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Yeah it's dried water and I gave them a wipe, but they seem to keep getting marked up again every few days.

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Any suggestions to improve my night vision quality, and explain why one camera is so good while the others are not? 6 cameras at various points around the house: The one at the front gate itself is very good. I thought it would suffer from glare off the gate and the pillar, plus the wall...

I've had an email back from the supplier, he says it only holds one drive, so I'll have to buy a 6tb and replace the 2tb. I suppose I can stick the old one on ebay.

That's great. I'll continue with the dumb questions... The site I bought from says it has 2tb and can take up to 6tb. However the same listing on Amazon says "and Playback Up to two SATA interfaces (up to 4TB of capacity per HDD)" Is there any way to check in advance? Am I right in...

I honestly have no idea but I'll have a read through that thread while at home and try to find out. Thanks

Excellent, I'll grab a 4tb then and see how it goes. I'm guessing installation guides should be easy to come by. Thanks for the (lightning fast) help!

Ps, are they relatively user friendly to install?

Excellent, thanks. Quite well priced too. Don't suppose you can tell by the spec of my NVR what size I can add? It has 2tb with a max of 6tb, but can I add a 4tb or does it need to be 2tb increments etc?

Have a Hiwatch 6 camera system at home and I want to log into the cameras directly to tweak the settings a little and try to improve quality. I'm not a complete technophobe but when it comes to changing IP address and gateways I'm a little lost. Can anyone advise, or link me to any idiot...

Hi I have installed a new system, HiWatch I208M-B/2T with 6 cameras. I'd prefer to have a bit longer storage space as 6 cameras with a decent picture quality isn't that long. The NVR has 2tb at the minute but I believe it can be increased to 6tb (according to the spec on the site I bought it...

A lot of duct tape and luck later, and I've plastered the new cameras to the house in what would be their final position. Again (surprise surprise) I'm confused. 4 images below. First is the old camera - very dark, not great night vision, only the car plate although it can be read Next is...

Yeah @pyrotenax I suspect that I could get it to a satisfactory level. The kit cost me £500 But I could also get the Hikvision NVR you recommended, and 4 of the 5mp cameras, for about £900. Is that extra quality worth nearly double, I'm not sure. I think I'll go the whole hog tonight and duct...

I've been in contact with the company I bought the kit from, they have agreed to refund me but also suggested that I adjust my cameras and test again before I confirm. He said that the reason for the overly fuzzy night vision image is that the camera is pointed much too high, and as a result...

Is it a case that my fuzzy image is because its pitch black? Your view there has a fair bit of light. Street lights, houses etc. My fuzzy image had no ambient light at all as I live in the countryside and there were no outside lights on. I did some night tests tonight and the results were...

Some side by side pictures, using the same monitor, old system vs new system. Old New Old New So not a massive difference to be honest. I'll do a similar comparison later when it's dark but even if they're as close in quality as these daytime pictures, there's no sense in spending £500...

This seems to be a highly rated camera: DS-2CD2355FWD-I More expensive at just over £100 each. But I could get away with 4 of them and re-use the old Qvis cameras for 2 of my shorter range needs. What is the best I can do in terms of nvr? The one I bought and will be returning is i208m-b/2t.

It's a minefield. I've heard often that Hikvision is the gold standard, yet now I buy a Hikvision HiWatch system and find that it compares very badly to my much older Qvis camera. I'll post some pictures of the area and hopefully someone can recommend a better system. Do you know if it is...

Thanks Sounds like I did indeed buy a turkey then... My old system has a poorer spec on paper but clearly better results. I don't mind spending a bit more for a better kit. I might pack this lot up again and ship it back for a refund. Where is the best subforum here for advise on building a...