rory

if you say so ... $20 a camera for the trouble associated just doesnt do it for me ...

where you are ...? 2.39am here ...

Yep, generally they only work with PCs also, Covi i guess built an analog convertor into the camera. .. so its HD if you connect it to a PC but 800TVL if using the BNC output.

it'll be spring break about then, will be all kinds of teen chicks in bikinis around here ..

wont want to see me in a bikini

Yep the HD sensor is 800TVL

Covi is a 1/2" Progressive Scan 800TVL camera. They dont say whether it is a CCD or CMOS but if its the same Sony 1/2" 800TVL Progressive Scan Chip then it would be CCD. Or do they have another one now also?

you can buy them from local Reps ready built, or install the card yourself, they are very simple to install and take but a few minutes. The only thing is, as with most DVR card, the hardware must be the correct specs, unless you are using the slowest version of the card, the GV250, and they work on almost anything. The hardest part is installing windows and tweaking it perfectly.

WizKid or Extreme CCTV cameras .. http://www.wizkidoptotech.com/products/ http://www.extremecctv.com/home.cfm

looks like ill be there

not to mention trying to push that wireless signal through a concrete wall with steel in it, or an AC duct, etc etc ... just doesnt working inside a home .. best to go hard wired ... wireless needs Line of sight. Cell phone used to trigger interference on the COP usa stuff i used once a few years back and eventually through in the garbage ..

yes the sanyo d/n dome.

Still, cant compare a color IR bullet to the quality of a decent dome.

Are they cleaned up and tweaked before turning them into a DVR? Compaqs and Dells come loaded with crap that should never be on a DVR system, also there are XP services that need to be turned off to speed up the system. Also, do you have them set to restart occasionally or have they been running non stop?

GE Security StoreSafe and DVMRe Embedded RTOS DVRs do that and then some. http://www.ge-consultantlink.com/Docs/dvmre_triplex_2hdd_prd.pdf http://www.ge-consultantlink.com/Docs/dvmrepro_prd.pdf

Like i said ... when you install it, select the D: Drive, and thats it .. simple as 1,2,3. C:\Windows is NEVER referenced, in fact it should never be referenced in ANY software, we use the windows Path string in software, which means it uses whatever the Windows directory may be. The Geo Codecs MUST be in the windows system32 folder, so whether that is on C Drive or D Drive, or Whether it is named Windows or Winblows, it still goes in the System32 folder under the main windows folder, regardless of what that windows folder is named.

%windows% so it doesnt matter what drive it is on, it uses the current windows directory Are you talking about a fresh install?

everything is in the Geo Folder, Windows Folders, and the Registry.

fastMpeg4. 287MB file for 5 minute clip - 30fps.

also take one camera off the DVR at a time to see if that is a problem, disconect the power at to that camera at the same time.

I dont know what the big deal is, i just did this last night again, when you install Geo, just browse for the D drive and create a new folder and name it ... thats it!! Example D:\MultiCam - for Geo D:\Video - for storage When you install the codecs for Geo, they automatically are installed into the Windows System Directory (whichever drive it is located on), and registered.

Reason we are switching away from Bullets in bars and nightclubs, as they can be ripped down easily.

Yep, it looked as good as the analogue version, same thing really, they just stuck an IP server inside .. Rory

Best to use some color cameras only in highly lit areas, and then BW in low light areas. There is a huge price difference. There are IR Day Night cameras but unless you spend the dollars the day image will be washed out color for lack of an IR cut Filter. Color high res is 470-480TVL, Color Mid Res is 400-420TVL, Color low res is 330-380 TVL.

Ignore the specs, its not low light, it used to be, but they changed it a while ago, it requires alot of light. It IS high res and wide angle though (1/3"), and a very discreet camera. Rory PS. if they read this post and they have changed it back to low light Exview, then they need to reimburse us that purchased 20 units after using the original low light version which actually was an Exview camera, since the 20 units we got after that were not low light at all, and their tech support even told me via email they changed it.