Camera Comparisons
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Well I doubt you would expect anything less, just reading my signature...
It's in respect to your site. I can't rightly have that in my sig and show off $150 IR bullets. I gotta show that cocoontech has the hardware and support for bleeding edge technology. Ya know. :huh:
It's in respect to your site. I can't rightly have that in my sig and show off $150 IR bullets. I gotta show that cocoontech has the hardware and support for bleeding edge technology. Ya know. :huh:
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This thread is stale but I figured being completely on topic was better than starting a new one.
My new home build is visible at artsteinmetz.com.
There are three images updated every minute from three different cameras. Webcam 1 is a cheapo logitech USB cam. About $40.
Webcam 2 is a Swann Nighthawk wireless analog camera about 100 ft from the receiver plugged into a Haupaugge WinTV capture card. About $120 including receiver, but not the capture card.
Webcam 3 is an Axis 207W wireless IP camera. About $265. The wired-only version is $245.
The axis is clearly superior. The max res of 640x480 exceeds the NTSC video of the Swann (the image here is 320x400), but the color fidelity of the Swann is poor. the live video is very smooth if you use MPEG-4 encoding rather than Motion-JPEG. It's kind of wild watching the workers on my house while riding the train in the morning!
D-Link makes a cheaper cam with a built-in web server ($140 for the wireless version) which I might try though I suspect from the reviews at newegg.com that the image quality will not be great.
The moral of this is you get what you pay for. More specifically I am sold on the idea that IP cameras are a better solution than analog cameras wired into a multiport capture device becase of the image quality.
My new home build is visible at artsteinmetz.com.
There are three images updated every minute from three different cameras. Webcam 1 is a cheapo logitech USB cam. About $40.
Webcam 2 is a Swann Nighthawk wireless analog camera about 100 ft from the receiver plugged into a Haupaugge WinTV capture card. About $120 including receiver, but not the capture card.
Webcam 3 is an Axis 207W wireless IP camera. About $265. The wired-only version is $245.
The axis is clearly superior. The max res of 640x480 exceeds the NTSC video of the Swann (the image here is 320x400), but the color fidelity of the Swann is poor. the live video is very smooth if you use MPEG-4 encoding rather than Motion-JPEG. It's kind of wild watching the workers on my house while riding the train in the morning!
D-Link makes a cheaper cam with a built-in web server ($140 for the wireless version) which I might try though I suspect from the reviews at newegg.com that the image quality will not be great.
The moral of this is you get what you pay for. More specifically I am sold on the idea that IP cameras are a better solution than analog cameras wired into a multiport capture device becase of the image quality.
That I agree with.
That I DON'T agree with.
I think I might kind of know what you mean about the capture device.....Hauppauge cards are only so-so on image quality (IMHO). I am still not happy with my PVR 500 card. I have sent back a number of PVR 500 cards because the tuners were substandard, but still, that doesn't speak to the cards ability to capture "good" incoming video. I think Hauppauge is just "cheap/substandard" ....at least their tuners somtimes are!
Maybe you need to consider at Avermedia or GeoVision capture cards.
Odd I have never had a problem with my PVR500s or PVR250s, and I have seen quite a few go by. 
I must admit though, I don't always use the tuners as not everyone has an incoming analog signal.
Geovision and Avermedia will not improve picture quality over a Hauppauge capture card properly configured.
IP has the potential to be better then analog, however right now the price is wrong Bob.
All 3 of those would get pwned by the BW bullet mentioned by BSR not too long ago. It's not so much you get what you pay for as it is, knowing whats realistic for the price being paid.
I must admit though, I don't always use the tuners as not everyone has an incoming analog signal.Geovision and Avermedia will not improve picture quality over a Hauppauge capture card properly configured.
IP has the potential to be better then analog, however right now the price is wrong Bob.
All 3 of those would get pwned by the BW bullet mentioned by BSR not too long ago. It's not so much you get what you pay for as it is, knowing whats realistic for the price being paid.
B&W image is from an X10 NightWatch2 Wired cam. Color from an XCam2 WideEye Wireless cam that that fallen and can't get up. The wireless receiver is plugged into a capture card. Activehome pro can view this as well using the Iwatch plugin Zoneminder does all my recording.
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I have the Axis 207W cameras. They have a wired Ethernet port or can be configured for 802.11G wireless. They have alarm hookups for Audio and Motion sensing. They are very configurable and easy to setup, also F/W upgradeable. I've found the Axis Tech support to be very good and helpful. I've been very pleased with mine.
I think I paid $309.00 for my first one. I'm about to order two more now for $267 ea.
Cheers,
~Jim
I think I paid $309.00 for my first one. I'm about to order two more now for $267 ea.
Cheers,
~Jim
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