Thats the camera interface. Where you set everything EXCEPT recording. Recording is set and done on the NVR.
Both images are identical in quality. The truck is moving much faster than the car was, and/OR you increased DNR or enabled WDR which creates motion blur.
Are you trying to optimize that view/camera for plates? If so, other things will suffer. FOV as
@wittaj mentions will need to get smaller so you can zoom in more. At night, you will lose all visual refernce except for the plate itself.
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