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What about Arecont AV8365DN not much info on the forum about these. But general consensus is not brilliant performance from Arecont at night or is it just the way some are set up ? Frame rates not great either. Shouldn't cause to much of a blind spot if a wall style bracket was used ? so the camera hung underneath of course. Could just put another megapixel cam to cover it if it did i surpose.

Mobotix M12 is right but not for the Dahua. M12's at a minimum are about $1400 each x 4 = $$$$$ Still thinking !!!!

That would be a simpler solution but primary usage will most probably be night time security work. The Q24 appears to have poor night performance and no IR filter. Thats why I originally looked at 4 Mobo M12 day/night. But a bit to much of an investment for me if it goes to !#!# Would be great for daytime stuff though and make things extra simple. The footage from the Dahua looks good for the money. The software also looks streets ahead of the ICU STN-0824. May just have to bite the bullet and fork out for some M12's and do it properly ??? The only thing with the M12's is the frame rate is crap @ 3Mega

Been lurkin around around on and off for about 12mths now. Was going to build it with mobotix but at this stage just want to go with something reasonable that wont break the bank. Just to give it a try if not much interest then not much lost i guess. If it goes well MKII will see a vast improvement on specs. So looks like the VBB-31VF x 5 is the go. The pole will be made from square tube and going to make a "Head Piece" to mount everything onto will also aid in transport and will provide solid weather proof mounting. So any better DVR recommendations for 8 Channel full D1 recording across all Channels ? Is the DH-DVR0804HE-T a reasonable unit ?

Its going to be a mix of A and B. For an alert to be sent to have the ability to be able to log in and have a look and see if it warrants further consideration. The only reason for the cnb cams is that they appear to give good bang for you buck and not overly expensive to replace should something unfortunate happen. Yep that's the plan hire it out etc 1 PTZ a possibility but also had thoughts of 8 cams on the trailer 4 set in close and 4 set further out to provide better coverage. Have looked at megapixel but to expensive and night performance not the best. When you say the dvr is slow I would like to record each channel at 15 fps remote viewing will be required at about 5-6 fps. I've looked around I had another in mind that I think didn't require any thing to be downloaded it just played in explorer etc I'll dig up the model number

Hi Everyone Just in the design phase of building a portable trailer system for building site, event security etc Was looking to use the ICU STN-0824 8 chan real time d1 recorder. But it appears to be a no namer. Looks to fit the bill with 8 alarm inputs full D1 recording on all channels etc. Would like to hear of anyones experiences with this unit. Camera wise im looking towards the CNB line VBM-24VF looks likely or something in the bullet equivalent. Along with a couple of IR lights and a 3G modem for connection to the outside world. Only looking at putting 5 Cameras on a 25Ft mast 4 around the mast and one always looking over the trailer and maybe a PTZ later. May also put on some IR beams for triggering if the motion sensing of the DVR doesn't work out to be acceptable. Would like to hear any comments improvements Thanks

Hi Guys Looking to set up a pole mounted camera system for 360 deg coverage of outdoor areas for construction site surveillance. How Many Cameras would you suggest ?? 4 ?? or 2 ?? lenses ?? Ive got the general idea on lenses etc but by far i am not an expert just wondering your suggestions. Was leaning towards the Mobotix M12 Range as the dual sensor idea seems to work very well.Also like the idea of not requiring a computer for storage. Thanks