I had questions on how this would display, no one could give me an answer, not here, not B&H tech support, not hik-vision tech support. So I just bought them, recieved yesterday.
First I am really impressed by the colorvu at pitch black ( I must have enough light out there, but it sure looks black to me) pictures below.. but first. I used the 5mp camera first in 2mp, then 4mp and then 5mp mode. 2 and 4 displayed full screen very nice. But the 5mp was stretched. Not letterbox. Unless my TV is doing the stretching. I check settings there and being it's through the hdmi cable and maybe an analog signal from the dvr (not sure on this) no options were available to change the auto picture display. However if you look at the difference between the 2 ,4 against the 5, you will see I gained lines of resolution on the 5. When you change to the 2 or 4 mp setting it must do its own trimming soonehow. But here are pictures, 2mp with light on , and 2 with light off, 4 and 5 both with light off. Much better with light off. But the digital zoom is not good day or night. It pixelates . (As I was told it would) if you need clear zoom, you need a varifocal camera. But, if your watching live view and you need to zoom, I don't see a way to do that with any speed. Plus there isn't any from hik-vision for analog colorvu. (I know, go to ip.. but very difficult to change wiring, plus cameras are 2 and 3x as expensive) and now that my better half has seen the colorvu at night, there is no other choice. Just wish they made an 8mp. I think they used to, but it seems to have dissapeared.
First I am really impressed by the colorvu at pitch black ( I must have enough light out there, but it sure looks black to me) pictures below.. but first. I used the 5mp camera first in 2mp, then 4mp and then 5mp mode. 2 and 4 displayed full screen very nice. But the 5mp was stretched. Not letterbox. Unless my TV is doing the stretching. I check settings there and being it's through the hdmi cable and maybe an analog signal from the dvr (not sure on this) no options were available to change the auto picture display. However if you look at the difference between the 2 ,4 against the 5, you will see I gained lines of resolution on the 5. When you change to the 2 or 4 mp setting it must do its own trimming soonehow. But here are pictures, 2mp with light on , and 2 with light off, 4 and 5 both with light off. Much better with light off. But the digital zoom is not good day or night. It pixelates . (As I was told it would) if you need clear zoom, you need a varifocal camera. But, if your watching live view and you need to zoom, I don't see a way to do that with any speed. Plus there isn't any from hik-vision for analog colorvu. (I know, go to ip.. but very difficult to change wiring, plus cameras are 2 and 3x as expensive) and now that my better half has seen the colorvu at night, there is no other choice. Just wish they made an 8mp. I think they used to, but it seems to have dissapeared.
