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Unixcctv Information?

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Larry Trump
Jan 03, 2017

I can't' seem to find much information on UnixCCTV, can someone enlighten me? ... Who is manufacturer? Product quality/reliability, pro/cons, etc? Thanks in advance.

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John Honovich
Jan 04, 2017
IPVM

Larry, I have seen UnixCCTV at trade shows for many years but have never talked to them nor have I heard anyone ask about them until you.

My perception was that they are a lower cost / budget provider. I am curious how they are doing these days / competing with the last few year's price cuts.

How have you heard of them? Have you used them?

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Armando Perez
Jan 05, 2017
Hoosier Security and Security Owners Group • IPVMU Certified

They used to be one of the more quality conscious oem distributors with a few cheapie parts here and there. 3 years ago they made a change and things changed. Back in the analog days they had a good mix of cost and quality with a majority of their cams being Korean wonwoo or other OEM.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Jan 04, 2017

Lots of Dahua and HIK OEMs in their offerings.  I think they are also selling MagicDVRs (Armando's favorite, I hear), or were, at one point.  They are low rent, for sure.  I've bought around 10 cameras from them and over half are dead.  One camera has been going strong for 3+ years: that model is a Dahua mini dome OEM.

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Armando Perez
Jan 05, 2017
Hoosier Security and Security Owners Group • IPVMU Certified

Multiple manufacturers. Used to be exclusively Korean parts. They were better then. My opinion is they are junk now and another me too. We had a 90% failure rate on their magic dvrs. Back in the capture card days they were fantastic. We have sold well over 5000 capture card based machines many years ago. Nowadays, I believe them to be pretty irellevant. They have some interesting led lighting options and decent pricing on misc hdmi and sdi parts, but that 90% failure rate left a bad taste in my wallet.

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Armando Perez
Jan 05, 2017
Hoosier Security and Security Owners Group • IPVMU Certified

And I'm not shy about sharing that.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
Feb 16, 2023

Who manufactures Magic DVR for UnixCCTV?

I like Magic DVR because it has simplified GUI (better than HK and Dahua), HD SPOT out, and POS Interface

is there any other manufacture which offers the same? reason I ask because new Magic PVT series doesn't have same interface and image quality is not the same and I believe there is no HD Spot, Unixcctv says it's because of chip shortage.

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