Alex Atkin UK
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I'm using a DS-7604NI-K1 / 4P(B) so what specifically is the problem with the K series on 8MP cameras?
I've not been able to get more than one camera to view a live image on the monitors plugged into the NVR anyway with only two cameras, even on the v3 firmware it was buggy. The Smart Event features never worked on the web access either, so I only saw an improvement moving to v4 firmware as I could at least use that directly on the NVR.
So would I see more problems on the newer cameras or just the same problems I've always had?
The most important thing for me is that it records and plays back when I need it to. I mean I'd LOVE to finally be able to view from Linux, but its not worth the cost to me right now as more important would be to finally get a camera with Mic and improved low light performance so the frame rate wont drop so much with night vision turned off (I have a porch light, colour kinda works but exposure time is too high).
Current cameras are DS-2CD2385FWD-I and DS-2CD2085FWD-I which record 24/7 using Smart Events only to see when people were at the door. Although the video does seem to freeze when it detects motion even with image capture turned off (Smart Detection is enabled on the camera not the NVR). That said, I've only just gotten around to updating the cameras firmware to the latest.
I'm looking at the DS-2CD2386G2-IU or waiting for the ColorVue models.
I've not been able to get more than one camera to view a live image on the monitors plugged into the NVR anyway with only two cameras, even on the v3 firmware it was buggy. The Smart Event features never worked on the web access either, so I only saw an improvement moving to v4 firmware as I could at least use that directly on the NVR.
So would I see more problems on the newer cameras or just the same problems I've always had?
The most important thing for me is that it records and plays back when I need it to. I mean I'd LOVE to finally be able to view from Linux, but its not worth the cost to me right now as more important would be to finally get a camera with Mic and improved low light performance so the frame rate wont drop so much with night vision turned off (I have a porch light, colour kinda works but exposure time is too high).
Current cameras are DS-2CD2385FWD-I and DS-2CD2085FWD-I which record 24/7 using Smart Events only to see when people were at the door. Although the video does seem to freeze when it detects motion even with image capture turned off (Smart Detection is enabled on the camera not the NVR). That said, I've only just gotten around to updating the cameras firmware to the latest.
I'm looking at the DS-2CD2386G2-IU or waiting for the ColorVue models.