Good, more money saved in the pocket then, Interest rates are forecasted to go up next year
Just heard of another Price Increase from Dahua from 1st October here in UK.
Regarding hardware, due to the chip shortage and security vulnerability on older hardware, Dahua replaced one of the chips in their new models with something cheaper and likely homemade. The older chips were actually better; the latest firmware was able to patch up existing security vulnerabilities
yes hikvision changes hardware to keep prices down G3->G5
dahua use still old hardware and increase price. andy said something about 30% as i remember
Speaking of QC, my 2mp cameras feel more robust in terms of build quality, included hardware, and reliability. I prefer the front metal face versus the plastic / glass-like face we are getting now in the newer models.
This pandemic teaches us to be more conservative in terms of jumping the bandwagon. There is no one size fits all and when it comes to imported cameras, always best to buy those models which contain no moving parts inside.