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Robert L Bass

Jan 1, 1970
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In a recent thread one of the dealers inquired
about a high definition CCTV camera. I asked
one of my reps and she suggested the following.
I haven't tried it yet so I can't comment on it,
but the OP may wish to look into it. I don't
recall who asked for it. If he's still around hope
this helps.

Manufacturer: Covi
Model Number: EVQ-1000
Retail Price: $621.00
Availability: In stock

The above price is retail. The OP was a dealer
and should be able to order it for less.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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Bass Home Electronics
941-866-1100
4883 Fallcrest Circle
Sarasota · Florida · 34233
http://www.bassburglaralarms.com
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Barney

Jan 1, 1970
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"Robert L Bass"
In a recent thread one of the dealers inquired
about a high definition CCTV camera. I asked
one of my reps and she suggested the following.
I haven't tried it yet so I can't comment on it,
but the OP may wish to look into it. I don't
recall who asked for it. If he's still around hope
this helps.

Manufacturer: Covi
Model Number: EVQ-1000
Retail Price: $621.00
Availability: In stock

http://www.covitechnologies.com/products/analog/evq-1000
 
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Robert L Bass

Jan 1, 1970
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Matt Ion

Jan 1, 1970
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Robert said:
You're welcome. How did the job turn out? Were you able to make them happy or at least help them understand what they really
needed?

Remains to be seen. We've reiterated that our preferred solution is the Sony
camera with HDMI output, but we've worked out a system that should suffice using
a hi-res IP camera, DVI outputs to the plasma and projector, and S-out from the
PC to a standalone DVD recorder. The boss was about 10 seconds from just
telling them to get lost tho...
 
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Matt Ion

Jan 1, 1970
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Roland said:
For your situation I think there is more of a future in CMOS versus CCD in
the Mpix security camera world and Sony doesn't really make a product that
competes there. If you have not looked at Arecont and their new smaller
camera bodies I suggest it.

Are you drunk? You're babbling on about crap that's got nothing to do with my
original question. Go back and find the previous thread about "HD CCTV" before
you decide to play know-it-all.
 
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Robert L Bass

Jan 1, 1970
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For your situation I think there is
Are you drunk? You're babbling on
about crap that's got nothing to do
with my original question. Go back
and find the previous thread about
"HD CCTV" before you decide to play
know-it-all...

That time of the month, eh Matt?
 
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Matt Ion

Jan 1, 1970
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Roland said:
We are not home theater (or home anything really) so I don't know what is
out there in that market. For the record however, you know that most
commercial cable TV feeds use the 720p (HDTV1) not the 1080p (HDTV2). The
dish feeds use the 1080p. Most human eyes cannot tell the difference in the
two. Sounds like you were after a number here and not a specific result. Are
you going to fool us and say this was all for an ITS project?

Um, no. All I want - or wanted initially, before the client started adding
things - is a straight video camera to feed an HDTV set. That's exactly what it
says in my post you quoted above. Is there some new reading disability that
causes you to read MORE than is there?
That is exactly what an Arecont camera is, a "high resolution" (a.k.a. Mega
Pixel) IP camera. It offers higher resolution than any current Sony IP
camera designed for this market segment. Maybe I should be more to the
point. You described in this thread a Rube Goldberg solution to the
customer's request. Was all that perhaps because of a brand choice (like
Sony) of camera and its limitations?

Um, no... the customer's request INITIALLY was simply a high-definition camera
to run a 1080p signal to their existing large flat-panel HDTV set (they've
consistantly refused to specify a brand or model; I'm not even sure if they ever
specified whether it was plasma, LCD or DLP). A specific Sony HANDYCAM was the
only thing we could find in preliminary searches (and still the only thing for
less than several thousand dollars) that is a high-def video camera with a
high-def (HDMI) video output. I have no specific love of Sony or the premium
you pay for the name, that's simply all we found available at the time. Bass
came up with a super-duper-skookum PTZ videoconferencing camera... for US$9k.

Since we normally deal with CCTV, PC-based DVRs and hi-res IP cameras, our FIRST
suggestion was to simply stream an IP camera through a PC to the customer's
existing HDTV panel through its VGA or DVI input. Unfortunately, they then
realized that HEY! if we have it running to a PC, then we can record it and make
DVDs for people! Oh, but it has to be REALLY easy to do... oh and hey, we can
let people watch over the internet as well!

I still maintain that the SIMPLEST solution is the Sony camera, HDMI straight to
the display, and parallel S-video out to a standalone DVD recorder, but the
client has now decided that a handycam doesn't look "pro" enough, and will
absolutely not go that route, so we're stuck having to mickey-mouse together an
OVERKILL system with a PC and IP camera (if this does go ahead, we'll probably
be using the IQEye cameras that we normally deal with, and don't bother selling
me on "higher resolution" because they have cameras up to 5MP and anything over
1.3MP is really overkill anyway) because that LOOKS much more PROFESSIONAL.

Despite the fact that it would mean a nice out-of-town trip for a few days and
be a bit of brain teaser, I'm really hoping that we DON'T get this job because I
see it as the source of endless headaches from an ultra-high-maintenance client...
 
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Stanley Barthfarkle

Jan 1, 1970
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Despite the fact that it would mean a nice out-of-town trip for a few days
and
be a bit of brain teaser, I'm really hoping that we DON'T get this job
because I see it as the source of endless headaches from an
ultra-high-maintenance client...


Matt, I don't think you'll ever make enough money from this client to even
begin to pay for the therapy....

I had a client like that about 10 yrs ago... wanted a WALL of televisions (5
main screens, several smaller ones) integrated with the whole-house audio
system, but wanted to control it all (AND the automation stuff) through his
fancy computerized TV remote. Every time this guy did a little more
research, he would add a few more things to his "wish list".

He was a freakin nightmare, and we almost lost our ass trying to make him
happy.
 
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