I've had the same experience as Trevor. I've only bought two though. Most frustrating was finding one that supposedly could be operated through a browser, which I wanted precisely because I wasn't using Windows, but depended on an IE-specific ActiveX plug-in. Nothing on the box indicated that, it only said "Operated through a browser" with no mention of IE, Windows or ActiveX, so watch out for that. I think that was even a DLink although my memory is not entirely clear. It was a brand name that I didn't expect to pull shenanigans like that, anyway.

Kind regards,
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
helgi@binary.is

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote:
Trevor, great to heard from someone who has some experience in video
surveillance.

I was looking into purchasing some IP cameras for use with ZoneMinder a
while back and was surprised how expensive they are.

So just a note to Kevin McGregor (the original poster on this thread),
in my experience there really is no such thing as a good & cheap IP
camera.

Trevor, I'm just curious if you've tried the cameras from Mobotix &
Axis ? Those were the two I was focusing on.

BTW, the Dlink DCS-3410 is listed on the Zoneminder compatibility list
so that's good. Someone should do a Zoneminder presentation at MUUG!

--
John Lange
http://www.johnlange.ca


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