Looking for security camera's, devices and software

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cnick79

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Can anyone recommend some sites to get sercurity devices? I'm looking to setup a PC and cameras to record some sercurity footage around my house. Anyone know of any good software to get as well?
 
I would reccomend Geovision. Do you happen to have a business. I work in the security industry but we only do B2B. I can sell you some cameras and the DVR card as well as the pc components or at least make some reccomendations.
 
What about software to manage and run the cameras. I hear Panasonic has a great software but comes bundled with their camera's or DVRs and is expensive. I'm looking for an opensource or low cost solution that can run on Linux.
 
I'm looking to spend about $150 max per camera so I probably cannot get the best for my budget but what are some features I should look for or must have in my cameras?

I definitely want to be able to record from each camera and store the footage on my PC's hard drive. I would also like the footage to be in color and have nightnivsion. It would also be very nice to have software that can tell when there was motion on each camera so I don't have to play through a days footage just to see what was going on.
 
Again, I would check out Geovision. How many cameras do you want to do?

What are the exact specs of the PC you are going to use for this system?

Nightvision has to do with the cameras and the IR capability.

What state do you live in, as I can probably reccomend one of my customers to you since I have them all over.

If you are looking to do linux there are not that many options out there right now compared to Windows based.
 
Ingonuts13 said:
Again, I would check out Geovision. How many cameras do you want to do?

-4 with the ability to upgrade. I was thinking a PCI DVR card to support 4 cameras and if I ever want more I can add another PCI card.

What are the exact specs of the PC you are going to use for this system?

-Depends on the demand of the equipment I get and the software. I was thinking an Athlon 64 or Intel Dual Core with 1-4gigs of ram and at least 250gb of storage.

Nightvision has to do with the cameras and the IR capability.

-this is a must for my cameras

What state do you live in, as I can probably reccomend one of my customers to you since I have them all over.

-Upstate, NY. The real upstate, not Westcheter county or just north of NYC that some people consider upstate.

If you are looking to do linux there are not that many options out there right now compared to Windows based.

-I only wanted linux because I want this to be a low cost build and don't want to spend money on windows
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enyceexdanny said:
Give posmatic a call.
They do alot of camera installations as well as custom developed software.

www.posmatic.com
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My main objective for this build is to keep cost as low as possible. I will be doing my own installation and custom developed software sounds expensive.
 
As far as the PC goes you should stick with this.

Intel Only with 865 or 915PL chipset. No DDR2, no Dual core.

Let me get back to you when I get into work today and I will send you a link to someone in the NY area.
 
Ingonuts13 said:
As far as the PC goes you should stick with this.

Intel Only with 865 or 915PL chipset. No DDR2, no Dual core.
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Is this for Geovision cards only? I noticed that some geovision cards are currently not compatible with VIA series chipset motherboard.

Anothing I noticed with these Geovision cards is it appears you need the Geovision DPS card to view the cameras live and a Geovision DVR to capture the feed. I take it you can't use a capture card to view the live feed and capture at the same time? How do you know what you're capturing then?
 
GV600 GV650 GV800 are all non real-time cards. Meaning that they are not displaying in real time.

GV1120 GV1240 GV1480 do display in real time and also have the DSP built in.

You do not need an extra card to view anything. All the DSP card does is enhance what is displayed.
 
Interesting thread. Thought I was the only one who would use a perfectly good PC for security purposes!

Just wanna highlight that I have a Geovision (can't remember the model) connected to 4 cameras around my home. The card sits in my older PC; an Athlon 1GHz Thunderbird, running on an Asus A7V133 mainboard, and a GeForce 2 GTS graphics card. I suppose this means that Geovisions can run on Athlons and Via chipsets (I think the board is a Via KT133A based one), unless the newer Geovisions only support Intel. I installed the cameras in late 2004. Cheers.
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#1 (2005) : Athlon64 3000+ (Venice) : ABIT AN8 Ultra (Bios #18, nForce v6.70) : 1GB Mushkin : Galaxy GeForce 6600GT : SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme : WD 200GB SATA2 : Thermaltake Shark : Thermaltake TWV 430W : Dell 2005FPW : So far, so good ...
#2 (2003) : P4 2.4B (Northwood) : ABIT BH7 (i845PE) : 1GB Mushkin : MSI GeForce4 Ti 4200 : WD 80GB SATA : Thermaltake 420W : Dell 1704FPT
 
Cool that you have the card working in an Athlon. I did not say that they would not work in AMD, just that it is not reccomended. We test cards all the time on different platforms and Intel is the best for outmost compatibility.
 
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