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Couple of catures. 1st is the cheapo supplied with the DVR, I think they are 480TVL - but as you can see, the IR has a good spread but picture is noisy second is the effio, less noise, but less to see as well! Both pictures are in same lighting conditions If I could get the same spread of IR capture with the lower noise I'd be a happy bunny!

Thanks, case has been opened on ebay for its return! Any other brands worth looking out for? and available here in the UK Thanks

Hi, bought a sony effio 700 tvl varifocal off ebay. Hooked it up today to my 4channel maplin "sentient" dvr - distance is clearer (my other 2 cams are 480 tvl) so expected that. However, night mode is AWFUL! the cheap 480's that were supplied with the DVR have a noisy picture at night, anthough the effio is sharper it only has one spot of IR illumination in the center of the picture. The cheap 480 have a much further vision. there are twice as much LED's on the effio but no where near the distance ! I'm lost now, I wanted the same distance (30m) of IR but sharper, hence getting the effio. all I can see now is a 6ft image about 5m from the camera!