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Yes. Just make sure you have a dedicated VGA card in it. Don't use Celeron and your OS must be a 32 bit one.

Except your resolution, the rest is just fine.

They would record 15fps max in a 120fps system. Also it depends wether your IP cameras can transmit that many frames (in case you connect them using WAN).

It's not really the DVR compatibilty, but rather your register sending out transactions through serial or parallel port. All the Ruby POS systems work well, by the way.

The 64 bit support is not there yet. They are still working on it, however, there is no specific time-frame.

Your configuration is what I used for many of my customers. Never had a single problem. It may simply be a hardware or OS error.

I think for people who are comfortable with computers and softwares and who look to integrate more external equipment with better control, Geovision is great. But since my clients are not that tech people, I prefer to use AverMedia. The GUI is very beautiful. I get much less support calls from AverMedia customers.

Besides the fps rates, the NV-Express cards can also give you a quad view on your TV, or 8, or 9 ... In my experience I feel like NV5000 gives a better picture quality. I am trying to convince myself that the express cards have better image quality but every express system showed the same. Though, I still would go with the express card. Because when you use the extension for NV5000 you really can't get a solid picture with 8 channels due to the low fps/channel. Express cards also utilize you system much better than NV5000. So, express card with H264 compression. Sweet ...

I don't know how pixelated your picture is but is normal that the PC based DVR system does not show that same camera image on TV. When you feed the camera to the TV, you get the raw (unprocessed) video. Any camera connected to any PC based DVR will show some pixelation and this is normal with analog cameras and current DVR cards on the market. The embedded DVR's will most probably show you pretty much the same raw video image but as soon as you playback any video file, you wil see the pixelation again because the playback video is from a digital file. So, what you experience is totally normal. I posted a very similar video on this forum about 2 years ago when I installed my first DVR.

I have used AverMedia pretty much in all my applications. Only a few of my clients asked for POS Surveillance. I used both AverMedia's and Geovison's POS Capture Boxes on AverMedia systems. They work without a problem. Just make sure that you POS capture box has the "cross-over" function.

You've got to be kidding me!!

The 57g version software does not allow you to change the baud rate. You can go to the protocols folder and manually change it to the baud rate that your camera is set to. I have had no problems using PTZ's with AverMedia. The newest version (on the global site) does allow youto change the baud rate. I think the baud rate setting is the issue in your case.

Hello everybody, I have been working with computers since DOS and I was mostly in Hardware business, as a technical person. I have installed my first Geovision system on my friends new computer. Actually I purchased the whole system for him. My only problem is POOR PICTURE QUALITY. There is pixelation on every cameras. By the way the config is: Dell Dimension 4600 Intel 865G Chipset Motherboard P4 3.0Ghz HT GV-800-8 Version 8.0 64 MB Geforce4 MX420 (updated driver) 512 MB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM 250 GB IDE ATA133 HDD (NTFS) 17" Dell E176FP LCD Windows XP SP2 I have tried almost anything. But just can't get the picture I want. The picture is way too pixelated. The desktop resolution is 1280x1024, But i tried 1024x768, and even 800x600. I tried disabling Hyper Threading from the BIOS. I also tried the system with a 128 MB GeForce FX5500 AGP Vga card. I tried to install the card on my P4 2.4 Intel mobo computer. Same... I tried "all" the resolutions for the cameras. Then I bought another card, GV-1120 Combo (for another system), and wanted to try it with this current system. I installed the combo card and i get the same result even worse I would say. I tried to see the cameras on a TV screen through the RCA output of the combo card, and the picture was just perfect. That was the screen I wanted to have on the computer. I thought maybe the driver or library files could be corrupted, and reinstalled a clean system. There is no other software running but the Geovision 8.0. I had the same problem with the 7.05 version. I do not get any error during operating. I tried to stop recording and only viewing, it was still the same. Directx 9.0c was already installed. I am using only four cameras and disabled port 5,6,7,8. I tried de-interlace mode and and the quality gets worse, if not the same. I have been pulling my hair about this situation. The cameras and high resolution cameras. Especially one is the Merit Li-lin PIH7625 PTZ camera. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I've tried all of them. But I don't have a problem with the recording.

I totally understand the loss in recording. I have no problem on that side. I just wanted to better the real time viewing. The TV display is also smoother when objects are moving, or when the camera is moving.

rory, your picture is pretty good to me. The color is very realistic as well. I just wanted to see the image I see on the TV on my computer screen. They are so different. We'll work on the remote desktop control some time. I just have to get ready for an important wedding for a few days.

shafqut, was the image quality as worse as the picture I submitted? scotj, I have put the gv800-8 card back. It shows better than the combo with this config. The combo was just terrible. I already purchased an ATI Radeon 9550, it's on the way. I will see what will happen. But do you think the picture I submitted was normal?

Well, I have just tried my 19" Sony Trinitron Monitor and it's still the same. Now, I put the GV800-8 back into the system the picture is far better than it is on the 1120 combo. It might be the graphics card with the 1120. But the 800 should be better than normal I think, since I use 64mb instead of 32, which is the recommended. The it is almost the same as display picture. Let me see your comments. I will have to upload the videos but I just have run now. you can log on to http://halil.dipmap.com and type the user name "guest" no password.

Thanks guys. I will do so. The cameras are: 1 outdoor : not pointing towards the sun 3 indoor; 1 - Kitchen (it's a pizza place) 2 - Dining room (light is not perfect I would say) 3 - Incoming people: The camera is pointing towards outside I know it would have been better to use a WDR camera for 3 but the camera is doing fine in the range we want to see. Anyways, I hopefully will post the pictures tomorrow.

thanks rory, but I did try the resolution at 640x480. I tried all the modes and it was still the same. I tried the onboard Intel Extreme Graphics 2, the 128 MB GeForce FX5500 and nothing changed. Now that I installed the 1120-8 Combo card, it is even worse. I tried to change every option it was still the same. The funny thing is that the specs are exceeding the requirements. There are only 4 cameras and even the real low quality cards show better at some point. About the monitor, I watch everything else on the computer they are just fine. Like I said, it's only 4 cameras and it should be fine. I called Geovision as well but they said that it should work ok... totally confused. I already have tried everything that you said, Rory, but it is still the same. And yes, I was thinking also if I was expecting too much, but there is no way a several hundred dollars card would show such a picture in such a computer config. I tried a junk 30fps card in the same and the quality was better, I could say...