Theldron Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 Hi, I have been given the go ahead to put a camera into a ICT room that is seeing some vandalism. Its not a massive room, just need it to be decent picture quality, POE and record to a remote PC. Any recommendations? Cheers Sean
bwestlake Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 Highly recommend Hikvision Cameras HIKVision DS-2CD2042WD-I 4MP IP Mini Bullet Camera 30m IR Night Vision - iSecure Technologies
steveg Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 Highly recommend Hikvision Cameras HIKVision DS-2CD2042WD-I 4MP IP Mini Bullet Camera 30m IR Night Vision - iSecure Technologies If that going to be a wide enough field of view for inside a small room? I'd recommend Hikvision, but maybe look at one of the ones with a 2.8mm lens? Steve
Boredguy Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 We have some HIKVision domes and they do the job perfectly for low cost, and they work nicely with GeniusVision software for recording them
Joanne Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 I've been looking at CCTV this last week or so. I've used this company for something else before and they were good for chatting to before buying. They sell Hikvision and Ubiquiti IP CCTV - 4Gon Solutions
Theldron Posted March 10, 2017 Author Posted March 10, 2017 I have been recommended this one by a supplier: Ubiquiti UniFi Video Camera G3 - UVC-G3
synaesthesia Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 Hikvision are awesome. Their fisheye cameras are surprisingly good too, we have one that can see every PC in a large IT room.
MatthewL Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 I would go for a Hikvision done/turret camera, 3mp will be more than enough a 2.8mm lens.
MatthewL Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 I would go for a Hikvision done/turret camera, 3mp will be more than enough a 2.8mm lens.
PotNoodleTech Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Been trying out Trendnet cameras combined with a Synology NAS running Synology Surveillance Station. Wow. Awesome. Leages ahead of our "proper" CCTV system which is costing us a fortune to keep running, and at £75 a pop for the lowest end POE bullet camera, or £110 a pop for the 3megapixel version - can't go wrong!! * I think these trendnet / hikvision / etc cameras are all very very similar, all made in China in a ginormous factory they probably just put different stickers on them depending on the manufacturer. I am not just very impressed by the cameras I am well impressed with the synology software solution! 1
PotNoodleTech Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Been trying out Trendnet cameras combined with a Synology NAS running Synology Surveillance Station. Wow. Awesome. Leages ahead of our "proper" CCTV system which is costing us a fortune to keep running, and at £75 a pop for the lowest end POE bullet camera, or £110 a pop for the 3megapixel version - can't go wrong!! * I think these trendnet / hikvision / etc cameras are all very very similar, all made in China in a ginormous factory they probably just put different stickers on them depending on the manufacturer. I am not just very impressed by the cameras I am well impressed with the synology software solution! 1
synaesthesia Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 The synology software is awesome. We had a good play with ours and got all excited, budgeting it in as part of a new system. Then we looked at the price of the license for multiple cameras - it worked out cheaper to buy a pair of NVRs
synaesthesia Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 The synology software is awesome. We had a good play with ours and got all excited, budgeting it in as part of a new system. Then we looked at the price of the license for multiple cameras - it worked out cheaper to buy a pair of NVRs
PotNoodleTech Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 The synology software is awesome. We had a good play with ours and got all excited, budgeting it in as part of a new system. Then we looked at the price of the license for multiple cameras - it worked out cheaper to buy a pair of NVRs Yeh looking at that too. it comes with 2 free camera licences and then it's £250 odd for every 8 cameras you add on. I guess if you have 64 that would work out expensive but to be honest the software is so good I think it may be worth paying for. Our main CCTV system which is archaic and keeps breaking lost it's DVR recently, the company charged the school a nice chunk......and fitted.....a hikvision one - it's bloody awful - it needs a reboot once a week, its horrid to use, the desktop client is atrocious. Overall. I hate it. I'd willingly pay more for the Synology! So we will see.
PotNoodleTech Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 The synology software is awesome. We had a good play with ours and got all excited, budgeting it in as part of a new system. Then we looked at the price of the license for multiple cameras - it worked out cheaper to buy a pair of NVRs Yeh looking at that too. it comes with 2 free camera licences and then it's £250 odd for every 8 cameras you add on. I guess if you have 64 that would work out expensive but to be honest the software is so good I think it may be worth paying for. Our main CCTV system which is archaic and keeps breaking lost it's DVR recently, the company charged the school a nice chunk......and fitted.....a hikvision one - it's bloody awful - it needs a reboot once a week, its horrid to use, the desktop client is atrocious. Overall. I hate it. I'd willingly pay more for the Synology! So we will see.
mavhc Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Yeh looking at that too. it comes with 2 free camera licences and then it's £250 odd for every 8 cameras you add on. I guess if you have 64 that would work out expensive but to be honest the software is so good I think it may be worth paying for. Our main CCTV system which is archaic and keeps breaking lost it's DVR recently, the company charged the school a nice chunk......and fitted.....a hikvision one - it's bloody awful - it needs a reboot once a week, its horrid to use, the desktop client is atrocious. Overall. I hate it. I'd willingly pay more for the Synology! So we will see. https://zoneminder.com/ https://moeiscool.github.io/Shinobi/ https://www.ispyconnect.com/
mavhc Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Yeh looking at that too. it comes with 2 free camera licences and then it's £250 odd for every 8 cameras you add on. I guess if you have 64 that would work out expensive but to be honest the software is so good I think it may be worth paying for. Our main CCTV system which is archaic and keeps breaking lost it's DVR recently, the company charged the school a nice chunk......and fitted.....a hikvision one - it's bloody awful - it needs a reboot once a week, its horrid to use, the desktop client is atrocious. Overall. I hate it. I'd willingly pay more for the Synology! So we will see. https://zoneminder.com/ https://moeiscool.github.io/Shinobi/ https://www.ispyconnect.com/
synaesthesia Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 We're just getting used to the hikvision NVR and the software (iVMS). Takes some working but with patience we're there. The synology licenses seem to have dropped a bit though, £149 for a 5 pack. Not as bad as it used to be.
synaesthesia Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 We're just getting used to the hikvision NVR and the software (iVMS). Takes some working but with patience we're there. The synology licenses seem to have dropped a bit though, £149 for a 5 pack. Not as bad as it used to be.
Theldron Posted March 14, 2017 Author Posted March 14, 2017 Hikvision vs Ubiquiti??? Which is better there is only one way to find out ..... fight!!!!!!! Is Ubiquiti worth the extra money?
synaesthesia Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 Ubiquiti offer a very fixed system; although they're new clip-on additions are nifty and impressive, you would be limiting yourself to uses. For single home use, not bad though. If you need a choice of lenses, camera/mounting styles etc, then unfortunately ubiquiti will be a write-off.
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