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I was wondering if someone can point me into the direction of a
industry leading manufacturer that makes outdoor video surveillance.
We need to be able to record either live video or still images of
movement for at least a week with very high resolution. I have to
capture license plates going in and out of several areas, probably 5
total. I plan on just capturing this information to a PC over a CAT5
Network.

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I was wondering if someone can point me into the direction of a
industry leading manufacturer that makes outdoor video surveillance.
We need to be able to record either live video or still images of
movement for at least a week with very high resolution. I have to
capture license plates going in and out of several areas, probably 5
total. I plan on just capturing this information to a PC over a CAT5
Network.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:33:16 -0700, wrote:

I was wondering if someone can point me into the direction of a
industry leading manufacturer that makes outdoor video surveillance.
We need to be able to record either live video or still images of
movement for at least a week with very high resolution. I have to
capture license plates going in and out of several areas, probably 5
total. I plan on just capturing this information to a PC over a CAT5
Network.

It seems that you are with a company that wants to install/upgrade its
security system.
It also appears that the copmpany has no idea of how to go about this.
I will suggest that you contact a local company that does this sort of
work, and go from there. It will be much faster, and not necessarilly
more expensive than blundering around in the dark.

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wrote:
I was wondering if someone can point me into the direction of a
industry leading manufacturer that makes outdoor video surveillance.
We need to be able to record either live video or still images of
movement for at least a week with very high resolution. I have to
capture license plates going in and out of several areas, probably 5
total. I plan on just capturing this information to a PC over a CAT5
Network.

IQinVision is the brand of high-res IP cameras we use (www.iqeye.com);
they have CCTV cameras ranging from 1.3 to 5.0 MP, all supporting
power-over-ethernet, some with day/night capability. If you want to
save a week's worth of video from five separate areas, you'll probably
want a dedicated computer for the task, as that many cameras at that
resolution will mean a LOT of data.

Keep in mind that this isn't going to be cheap... you're looking at
anywhere from $1000-$2500 *per camera* depending on the resolution you
want, at least another $1k for a machine capable of handing and storing
the data.

You'll also probably want DVR/NVR software to properly deal with
storing/searching/etc. the recorded video - we use, sell and support
both VideoInsight (www.video-insight.com), and Vigil (www.camacc.com)
systems. VideoInsight has a dedicated IP-camera server application that
would probably work best if you're not using any analog cameras.

This is all a bit off-topic for rec.photo.digital, so feel free to email
me directly with any other questions... this is what I do for a day job