How would they police this though?I just had an online chat with a sales rep at Use-IP. I was interested in Hikvision IP cam and NVR and he/she told me that as of today Hikvision do not want their products sold to the end user; only to installers. All my research had to led me to Hikvision being one of the best and also within my budget. So it's back to the drawing board for me
The Chinese sellers, hikvision always want to kill them, but they still there, i can get them too, so most suppliers can still sell, no worry. Though I just sell dahua, lol...those Chinese sellers sell too low and ruin the profit of Hikvision overseas, this is the problem.
Unfortunately, I can't answer any of your questions. I'm just a home user looking to buy a small 1x IP cam and NVR setup.
What's does LTS stand for?
LTS - Video Solutions for Security Professionals
No I am not but I buy form the authorised distributors in the UK
Check out the Dahua sub-forum on here. IMO, they're also one of the best, and have a lot of models at different price-points. Andy (@EMPIRETECANDY) in post #3 has an AliExpress store that a ton of folks here have been using to buy from. Super friendly guy!All my research had to led me to Hikvision being one of the best and also within my budget. So it's back to the drawing board for me
I'll PM you later, Jamil.
thanks for the tip, i'll take a look
No problem. Quick heads up in case you haven't seen these models before, but the most popular Dahua cameras are from the Starlight series. They are 2MP combined with a bigger Sony image sensor (STARVIS). That combination makes for the best night-time/low-light image quality. They're the equivalent of Hikvision's new Ultra Low-light series. May seem weird to see people get so excited about 2MP cameras (when there are 4MP+ models out there), but that bigger Sony sensor inside of them makes a world of difference if you're recording anything where it gets darker at night.
Any one can get some of the models compared ? i will support him. lol....
They're not bigger than standard sensors of the same size/type. The use a different basic design. The structure of the individual pixel elements in the Exmor-R (and higher-sensitivity Starviz versions of) are back-illuminated and reversed vs that of more typical front-illuminated sensors. That is, in a front-illuminated element, the light has to travel through the electronics to reach the photodiode. In the back-illuminated design, Sony flipped it to put the diode on top and the electronics under providing a larger and more direct light path. See illustration below.
