Hi all,

 

As you might have noticed I don't pretend to know about stuff I don't properly know about, hence the lack of Fire and CCTV offerings.

 

But that doesn't stop me playing about at home - I'm running a Synology server which also has Surveillance Station, and seems to work fine with an old internal network camera I've got.

 

So I was thinking about having a camera at the far end of the garden, an external IP dome, to watch the new office and the approach to it. Just put the wires in now with the foundations for the new bit.

 

I found a potential bargain on fleebay - not the usual no-name tat, in fact seemingly dumped on the clearance market G4S backed tat - but its NTSC...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Dome-IP-Camera-EN-7350-N-/221193868244

 

http://www.g4stechnology.com/uploads/G4S/Datasheets/G4S_IPCamera_NOV10.pdf

 

I'm thinking, how/why can it be NTSC if its IP... OK, it must have an analogue to IP encoder which means you have to choose a standard at some point, I just don't remember seeing ANY reference to PAL or NTSC in Surv. St.

 

Would it be the end of the world it it was NTSC??

 

Update: Found the full datasheet http://eu.amag.com/uploads/AmagIntl/Datasheets/AMAGINTL/AMAGINTL_H.264_EN7530_FEB12.pdf

 

Am I right in thinking the NTSC bit really is of interest ONLY to someone using the optional analogue video out terminal and irrellevent to IP as I thought?

Edited March 7, 201313 yr by datadiffusion

It might only be a problem if you want to focus it locally with a PAL mini monitor

Thats what I thought - the only reason they make NTSC / PAL versions is because of that additional analogue output, right?

It will have an encoder and be taking an analogue feed from that camera. You will get interlace issues with it. Go for a progressive scan proper ip camera over an encoder based one

TBH a 2nd camera is a 'nice to have' not a 'must have' for me; any budget recommendations?

I only rate axis and inq. Panasonic have some cheaper offering but im not a huge fan

To clarify, ip is a protocol, as in a method for devices to talk. Ip cares not if its ntsc or pal, it still talks effectively at its level. So yes, it can matter if the device using ip to chat is speaking american or english...

To clarify, ip is a protocol, as in a method for devices to talk. Ip cares not if its ntsc or pal, it still talks effectively at its level. So yes, it can matter if the device using ip to chat is speaking american or english...

 

Are you suggesting that 'pure' IP cameras are still NTSC or PAL ?

Nope, i have no idea on that. Just that ip encapsulates data, any data, in order to deliver it to its destination, and so it could be any signal at all