Hi All,
Afraid I am a complete newbie to this topic so perhaps an elementary question, but hopefully this forum will help?
I have recently purchased my first CCTV system - a Swann Advanced system from Maplin with 4 Cameras in total - around £270,00 in total - this is one of Swann's lower end systems.
I suppose this post is tending to the disappointed route - but thought I should sought some clarification from the 'experts'.
So far, I have just got a couple of the cameras up, but the picture quality just is not what I was hoping for in a nut shell. I have the cameras located fairly high, in fact just below the guttering of a 2 storey house (approx 8M high from ground level).
When viewing - I am getting what looks like one of my first digital camera quality images. Sure - you get to see, it is a person and also Male / Female, but if you were ever to need to send this to say the Police for example to be used as evidence then you would struggle to identify unique features. It's just somewhat pixilated and grainy etc - like going back 10 years on the Digital market.
The night mode (infra red) is even worse, and almost impossible to identify exact features.
So, my questions are please:
Have I bought a Swann system (admittedly it was fairly cheap), and in this instance I got what I paid for?
Perhaps the system is performing as it should - that is, it tells you when 'something' is moving around your property but not anything else.
Would I getter any better performance if I was to reduce the height of the Camera's?
If I want to be able to actually clearly identify the object, would one of Swann's high end systems been any better?
Could I perhaps upgrade this system by buying better H.D cameras for example, or would it be better to cut my losses, sell this one on Ebay and start again, this time doing much more research before 'impulse' buying
P.s All settings are set to maximum quality.
Any advise, gladly appreciated - I will not spend (waste) anymore funds until I know the way forward.
Thanks,
Chris.
Statistics: Posted by chris202 — Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:12 am — Replies 7 — Views 44