CCTV systems

[Darren B]

OK

I know someone here has an actinic site for CCTV, i need a new

DVR, with large drive, CDR or DVDR, 2 moniter outputs if possible, but must have all the toys so i can play with the different screen modes. aint no good if it aint got a load of fancy stuff, oh almost forgot needs to have a webserver, like to check on things remotely, only needs to run10/12 cameras

Anyone who can help of point me in the right direct

Cheers
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[jont]

We looked into this last year for the shop / insurance and concluded bloody expensive. We went down the route of hi-res web cams on the network which have remote access and motion recording onto a hard drive. As it is network based anyone can view the cameras at any PC. We run 4 cameras but you should be able to get the software to handle more - loads of open source stuff out there.

[leehack]

Expect to spend £1100 Dazza! at least!

[Darren B]

Thanks guys, just hoping to put a actinic user intouch with some cash

Already got the system, just want to upgrade the box

Cheers
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ps Jont how was the hols, and did you manage to sneak the laptop in or did the misses catch you

[jont]

Ours came in at under £250.00 for the 4 cams and the storage space so you can scale it accordingly so Lee's figure is about right.

Laptop did not make it to Wales

[Cheapprices4u]

i personally run an old amd pc with a dvr card and cameras hooked up

works fine just add as many hard drives as you think you need

[Darren B]

Cheers

Last time i looked at the pc option, about 4 years ago, it was not that clever, but i think i will be revisiting this again, got a few old pc's here, can probably know something up. Of course im not paying the bill, so probably not as concerned as i should be

cheers
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[acompton]

If you're throwing money around you could look at one of these bad boys:

http://www.amag.com/Products/Symmetr...ryVidENVS.aspx

Firmware written by yours trully

[Darren B]

Thanks Alan

I dread to think how much this would cost, looking more at these sort of things

http://www.y3k.com/acatalog/l244.html#aEVD16P_2fCD

Actinic site, not sure on the font though, thought it might be someone here

Cheers
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[acompton]

Our baby isn't too expensive, but it is designed to be integrated into a complete security and access control suite. We intergate with a lot of third party DVRs as well. What you're looking at is probably about right. With 16 cameras at MPEG4, 80Gb is going to fill up very quickly (depending on frame rate and resolution). Are you going to try and archive the drive? (we use FTP to a storage server - but its takes all night).

[Darren B]

I did not realise it was one of yours Alan, oppologies, just looked a little to pro for me

I would go for a DVR with a 500gb drive, give me a couple of weeks with medium quality.

I just want to rip out the 4 way split boxes and stick a dvr in with dual moniter outputs - this seems to be the sticking point, finding one that will put 4 cameras on each output with various functions such as split screen, cycle, PIP, 3&1 e.t.c

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[acompton]

I did not realise it was one of yours Alan, oppologies, just looked a little to pro for me

This my 'work' hat. I spent the last two years on the firmware development of that beast. Yes, it is at the professional end of the market.

this seems to be the sticking point, finding one that will put 4 cameras on each output with various functions such as split screen, cycle, PIP, 3&1 e.t.c
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All the low-end DVR's tend to be low on flexibility.

[Darren B]

Alan i will have to take a look at some of this stuff, my nephew installs networks and CCTV systems, do you know who seels it or do you guys sell direct.

As for the DVR's seems no happy medium, it then jumps to 3 outputs? wich in my book does not work with 8 / 10 / 16 cameras ? dont figure

Im sure i will keep looking and amybe comeup with something, never rudh into anything me, all takes time.

Cheers
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[acompton]

do you know who seels it or do you guys sell direct

You need to talk to Group 4 Technology - but still probably too high-end. They do produce a video only solution - very flexible control and display, but probably quite pricey. They tend to sell into installations with large numbers of cameras.