This thread wasn't intentional. Its a matter of personal opinion. When I started looking into surveillance systems, I started assessing what was lacking in my current setup---clarity. The old-style BNC cables just didn't quite fit the degree of clarity needed for facial recognition, license plate recognition, as well as finer detail. An option was to upgrade to AHD, but because old analog systems are expiring, there was clearly little room for improvement.
Then came my search for a better system. Trying out the cheap stuff just didn't work out for me (i.e. Sannce and Z-modo). Even the most reputable non-OEM companies like Amcrest and Swann meant dealing with a half-baked surveillance system. Fortunately, through this forum, Dahua has been stressed a lot (in a good way).
Coming back to the earlier systems I dealt with, I've noticed that the higher megapixel count equated to better digital zoom (good for a person like me who didn't want to deal with motorized lens at the time and with a set budget, could make out license plate numbers even though it would not have been absolute sharp); however, what didn't come to mind was the quality of night vision. Thus, a 4MP camera setup would have had its drawbacks. The same principle would have applied to 3MP, but at a lesser degree as the optics varied a bit. There would have been no point to for getting a higher resolution just to eat up Hard disk space at double the rate.
With a higher-priced camera, along with better optics (even though rated at 2MP), as well as owning one camera with the vari-focal lens (optical zoom), I believe I should be able to achieve better results than what was expected before. I've gone with the NvR5216-16p-4ks2 and HFW4231B-AS as well as one IPC-HDW5231R-Z (should have great night vision and ability to zoom into license plate numbers even without presetting the zoom).
What do you all think? Is this a good start? Like someone else said, "better to get it right the first time"
Thanks
Then came my search for a better system. Trying out the cheap stuff just didn't work out for me (i.e. Sannce and Z-modo). Even the most reputable non-OEM companies like Amcrest and Swann meant dealing with a half-baked surveillance system. Fortunately, through this forum, Dahua has been stressed a lot (in a good way).
Coming back to the earlier systems I dealt with, I've noticed that the higher megapixel count equated to better digital zoom (good for a person like me who didn't want to deal with motorized lens at the time and with a set budget, could make out license plate numbers even though it would not have been absolute sharp); however, what didn't come to mind was the quality of night vision. Thus, a 4MP camera setup would have had its drawbacks. The same principle would have applied to 3MP, but at a lesser degree as the optics varied a bit. There would have been no point to for getting a higher resolution just to eat up Hard disk space at double the rate.
With a higher-priced camera, along with better optics (even though rated at 2MP), as well as owning one camera with the vari-focal lens (optical zoom), I believe I should be able to achieve better results than what was expected before. I've gone with the NvR5216-16p-4ks2 and HFW4231B-AS as well as one IPC-HDW5231R-Z (should have great night vision and ability to zoom into license plate numbers even without presetting the zoom).
What do you all think? Is this a good start? Like someone else said, "better to get it right the first time"
Thanks
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