Tiandy TC-NC514 (SUPER STARLIGHT)

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Tiandy TC-NC514 (SUPER STARLIGHT) anyone got one of these and is it just another Chinese piece of junk? They do have a lot of camera's in their range and plenty to choose from and I must admit the quality of the night shots are astounding.

 
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Nothing special. Stick with Dahua or Hikvision, less headaches
More megapixel is not necessarily better, there is less light per pixel

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Hmmmm. Yes those are beautiful shots in that video. But there is a lot of light. Almost the whole video is of the colored fountains. If I want video of colored fountains, I'll use my video camera.

Would like to see a night shot of a driveway with just a street lamp 60 feet away and two 40 watt porch lights while a guy with a ball cap walks quickly up to the car, tries the door handle, and walks away. Can you ID the guy with their camera? That is what I want, not colored fountains.
 
I have never heard of the Brand until today and wouldn't buy one until I saw some proper reviews. I do understand Pixels are not everything as in I would much prefer my 2mp Dahua Starlight than my 8mp at night. I do think Dahua have a small quality control issue at the moment as I have had to return one of the new 4 series PTZ camera's with what I can only describe as a grinding noise when trying to return to preset.

I will be looking at the new SD5A425XA-HNR with its nice sensor and Starlight+ PFA and AT to mention a few.
 
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