CCTV cameras

[elementps]

Hi all, just wondering if anyone can recommend a good brand/ experience for CCTV cameras?

needs to be IR, for domestic property.

 

[telectrix]

maplins do a good kit. it's dvr, 4 cameras, plug and play. not sure if the 4 way PSU is included or £20 extra.

 

[BlueToBits]

Check out wirelsss IP cameras. Fleabay from £35 each and have remote pan/tilt with 2 way audio and remote switching they have auto IR too. I use 2 to monitor my mum's house.

 

[Guest111]

I get my gear from ABAN CCTV in manchester, very helpfull a good range and a decent price.

 

[High Tower]

Qvis!!

 

[Tiberius]

Where is best place or official place to buy qvis?

 

[mydigitalhome]

System Q are good offering good products at a fair price. There customer support is also good and have been patient in explaining some complex setups in the past.

 

[Darrenc60]

Depends on how much you want to spend kits are normaly pants a good dvr are A data realy good and trouble free easy to use but cost about £600 an samsung high res dome camaras £70 a camera av been instaling cctv in glasgow for about 6 years an av had only a few call backs an its been power supplays also with the dvr if you want motion detection u can set it up so bushes an trees dont set it off

 

[tomplumbuk]

second the maplins kit, its a decent price and theres usually a branch in most towns so its easy to get spares etc if needed

 

[pennywise]

We pop in a lot of pelco cameras, very reliable and good picture quality.

 

[shocking_eg]

maplins cameras ?? lol

DIY rubbish

 

[mydigitalhome]

Yep have to agree Maplins is return regularly to rectify faults. Ok for home use but for a pro job?

 

[hubsy]

I use System Q and COP,

Give Maplins a wide berth, diy quality and expensive.

 

[mankman2012]

all this really depends on what your customer is willing to spend/ where they plan on putting the camea (there is no point buying 3-6mm lens, when what they want it for is to be able to view to the end of their long garden). At tradexguru, we sell a range of cameras for domestic and professional use. If you are in or around Manchester, you can pop in to see the different camera. Or just le me know and I will make you a kit, so your not driving from place to place buying bits and jobs for the job. Thanks

 

[MDJ]

whatever you decide to get, forget Wireless IMO, total pants and complete Cr*p, a waste of money, I have a full system in my home with colour cameras and a 3 month hard drive recorder, all installed for under a grand, you can access it via your Iphone and Ipad from an app, worth doing the job right IMO, forget the wireless rubbish.

 

[BillyH]

whatever you decide to get, forget Wireless IMO, total pants and complete Cr*p, a waste of money, I have a full system in my home with colour cameras and a 3 month hard drive recorder, all installed for under a grand, you can access it via your Iphone and Ipad from an app, worth doing the job right IMO, forget the wireless rubbish.

How many cameras are you using?

 

[MDJ]

I have 4 and they are vandle proof colour cameras, all wired with cat 5 cabling to the hard drive and also have wiring to monitors in the house, the wiring was quite awkward actually as my house is completely decorated and 3 floors high, however myself and 3 other guys managed to do the whole job in 9 hours on one day, I am chuffed to bits with it, I go onto my lappy and can rewind to anytime I want and the clarity is amazing, previous to this I had a wireless system and it was terrible, I couldn't use it and got done twice in 12 months, hence the new system and my opposition to wireless.

 

[ittu]

i have MG-X765RE 1/3'' Sony 637/672AK CCD + Sony Enhanced Effio-E 4127 DSP 960H 650 TVL 12IR Cold Light 75-80m 6-60 mm Varifocal OSD
don't know anything more than that.

 

[Defcon]

I have 4 and they are vandle proof colour cameras, all wired with cat 5 cabling to the hard drive and also have wiring to monitors in the house, the wiring was quite awkward actually as my house is completely decorated and 3 floors high, however myself and 3 other guys managed to do the whole job in 9 hours on one day, I am chuffed to bits with it, I go onto my lappy and can rewind to anytime I want and the clarity is amazing, previous to this I had a wireless system and it was terrible, I couldn't use it and got done twice in 12 months, hence the new system and my opposition to wireless.

What IP cameras are you using?

I'm looking to buy a few and I am looking at either Axis or Lilin.

Outdoor fixed IP cameras - full range from Panasonic, Sony, Axis and more.

 

[monkeyelectric]

I bought a load of gear from system q for missus' mums house, its good but the picture is a little fuzzy and you can't really see detail, she's happy with it but i'm not as i was expecting more. System q say its not the cameras its because the information is compressed by the dvr so loses quality, i don't know if all dvr's are like that?

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I have 4 and they are vandle proof colour cameras, all wired with cat 5 cabling to the hard drive and also have wiring to monitors in the house, the wiring was quite awkward actually as my house is completely decorated and 3 floors high, however myself and 3 other guys managed to do the whole job in 9 hours on one day, I am chuffed to bits with it, I go onto my lappy and can rewind to anytime I want and the clarity is amazing, previous to this I had a wireless system and it was terrible, I couldn't use it and got done twice in 12 months, hence the new system and my opposition to wireless.

Where did you get that gear from Mike?

 

[MDJ]

I bought a load of gear from system q for missus' mums house, its good but the picture is a little fuzzy and you can't really see detail, she's happy with it but i'm not as i was expecting more. System q say its not the cameras its because the information is compressed by the dvr so loses quality, i don't know if all dvr's are like that?



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Where did you get that gear from Mike?

I have a friend who runs a security firm M8, he gets the kit and I just helped him and one of his guys with one of my guys to get all the wiring in, really pleased with it, I can look at my house from my iphone app anywhere in the world.

 

[monkeyelectric]

I have a friend who runs a security firm M8, he gets the kit and I just helped him and one of his guys with one of my guys to get all the wiring in, really pleased with it, I can look at my house from my iphone app anywhere in the world.

Thats pretty cool, i could do with that to look at my place when i'm at my missus house, any idea what make it all is?

 

[MDJ]

yeah I have the manuals somewhere, bear with me I will try to find them and re-post later or pm you

 

[shocking_eg]

system Q is okay.

we often use a company called Videcon. expensive, but good quality gear.

most recently been trying out technomate CCTV.

DVR's are great, cameras are brilliant and its all dirt cheap compared to other companys. so far, theres no catch. no faulty cams as compared to other makes as suggested above

 

[FrankUK]

whatever you decide to get, forget Wireless IMO, total pants and complete Cr*p, a waste of money, I have a full system in my home with colour cameras and a 3 month hard drive recorder, all installed for under a grand, you can access it via your Iphone and Ipad from an app, worth doing the job right IMO, forget the wireless rubbish.

I've got exactly the same... 4 Qvis E37 vandal resistant dome cameras, Qvis 2TB hard drive recorder gives about 40 days continuous recording and GDSS app for the Android phone so I can 'dial in' from anywhere I have a signal. Great clarity on the home recording but less so on the mobile access, as the recorder is set to a lower quality on the second channel.

Have a look around the cctv forum before you make your mind up CCTV Forum - CCTV Video Surveillance Discussion Forum

 

[MDJ]

I've got exactly the same... 4 Qvis E37 vandal resistant dome cameras, Qvis 2TB hard drive recorder gives about 40 days continuous recording and GDSS app for the Android phone so I can 'dial in' from anywhere I have a signal. Great clarity on the home recording but less so on the mobile access, as the recorder is set to a lower quality on the second channel.

Have a look around the cctv forum before you make your mind up CCTV Forum - CCTV Video Surveillance Discussion Forum

just picked this back up, I watch my house on my Ipad and Iphone through the alien dvr app, the picture is actually fantastic, almost HD quality, the picture on the lap top through the IP addres acount is poor but good on the 27" monitor on my office pc, and superb on my HD tv, I still haven't looked at what make I have yet but it sounds similar to what you have mentioned.

 

[FrankUK]

just picked this back up, I watch my house on my Ipad and Iphone through the alien dvr app, the picture is actually fantastic, almost HD quality, the picture on the lap top through the IP addres acount is poor but good on the 27" monitor on my office pc, and superb on my HD tv, I still haven't looked at what make I have yet but it sounds similar to what you have mentioned.

I've upgraded from the Alien DVR to the Qvis DVR.... excellent upgrade and well worth the money in my opinion

 

[MDJ]

really? I will check that out frank now.

 

[MDJ]

I've upgraded from the Alien DVR to the Qvis DVR.... excellent upgrade and well worth the money in my opinion

is that spelt right Buddy, I canny find the app

 

[gazzamikes]

Ubiquiti air cam every time for me providing its suitable!

 

[FrankUK]

Have a look on the UK site A-Data

This is the one I've got http://adata.co.uk/

 

[basilsingh]

Everfocus cameras from everfocus(dot)co(dot)uk.

 

[driverman]

As said above System Q are good and the tech backup support great also.