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    Regional Firmware, Dealer Exclusivity, Warranty Woes

    Not being aware this issue existed, I purchased most of my cams on Amazon.com over a period of a couple weeks last year. I was careful to get ones which came in "Retail Box" and had "English Firmware", and "Full Warranty". Everything was fine until I attempted to upgrade one recently, I got...
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    Regional Firmware, Dealer Exclusivity, Warranty Woes

    I have about $2K US invested in Hikvision cams because they provide quality at a reasonable price point, but I'm beginning to think this was a mistake. All this aggravation with regional firmware, dealer exclusivity, support problems, lack of warranty, etc leaves a very bad taste in my mouth...
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    Not worth the time or trouble.

    Interesting thread. I've been running Zoneminder since I built my system in December of 2014. So far I've had good experiences. Specifically, I've got 13 Hikvision DS-2CD2xx2 cams all configured for modect. Current resolution is 1280x720 @ 8 FPS. Running ZM 1.28.1 atop Centos 6.7. Hardware is a...
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    Possible to recover "international" firmware?

    I built a system to monitor my property last year. Currently 13 Hikvision DS-2CD2xx2 cams of various flavors monitored by Zoneminder 1.28 on Centos 6.7. Had them all running on 5.2.0 "international" firmware. I should have left well enough alone... :moody: I tried to update one of my cams to...
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    Hello from Pittsburgh, home of the Steelers

    Looking forward to learning a bit about IP cams. I built a system to monitor my property last year. Currently 13 Hikvision DS-2CD2xx2 cams of various flavors monitored by Zoneminder 1.28 on Centos 6.7.
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