Were not the master factory in china they are trying to prevent moonlight runs from churning out when they are not looking, as long as that factory dont figure out how to bypass the security I doubt anything will change.. and the moment they do, everything will change.. what we say or do wont have any impact unless one of us gets a PM written in badly broken english asking for us to hold there hand through step by step and show them exactly what's done with a friggin youtube explanation.Let's not be a research team helping them improve their anti tampering measures. I'm sure Hikvision wouldn't mind a work for free team of clever people working hard to their benefit (albeit inadvertently)
the point of the NDA is to exactly stop him.What are the terms of the NDA? Do tell.
Yes - but you are in the fortunate position of being an installer so have distribution access, unlike the mostly end-users in this community.but because the closer you get to level 1 distribution the cost is nearly the same.
Same here - with some cameras maybe £30 difference, but sometimes it might be a camera that is £300 in the UK and £115 on aliexpress. That's a big difference!Yes - but you are in the fortunate position of being an installer so have distribution access, unlike the mostly end-users in this community.
Personally - I'm a mean Scotsman who is happy enough buying via Aliexpress where the costs are a lot lower - and comfortable messing around a bit with the firmware.
I have both the time and the interest in doing so, probably more fortunate than many.
But I do agree the activity can get a bit obsessive when you get your teeth into a problem. It would certainly not be worth your time spent if you were doing it when working for a living.
Sorry to say but HiSilicon cannot even touch Ambarella used in HikVision. It's different kind of storyI've been impressed with the Cantonk / Longse S500 I bought after reading @klasipca 's experiences and review.
Image quality, and especially low-light performance are superior to the Hikvision 2-series I'm currently using, and the build quality seems comparable.
And the firmware is open with no tripwires.
What would make a very good product would be a combination of Hikvision's 'smart events' capability and the Cantonk / Longse hardware.
The S500 uses the Hi3516A and the IMX178 sensor.
It looks like they are copying Hikvision in every aspect, including site design and color scheme and the same 1/3 sensor size... I'll pass, but curious what you have to reportAlso we have a new player in the game, Uniview same build quality as Hikvison without the silly games and more importantly cheaper, I'll keep everyone posted as I'm fitting these next week.