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by PBratton
Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:24 pm
Forum: "How To" Tips
Topic: POE video camera home system tips
Replies: 33
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Re: POE video camera home system tips

RHenriksen wrote:
PBratton wrote:Nothing better than a good old Milestone system. I use it as my system at work. My Axis cameras run just a bit more however...
The camera system I'd inherited was running the Geovision VMS; Milestone is so much better, it can be difficult sometimes not to weep w. joy.

I've been eyeballing Axis, but have been having trouble justifying the cost difference over GV hardware. Zipstream does seem to be working as advertised, though, as best I can tell; that might help tip the scales. I'd love to learn more about your experience w. them.
Love my Axis cameras! easy to set up, great tools and beautiful images. Certainly not low or mid tier, but now that Milestone and Axis are both owned by Cannon, they will be working much closer going forward. I use the on-board SSD slots as my first tier failover, when Milestone reconnects to the camera, it spools the offline video to the NVR and automatically places it in the correct chronological order.

I've been using the Milestone Corporate system now for about three years. Wouldn't trade for anything right now.
by PBratton
Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:26 pm
Forum: "How To" Tips
Topic: POE video camera home system tips
Replies: 33
Views: 24769

Re: POE video camera home system tips

RHenriksen wrote:I've been maintaining (and heavily revamping) a commercial analog + POE system for a client for the last 18 months or so. 6 DVRs and ~130 cameras so far, with a mix of coax, Ethernet, point to point WiFi bridges, and fiber.

Also have 7 POE cameras so far @ my house running against a PC hosting Milestone XProtect. This is all commercial grade stuff, not the $299 Costco special, so can't speak to which is the better $39 camera; but if anyone needs help understanding networking, commercial grade WiFi as a possible solution to areas difficult to run Ethernet cable to, etc, I'll help as best I can.

The Geovision cameras I'm using run $350-500 each. Until you've experienced what a difference super low light sensors and WDR (wide dynamic range) can make in image quality, it's hard to know what you're missing out on!
Nothing better than a good old Milestone system. I use it as my system at work. My Axis cameras run just a bit more however...

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