Id agree hd-sdi will be the new d1 in time.

Then is not CCTV you wish to learn, why understand what WDR stands for but not interested in why or where it's used? Just trying to understand what exactly you are looking to learn, I'll explain the abbreviations very quickly if that's all your looking for.

 

I know what all abbreviations stand for.

I want to test them in a limited real life situation, play with settings, different cameras, networking, remote access.

I don't want just read some specs and view screen shots on manufacturers website.

 

It won't make me a pro, I know that. 

I could have bought a Dell PC. I built my own.

Building, upgrading, swaping components, over-clocking, breaking, fixing hasn't made me a computer specialist but I enjoyed it

 

 

IMO HD-SDi Vs IP is a pointless argument, 

 

I don't see it as X vs Y

 

 

HD-SDI may be a perfect solution today, but I see no future for HD-SDI . 

Nothing wrong with HD-SDI , I am just not interested.

Edited July 26, 201312 yr by quasar

Something needs to record IP cameras as well doesn't it?

If you want to use an existing IT infrastructure, software doesn't come for free

Actually, with the deal I have with UTC the recording software doesn't cost me a bean. Just the camera. Hence my comment, IP can prove a cheaper option.

I might be wrong

Correct

You can't educate pork

I think you are too harsh. They may be too lazy to learn new stuff, though

 

I know what all abbreviations stand for.

I want to test them in a limited real life situation, play with settings, different cameras, networking, remote access.

I don't want just read some specs and view screen shots on manufacturers website.

 

It won't make me a pro, I know that. 

I could have bought a Dell PC. I built my own.

Building, upgrading, swaping components, over-clocking, breaking, fixing hasn't made me a computer specialist but I enjoyed it

 

 

I don't see it as X vs Y

 

 

HD-SDI may be a perfect solution today, but I see no future for HD-SDI . 

Nothing wrong with HD-SDI , I am just not interested.

Ok, good luck with it. I am more interested in the technical too, why should be obvious but at some point also consider there is a science behind everything that happens before you get to what your interested in. Security and CCTV is about providing useful images in varied conditions, the how it's transmitted or network configured, etc, is secondary.

I agree HD-SDi future is limited but not irrelevant.