Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

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Thanks - have been wondering if they were top/bottom or spaced both on the bottom like the Z version. When you have had the ZE IR on, have you noticed any real difference in IR coverage?
Nope, to my old eyes they seem pretty much equal.
 

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For basic home user, Is it worth paying the extra to buy the ze or is it just a wider zoom? Any other noticeable features?

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For basic home user, Is it worth paying the extra to buy the ze or is it just a wider zoom? Any other noticeable features?

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My opinion is no. Slightly wider zoom, slightly longer telephoto, very slightly better at night.
But, I don't see any reason to not buy it, to me it comes down to aesthetics.
 
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My opinion is no. Slightly wider zoom, slightly longer telephoto, very slightly better at night.
But, I don't see any reason to not buy it, to me it comes down to aesthetics.
Thank you for the honest feedback

Spoke to Andy and the price difference isn't much now so might as well buy the ze. Getting ready to order mine now
 

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DO you have to use the Dahua poe switches or can you use your own.. ?
 

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Great review Looney! I guess you were not able to test the long POE cable length capability?? Glad to see there is now an option for long POE applications.
 

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Nope, to my old eyes they seem pretty much equal.
If you are in wide angle view I am not really satisfied with the ir coverage of the r-z one. It has too much ir power in front, and much less over 80°. But you can see it only when looking in rooms p.e. I your example with looking in the distance it´s not possible to be noticed.

But one thing is much more interesting for me. The ir night focus point problem of the zoom lens cams is wrong, dahua hasn´t released a firmware fix for it, although the problem and a solution is well know to there engineer.
Your night IR still picture is looking washed out like out of focus. Can you please have a look at the night focus point ? And how it changes after releasing day auto focus at night ir view? And then at daytime do the same thing. I bet you will be noticing the same annoying problem...

The day time pictures without sun are looking a bit too much WDR affected (flat low contrast), your WDR value is set above 20?

Dahua is promising a real technical breakout with 800m epoe @ 10mbit and 13W (or 300m with higher bandwith 100mbit and 25,4W) I hope this is not only theoretical :) It would be nice to see some experiences on this feature. On the other side it´s a dahua only feature, so we are fixed on dahua epoe components. It´s non standard, nothing I really like. It´s maybe in the future after warrenty replacing parts being a big problem.
 

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Both cams set to 25fps @ 4096 bitrate. Recorded in Blue Iris.

Man and Beast walking video samples.


Are you satisfied with the moving object quality? Thats a poor example, the person and dog is really washed out when mooving. The shutter speed is too low. But both cams behave similar. A problem of the internal IR power and a very wide viewing angle.
 

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I like the look of these better than the hdw5231r-z. Glad I held off buying more of those. I just ordered a few of these even though I won't be needing extended distance it can handle. Curious to see how it compares to the other in my application. Thanks for doing the review!
 

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If you are in wide angle view I am not really satisfied with the ir coverage of the r-z one. It has too much ir power in front, and much less over 80°. But you can see it only when looking in rooms p.e. I your example with looking in the distance it´s not possible to be noticed.

But one thing is much more interesting for me. The ir night focus point problem of the zoom lens cams is wrong, dahua hasn´t released a firmware fix for it, although the problem and a solution is well know to there engineer.
Your night IR still picture is looking washed out like out of focus. Can you please have a look at the night focus point ? And how it changes after releasing day auto focus at night ir view? And then at daytime do the same thing. I bet you will be noticing the same annoying problem...

The day time pictures without sun are looking a bit too much WDR affected (flat low contrast), your WDR value is set above 20?

Dahua is promising a real technical breakout with 800m epoe @ 10mbit and 13W (or 300m with higher bandwith 100mbit and 25,4W) I hope this is not only theoretical :) It would be nice to see some experiences on this feature. On the other side it´s a dahua only feature, so we are fixed on dahua epoe components. It´s non standard, nothing I really like. It´s maybe in the future after warrenty replacing parts being a big problem.
As I stated in the beginning, BOTH cameras were tested at factory default settings. I had not adjusted anything. Therefore, your mileage may vary. I'm perfectly satisfied with the camera.
 

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Yes, will post it online for selling, have some stock now.
Andy, I wish there was a link to the new 5231 or new Poe switches to click on to see your offerings online. I've found your aliexpress store before but dinking around with my iPhone tonight I could not find your store. Care to share a link to the new 5231 and/or the store web site?

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Robert
 

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Okay, I found the store..... so, does anyone know the DHL shipping cost of a single 5231? Obviously, this is important to understand for a larger order. The way it's quoted only makes sense for a single item.

What did you pay for your 5231 (yes, the new one) and how many were in the order?

Thanks,

R
 
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