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CCTV upgrade?

  • 18-03-2013 11:47AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I've got CCTV at my home at the moment- few dome cameras 700tvl and an Apollo hd series dvr. I'm thinking of upgrading to hd ptz camera on the front of the house and my question is: will the Apollo dvr support the hd ptz camera and will it work alongside the other regular domes. The existing cameras are all connected with CAT 5 cable ...


    Any advice would be greatly appreciated

    Thanks


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭Jnealon


    I could be wrong here but the apollo HD is just a standard dvr that records at D1. You would need to upgrade the dvr to get any benefit of the hd domes.
    It can't even use the full resolution of the 700 tvl domes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭miss_daisy


    Jnealon wrote: »
    I could be wrong here but the apollo HD is just a standard dvr that records at D1. You would need to upgrade the dvr to get any benefit of the hd domes.
    It can't even use the full resolution of the 700 tvl domes

    Oh really, I didn't know that? :rolleyes: there is a port at the back of my Apollo for a hdmi cable, I wonder should I be using that to connect it to the tv instead of the normal cable?

    Sorry for wandering off there.. Ok, so I know I might have to upgrade my dvr now but I'm still wondering will the system work with one ptz camera and the rest standard domes?

    Also, would you recommend a good quality ptz camera.

    Thanks again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭Jnealon


    A standard ptz will work just fine with your current dvr, a hd ptz will not.
    Regarding choice of dome you are kind of limited to what the dvr supports, unless you go for a seperate controller.
    The qvis/dahua/icrealtime ptz should work with the apollo


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