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Hi, I ordered a camera I wanted to try out from Spytown, first time, and it's almost a month without any response. I've sent emails and nothing, the phone number is always busy. Has anybody encountered the same bad service as me?

Hi, I've been asked by a customer that he needs to send his DVR signal to a guard post outside on the parking lot. The office that houses the DVR is about 250 feet away and I'm giving feet away. From the office to the guard post there is a direct line of sight by a window that's 8 feet up. I have checked the Videocomm TCO-5808 desktop system. Has anybody got another idea I can use?

Well, Spytown canceled my order and the phone is always busy. Their website is still up so I don't know. It might be that they closed. Does anyone know another site like Spytown? Cause they had a large selection and good prices I think.

More information please, like brand and model of dvr, if you have a router, your internet connection. If it was working before it usually means an IP changed somewhere and you have to update that information.

It is a H.263 MPEG4 DVR with a 100:1 compression ratio. File size per frame is 16kbps/frame, meaning 7.5fps x (16kbps/frame)= 120kbps. This is only for one camera, 19 cameras is 2280kbps for upload! How far away? Maybe wireless better option.

A dvr I've used with MPEG4 uses @12-15Kbps per frame. That means for 7.5fps you'll need at least 90Kbps, and for 19 cameras that comes out to at least 1710Kbps. First, I would get the most upload that you can from your ISP, after knowing how much you got then you tweak the fps and quality.

I also have it in an old generic DVR.

C'mon it has the same remote as an AvTech/CPCam. They have an ebay store, just write cpcam dvr on search.

Looks like an AVTECH.

I think you need a 3G phone for it to work.

Hi, does anybody heard of this company? I found them in Spytown but nowhere else.

I just found the same camera but with different specs and under another brand in Security Cameras Direct under mini cameras.

My bad rory. Wish that camera had more specs.

Here's the link [edit by mod - sorry no links to online stores]

Thanks for the answer! I was actually interested in the elevator camera, I might use it in an upcoming job to replace existing cameras.

Hi, I'm looking to see if anybody in the forum can recomend cameras with mechanical IR cut filter. The reason I'm asking is that I almost got a WZ camera but saw the nasty reports in the forum and got scared off. If anybody has any suggestions please help.

Thanks, I'll be looking into all 3 cameras.

Here are some links, http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2023&highlight=wiz+kid http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8206 http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8116 http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8118 I was more interested in the bullet type outdoor WZ-14, -16. An outdoor bullet with those specs like the day-night, resolution, the vari-focal, I think one is 24V, and the IP outdoor rating make it appealing, plus the price. I'll check Speco and Nuvico, those WZ's look like a roll of the dice.

Hi, I'm comsidering purchasing a KT&C KPT-SDN301FH and was hoping someone in the forum might have experience with this camera.

Hi, I'm looking into installing some cameras near the beach, around 1/4 of mile give or take a few. I'm leaning toward Extreme WizKids WZ-16, and WZ-18. Am I on the right track?

How do you install aluminum correctly?

Has anybody used the 7706DNV at short distances? Something under 20 or even 15 feet?

I've been looking in the forum and found good reviews on the CVC-7706DNV. Aluminum doesn't get rust it gets oxidation.

What camera would you suggest?

Hi I'm looking around to see if there are any DVR's with H.264 compression. Is it the same as MPEG4 part 10, and AVC?