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I'm thinking camera view switching just cannot be as reliable as a photocell circuit.

Or Dahua? Great standalone dvr with all the bellz and whistles or possible hybrid for future expansion Aver 1004H,8H or 16H?

The DVR is weatherproof

 

 

HAha , No.

 

 

The camera is.

WHEW!!!! Got scurred for a moment there!

Welcome! What part of NJ?

Sometimes for the life of me don't understand why people spend their hard earned money to deal with an HOA to tell you what you can and can't do on your own property for the welfare of you and your family!

So what is the true purpose of these extra features? How much do they really help? Or are they just to artificially improve the budget cams to make them more marketable?

Here ya go

http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/fp/tcat/39795/SFV/30046

Anytime brotha!!

I see cameras now that offer WDR,3DNR and Sense-up but don't mention ICR.Are these three features a spin off of the original IR Cut filter feature?

PM sent Shockwave..

Makes sense!!

If you can i would videotape yourself bench testing the camera.Have a surge protector powering your power box,come out the power box straight to the camera.If you feel safer doing it that way.You can post the video that way we can see everything before you hit the power switch.

One thing i noticed about the Gadspot 700 line is yes they all have the new Effio chip,but none of the cameras have ICR, but they do have WDR.Did they think it's not needed with the new chip?

I see what you mean Rory.I've noticed in residential settings,homeowners typically aim the motion lights a little low.So Dan's issue can be resolved by aiming his lights a little higher and or further left or right to spread the light pattern a little better.

They may be using the wrong bulbs for the position as well. Standard thread-base PAR bulbs come in a wide variety of coverage patterns, from very wide floods, to very tight spots.

Thanks Soundy i'm making a mental note of that.So in this case would halogen flood fixtures be a better fit than par flood fixtures?

I see what you mean Rory.I've noticed in residential settings,homeowners typically aim the motion lights a little low.So Dan's issue can be resolved by aiming his lights a little higher and or further left or right to spread the light pattern a little better.

Thanks for the comparison Dan!! Really appreciate the help..

Hey Tom what is the viewing size difference from a ip cam to analog?I thought lets say a 2.8mm lense is just that no matter what the camera?

Okay Thanks!!!!!

Yeah, ya know for 155.00 bucks i can get a 1tb hard drive so screw it i'll just do that.Hey so should i upgrade my wireless router also?

Ahhh gotcha.Seems a lot easier now that i have a clear picture.For 7 cameras i was thinking of a 500gb hard drive with the system set on motion recording..

So basically the ip camera back feeds itself thru the network to record onto the hybrid dvr?? I'm thinking this will also be a good time to purchase a new router.The linkys router i have is a WRT54G2 and right now we have 2 laptops,one desktop and direct tv hooked to it all.Dunno if when i add the cctv to it if they'll be problems.

I sorta understand Soundy.I'm going to be using a EH1008.I read thru the manual and couldn't understand it for the life of me.I've been online looking for some sort of drawing to better help me see it with my own eyes ya know.The dvr will be connected to my network and the poe switch i'm using has 4 poe ports and 4 non poe ports.So basically it'll be 6 analog cameras > dvr > dvr internet connection to non poe port on switch then switch to wireless router .Then 1 ipcam straight to poe port on switch..

I know nothing about Hybrid dvr's so i'm trying to understand and need help.I'm looking at going 8 channel hybrid so that i have a mix of analog and ip cameras.From what i know,the analog cameras hook right into the back of the dvr as usual,but the ip cameras have to go camera >poe switch > router.So what is the purpose of the hybrid dvr if the ip cameras never connect to it?

The Qvis Apollo HD dvr's have hdmi, and the picture on an hd tv is supposed to be pretty good compared to a standard video out or vga on a regular dvr.

Done..