Hey everybody, I hope all are having a great summer, staying safe, enjoying the weather and having fun with friends and family. I’ve been heads down on a number of larger global projects while also working on FW recommendations, fixes, feature suggestions etc for Cams, NVRs & middleware. This has been a lot of work and I wanted to get back to doing some more reviews, consulting, recommendations etc here.
In true Wildcat fashion I thought, 1 review is not enough so how about, 2, 3, maybe 4 even ! Thats what brings us front and center. To that end, over the past 1.5 months I’ve been starting to test 3 new cams, all of which will form separate reviews. I am also going to consider building out a NVR + cam tips video for these focused on what I mentioned a few months back, namely how you can integrate with Video Metadata, AcuPick etc to build out a very robust system using associated NVR AI features to augment. This would primarily be tailored for those not using SW based NVR's or other Middleware such as Milestone etc. If interested I will add that to the list I'm working on, let me know your thoughts and anything else you want to see.
I specifically wanted to focus on S3 cams from the WizMind S / EmpireTech S3 series as with the work I’ve been doing, the feedback given etc, I truly believe that these cams are now at a crossroad of quality & feature set with fewer compromises. A key compromise in the past has been less features, great SOC OR lots of features, poor SOC pairing leading to sub-par performance (as in the case of standard cam SOC's being used in PTZ's which is not good as I've mentioned before). Now, I think we’re at a point that brings decent/capable SOC’s with useful and usable features that have a practical use and work well.
So, that should bring you up to date with what I am currently working on (in edit as I type). Spoiler alert, continuing the Wildcat fashion, I HAVE uncovered bugs on these cams so have already filed these. These do impact some of the reviews which I will call out and then separately follow back up with addendum videos, once I get FW updates to test.
So, be on the lookout for the new reviews over the next few weeks and as always, let me know with any questions, comments, assistance needed, etc.
In true Wildcat fashion I thought, 1 review is not enough so how about, 2, 3, maybe 4 even ! Thats what brings us front and center. To that end, over the past 1.5 months I’ve been starting to test 3 new cams, all of which will form separate reviews. I am also going to consider building out a NVR + cam tips video for these focused on what I mentioned a few months back, namely how you can integrate with Video Metadata, AcuPick etc to build out a very robust system using associated NVR AI features to augment. This would primarily be tailored for those not using SW based NVR's or other Middleware such as Milestone etc. If interested I will add that to the list I'm working on, let me know your thoughts and anything else you want to see.
I specifically wanted to focus on S3 cams from the WizMind S / EmpireTech S3 series as with the work I’ve been doing, the feedback given etc, I truly believe that these cams are now at a crossroad of quality & feature set with fewer compromises. A key compromise in the past has been less features, great SOC OR lots of features, poor SOC pairing leading to sub-par performance (as in the case of standard cam SOC's being used in PTZ's which is not good as I've mentioned before). Now, I think we’re at a point that brings decent/capable SOC’s with useful and usable features that have a practical use and work well.
So, that should bring you up to date with what I am currently working on (in edit as I type). Spoiler alert, continuing the Wildcat fashion, I HAVE uncovered bugs on these cams so have already filed these. These do impact some of the reviews which I will call out and then separately follow back up with addendum videos, once I get FW updates to test.
So, be on the lookout for the new reviews over the next few weeks and as always, let me know with any questions, comments, assistance needed, etc.
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