Hi Guys,
I need to upgrade the camera system in a skating rink. We currently have an Alibi QVR3016H and a hodge-podge of cameras, most of which are some variation of these.
Wanting to upgrade to a 32ch IP NVR in order to have more cameras to cover lots of current blind spots to be able to record audio on more than 1 channel.
We currently only have 4 cameras on the rink floor. I hope that adding 2 more (6 total) will be enough because we are already running out of channels covering the dead spots.
Most of the time the house lights are on and low light isn't an issue but when they do a lights out skate (white house lights off over the floor but still have some UV and Flashing colored lighting as well as white light in concessions and other areas) these cameras are far less than desired. They are used primarily to catch accidents on the floor for insurance/lawsuit purposes. For the most part the cameras only needs to be somewhere between recognize and observe. The injured party will identify themselves and we just need to be able to go back and see what happened.
I have read through wittag's post The importance of Focal length over MP. Looking at his recommendations it looks like I need something like the 5442-Z4E. Is there a slightly cheaper version that doesn't have all the facial recognition stuff and comes in a turret?
This is a terrible Paint drawing of my current (4 cameras) layout and how I would use 6 cameras. I prefer the birds eye view and the ceiling is appox 12-15' high where the cameras are mounted.
Any help, info and insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David
I need to upgrade the camera system in a skating rink. We currently have an Alibi QVR3016H and a hodge-podge of cameras, most of which are some variation of these.
Wanting to upgrade to a 32ch IP NVR in order to have more cameras to cover lots of current blind spots to be able to record audio on more than 1 channel.
We currently only have 4 cameras on the rink floor. I hope that adding 2 more (6 total) will be enough because we are already running out of channels covering the dead spots.
Most of the time the house lights are on and low light isn't an issue but when they do a lights out skate (white house lights off over the floor but still have some UV and Flashing colored lighting as well as white light in concessions and other areas) these cameras are far less than desired. They are used primarily to catch accidents on the floor for insurance/lawsuit purposes. For the most part the cameras only needs to be somewhere between recognize and observe. The injured party will identify themselves and we just need to be able to go back and see what happened.
I have read through wittag's post The importance of Focal length over MP. Looking at his recommendations it looks like I need something like the 5442-Z4E. Is there a slightly cheaper version that doesn't have all the facial recognition stuff and comes in a turret?
This is a terrible Paint drawing of my current (4 cameras) layout and how I would use 6 cameras. I prefer the birds eye view and the ceiling is appox 12-15' high where the cameras are mounted.
Any help, info and insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David
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