Question for the forum about a card?

[corydoras]

Worth a punt on Ebay though Chris.

[Chris Goddard]

you will need on of these at least,

 

there is another cable like this one but that has audio connections on it. (notice on your card you have 2 vga type connections).

 

each camera connects to the bnc on the end, obviously each camera has its own individual power source that is not powered from the card.

 

in my opinion though these are a lot more hassle than they are worth. i worked on a few and on one last month in a restaurant with 12 cameras that were regularly cutting out as the pc was used for other things and could not handle it.

 

the software is overly complicated and bloated and slow, this on a pc with 8gb ram and decent cpu and graphics (built for cctv system).

 

i tell everyone who considers getting these to steer well clear as they go wrong more than a dedicated cctv unit due to, in most part, the windows operating system.

 

 

an actual CCTV DVR is FAR cheaper, maintenance free and far superior in ease of use and runs on its own operating system.

 

most people i talk to about it seem under the impression its so they can view the office cameras from home but this can also be done with a dedicated DVR as they now come with network capabilities and a lot less hasle to configure, they also think storage space is an issue but in actual fact the hard drive in the DVR's are just standard 3.5" IDE hard drives from a pc so you can upgrade them easily if you need more space, they also already come now with terrabyte hard drives.

 

the cctv system i managed in my old work place ran constantly for 3 years before we moved without needing maintenance done and was only ever accessed when we had a break in.

 

ive been to the restaurant 3 times in 1 month to fix the pc based cctv system

 

also, would you leave your pc on 24/7.

 

if you want cctv sell that card and get an actual CCTV DVR.

 

I got one of those TOO Andy!!! It came with the card.........

 

And thanks to ALL for the input. But now the MILLION dollar one...What would you think it was actually worth?? As the card is costing $500 and software $700?? Do you think I would be soft asking say £100 for it? I want to sell it after all!

Edited April 21, 2011 by Chris Goddard

[Andy_1984]

I got one of those TOO Andy!!! It came with the card.........

 

And thanks to ALL for the input. But now the MILLION dollar one...What would you think it was actually worth?? As the card is costing $500 and software $700?? Do you think I would be soft asking say £100 for it? I want to sell it after all!

 

glad you got one of those cables otherwise could put a buyer off as its a pretty important part of it.

 

not such a bad price imo. anyone wanting it can easily download the software at no cost if they are that inclined or alternatively other free software can be used.