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Hi, I think it could be a "full screen on motion" setting hidden in the settings somewhere. Maybe under a different heading. To answer your Q about the monitor. To my knowledge, there is no minimum requirement. Even if you used a CRT monitor it should work so long as it was connected to the VGA output on the NVR.

Hi Brent, I see your problem with the price of Milestone. My humble suggestion is to register the free version, "XProtect Go". It will only allow you 5 days of recordings. The main reasons though are that it is very stable, has its own mobile client, works with most IP and analogue camera and its free! With regard to the cameras, i just started using " Sunell" cameras and i found that there were alot more bang for the buck compared to the big names that i was using. As Dan said, 1 by 1 and you will get there. This will also help you to monitor cpu usage, and storage requirements on a per new camera basis. Lastly, I would say that I would mount on the side of your garage closest to your door. For this, I wont use anything bigger than a 4mm lens though. From the picture, the door looks no more than 4metres away. My general rule of thumb, for every mm on the lens, cut 1m on ground. So if you put a 12mm lems, chances are you are focusing on an area 12metres away! I hope this helps. If you would like more info, you may PM me. I am new here but i've been integrating systems for the past 9years and I dont mind sharing what I've learned along the way.

Hi Jkn, I think its against the forum rules to give out sites and since this is my first post, i wouldn't like to be banned. I think the best bet for you would be to buy "a sample order" from China. From my observations at the Security China 2014 - I did notice that the SDI variant is clearer than the CVI & TVI variations AND ALSO - entry level IP. I was quite shocked at this. I did enquire about the differences between the CVI & TVI but I didn't get a clear answer - "Different transmission chip" is the answer that I got. I would think it all boils down to the company that initially developed the technology - CVI:Dahua & TVI:HikVision. I could be wrong though! With all that said and done, and with "improvements" in the pipeline, for home and small business - 1-8 cameras, I will install HDCVI systems because of the cost to clarity ratio. On larger and corporate installs, I will stick to Milestone on the backend as I have come to learn that there is a reason they are "expensive". Remember, you get what you pay for !