Looks like the Hikvision cameras are $100-$150 for a 3MP, Blue Iris is cheap as well. $125 per camera licensing or $300 cameras is out of the budget for this particular application.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Craig Schmaderer via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, www.video-insight.com, > > http://www.video-insight.com/support/supported-cameras.php > > they support pretty much all ip cameras, and we use there converters too > for analog cameras. > > > > You can buy their cameras if you are a dealer, which you just call them > and say hey, I want to be a dealer. > > www.advidia.com > > The nice 3meg fixed cameras are around $300 bucks and their cameras > include lifetime free software for that camera with updates. > > Others are priced around $500 to $800 for the optic zoom ones. > > > > If you want to add any other brand camera it is like $125 bucks per camera > and a 20% yearly update and support fee. That’s not to bad, but their > cameras are free!! > > > > So we can go into current jobs and use the software and use the clients > existing cameras and add other cameras and use one software solution which > total rocks, because that is all they focus on, is the software not the > hardware. > > > > > > > > > > *Craig R. Schmaderer* > > *CEO | Skywave Wireless, Inc.* > > *Ph: 402-372-1975 <402-372-1975> | Fax: 402-372-1058 <402-372-1058>* > > *Direct: 402-372-1052 <402-372-1052>* > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via > Af > *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 8:22 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations > > > > video-insight? > > What do the cameras cost? > > > > What does the software cost? > > > > *From:* Craig Schmaderer via Af <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 6:49 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations > > > > Videoinsight.com + their white label advidia.com cameras. Best software > out there. Nuff said. :) > > > On Nov 5, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Jaime Solorza via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > > HiKvision has some new IP series with WDR and infrared built in > > Jaime Solorza > > On Nov 5, 2014 9:02 PM, "Jason McKemie via Af" <[email protected]> wrote: > > So are hkvision and hikvision one and the same? I'm seeing it advertised > as both on eBay. > > On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, Wireless Admin via Af <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Get mine on Ebay from China. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Jason McKemie via Af > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2014 7:23 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations > > > > I remember them being brought up, who is a good reseller for their cameras? > > On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, Wireless Admin via Af <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hikvision does everything but auto-launch rockets. Now that I think about > it, it could easily do that via it’s external relay control. > > > > Steve B. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Jason McKemie via Af > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2014 4:25 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations > > > > 3 and 4 are the kickers for me. > > On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, Adam Moffett via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok what I hated about AV1: > 1) No management of disk usage (though it seemed to use 90% of the > available space for video, which I admit is a reasonable default) > 2) "Recordings" shown in the web interface seemed to stay forever. Or at > least a listing of an available recording was shown, along with a little > thumbnail image long past the point where the actual recording on disk was > gone. I never saw one go away without me deleting it. > 3) No good way to skim or search lots of video. You had to click on each > recording and watch it.....if someone told you that the event you're > looking for was "sometime on tuesday" that meant a lot of tedium. > 4) No bulk export: You could export individual recordings, but if you > wanted "all the video from Tuesday afternoon" it was not happening without > exporting individual clips over and over again. > 5) No export to locally attached storage. Couldn't burn to DVD, couldn't > copy to USB disk. > 6) Oh yeah....no full quality uncompressed export. > 7) Video not actually stored as video....stored as still images with a > database that kept a record of which images belonged to what video. Which > meant no (good) workaround to any of the export problems. > > The web interface was so amazing and beautiful that it distracted from the > fact that some of the basic functions of a DVR were missing. Since it was > free I might have used it for something less critical, like monitoring my > own house, but it was not good for actual security. > > Glad to hear the new version is better, maybe someday I'll try it. > > Hard to believe that someone didn't like a Ubiquiti web system. That's > what they do probably better than anyone else.... unless he meant the > backend of AV1... which was terrible. Rewritten in AV2 and then rewritten > again in AV3. Not really hearing any complaints about the new interface or > new cameras. Well, nothing major. > > Losing RSTP? I couldn't care less. They actually added it back in, but > it's sourced from the server vs. the camera. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"josh--- via Af" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Wednesday, November 5, 2014 12:46:09 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations > > We're on "av3", aka unifi-video now > > On November 5, 2014 9:38:16 AM AKST, Adam Moffett via Af <[email protected]> > wrote: > > UBNT took away RTSP in recent firmware....so I'm not sure if you can > > actually use them with anything other than Air Vision anymore. I > > haven't tried AirVision2. I also was not fond of AirVision, it sucked. > > > > I know this has been hashed and re-hashed, but I'm wondering what > > others are having luck with as far as IP cameras go. I'm needing > > something with night vision and decent resolution, under $200. Are > > the new Ubiquiti cameras worth looking at? I wasn't terribly fond of > > AirVision last time I used it, is BlueIris any better for use with > > these? Other recommendations? Thanks. > > > > -Jason > > > > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > > > >
