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If A Manufacturer Has Multiple Names For Their Products, How Should We Refer To Them?

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Derek Ward
•Dec 12, 2014
Hanwha

Recently, we have had users looking for specific Bosch camera models in our IPVM Camera Finder and have run into a semantics issue.

Users looking for cameras such as "Bosch Dinion IP Starlight 7000 HD" (which is labeled as Bosch NBN-71013 in our camera finder) or "Autodome IP Dynamic 7000 HD" (labeled Bosch VG5-7230 in our finder) can become confused or unable to find a specific Bosch model using the model search functionality.

So, my question to the community is: What do you prefer we name Bosch camera models in the camera finder? Is it easier for you to search and understand the exact product name (NBN-71013), or by using the name of the line (Bosch Starlight 7000 HD)? Also, are there other manufacturers that do this that you think would be easier to search and understand with a different or additional naming nomenclature? Would adding a "Camera Line/Product Line" field in the finder be useful to you?

Comment and vote on the poll below to express your opinion.

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Mark Sauer
•Mar 02, 2017

I seem to prefer the name of the camera instead of the part number way because the name tells what it is, the number does not. I know that I need to order by a part number for the options. Please choose one method only, it is way too confusing to have the two ways to talk about the same camera.

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