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    I apologize, I didnt read through the whole posts so if I miss something, I am sorry. but I once used that same exact controller to try out and 2 out of the 3 I ordered did not work, so that very well could be the problem. I would recommend getting a better controller or using a DVR to control it.

     

    Also some things to consider. does the bosch have dip switches in which you can set the baud rate, protocol, and cam ID? If so, make sure the camera and the controller match up. If after matching up those 3 vital elements and it still doesnt work, then please ditch that cheap controller and get a good one.

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    So basically, if you have a 4 channel DVR, you could put 4 cameras into one of the squares, effectively getting 16 cameras on a 4 channel DVR?

     

    Yeah you could do it, but just note that the 4 squares will be small and you wont be able to enlarge them to regular size on playback. In order to achieve this, you would need a quad processor running into each channel.

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    If comparing the Zoom cam with the Dahua box camera, I would go with the Box camera as opposed to the zoom camera. The zoom camera only becomes relevant if you are there to control it all the time. And the box camera will give you much better performance. The zoom cam is cool, but for a dedicated purpose, go with the box. I may be biased, but that box camera is one of the best Analog cameras around.

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    Hi Jason,

     

    In your second video, you have a color rolling issue due to the certain type of lighting. Within the menu, there is a setting called "Anti CR" which will take care of that issue. Also, maybe its just me, but that same video appears to be slightly out of focus.

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    I think most generally IP MP cameras still see better at night time compared to Analog when you look at the "whole picture". But there is a drastic change in performance between a daytime MP picture and a Nighttime MP picture picture. With Analog, the performance difference is not so drastic. So this gives the perception that analog is better at night when in some cases its not. Thats how it is with my experience though, I havent played with the old school stuff.

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