Recent content by timblaktu

Thanks. This is good feedback. I've been reading about BI's appetite for CPU and perhaps overestimated the hw requirements for a performant, responsive system. https://ipcamtalk.com/wiki/choosing-hardware-for-blue-iris/#best-performance

I'm trying to decide on a "hub" for a new surveillance system, and although I do have a Synology NAS that will run Surveillance Station, it's pretty long in the tooth and I anticipate abysmal performance. I will be running four or five 4MP cams at probably 15fps. After adding up the cost of a...

Walter, does each stream use 1 license, 2 total for the unit? On Synology's page about Camera licenses, they seem to imply that a multilens camera with one IP only uses one license:

Very interesting and useful conversation. Has anyone here made light measurements at the various locations in these cameras field of view, to see how your situation measures up to the cameras' spec? I'm trying to pick some good low light performers for my house, which also has street lights on...

My understanding is that motion detection in this camera does not control the lights in any way. (Lights are controlled by light sensor and/or schedule) I think the new g2 which has Accusense has some sophisticated motion sensing in it's algorithm but that's for machine learning purposes and...

@coney27 any thoughts on the g2 lights? I wonder if the camera is any better than g1 with the LEDs dimmed or disabled? https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/lighting-on-colorvu-annoying-homeowners-or-neighbors.52602/

Can anyone that's used Hikvision Colorvu comment on any annoyance caused by the concentrated brightness of the "white light" emanating from them to improve their low or no light performance? I'd be installing a few of these around the house in a relatively dense residential application (corner...

Thanks everyone. From what I can tell, none of the product literature for this model indicates Accusense or anything actually new. Does anyone know what's actually different and gen 2? EDIT: I see now comparing to the G1 product literature that theG2 has 130dB dynamic range compared to the G1s...

Hi all, I joined last month to get information about products for securing my home. I'm currently rewiring this 1909 home, bit by bit, and planning to use some turrets on the front and back porches, and sides, and probably tie it into Synology Surveillance station (and perhaps my Ring Security...

Decided to abandon the wifi/fence idea and just mount more PoE cameras to corners and eaves of house. Now looking at using 3-4 Hikvision ColorVu 4MP, 2.8mm turrets but trying to get info on the new models just announced..

I'm in similar boat as @jasona, looking forward to more info on new turret model numbers and low-light 4k performance from @coney27, and looking to buy 3-4 ColorVu turrets for home system, wondering if I should wait for 2.0 variants. I'm going to need these within a month, so if it's a situation...

I agree this information would be extremely useful, but I can't find a single camera in the spreadsheet, only NVRs, and I searched all tabs. What am I missing here?

I'm having trouble finding the right cameras for my application and wondering if you could make some recommendations given my requirements. I'm looking for two cameras for my home, and these will be integrated with a Synology surveillance station. Location 1: Mounted, uncovered, outside on a...