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I don't know whether I should be happy or mad. On January 11th I ordered a 5231R-Z from seller Sincerity Trade on AliExpress. They sent me a message stating they didn't have any in stock, so I replied that I was cancelling the order. I tried to cancel but it wouldn't let me, the seller marked...

I knew I'd be getting a lot of cameras over time, so when I I bought the first few I ordered them with different lens to see what would work best for the different indoor areas cameras would be placed. I've got 4 Duhua HDW4431C-A cameras, which are 4mp. One has a 2.8mm lens, one 3.6mm, one...

Thanks, that helps me understand more. The PC has an i7 6700, BI shows 27% - 35% usage no matter of it's idle or recording all 5 cams at the same time. While playing around with the settings just to see what it could do, I set it to trigger all cams if one cam triggered, and it never went...

I must be misunderstanding the whole hardware acceleration thing. I thought the optimum set up was to have a PC with integrated graphics so hardware acceleration could be used. I didn't realize the operating system played a role.....actually I thought Win7 was the preferred OS to use with BI...

I have a Dell Optiplex 7040 with Intel 530 integrated video. I have 5 Dahua turret cameras controlled by Blue Iris. When I turn on hardware acceleration in BI and restart it, all 5 cameras show 'No Signal'. I tried to see if I had to turn acceleration on in the graphics card settings, but...

I use an Ideal brand ratcheting crimper that works great, but I had some connection issues with a couple and had to redo them. I don't know if the problem was the connector or just me not getting the wires in correctly. I didn't know there were different size connectors until I read this post...

I recently bought a couple Dahua 4MP HDW4431C-A turrets and am looking to add a couple more cameras. The 4431C-A is $66 on Ali. There's also a Dahua 8MP turret (HDW4830EM-AS) for $157. Is it worth more than double the price for the 8MP model over the 4MP model?

I've only used the software that was included with the camera, and I don't think it's SmartPSS, thanks for the link. I guess there was a problem on the Dahua website over the weekend, the software links were dead. I just clicked on it now and am able to get the download. I cloned and switched...

I've been lurking on this site some time to get an idea of what kind of system I want and am now to the point where I'm buying cameras. The system is going to be installed in the ground floor of an apartment building. The area is divided up into twenty 10 x 20 storage units and also has a...

I'd like a catalog too please. Thanks.

Happy birthday Kristian!

Is a GoPro good for dashcam use or is there something better?

I have a DSC Alexor alarm system. I have two motion sensors (WS4904P) in my garage that are mounted 7' from the floor and tilted down slightly, and they don't seem to work. I can do jumping jacks around the garage and neither one will set the alarm off. They are configured properly as far as...

A few excellent programs to have on your computer from reliable sources - CPU-Z Belarc Advisor WinDirStat

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