Where Is Arecont's 4K Camera?

JH
John Honovich
Oct 24, 2015
IPVM

Announced here April 2014. Trying to find it, considering a test.

Anyone know what model number it is and when it started to ship?

U
Undisclosed #1
Oct 24, 2015
IPVMU Certified

This is the last mention I see. What makes you think it has shipped?

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JH
John Honovich
Oct 24, 2015
IPVM

"What makes you think it has shipped?"

It was announced 18 months ago.

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U
Undisclosed #1
Oct 25, 2015
IPVMU Certified

Figuring that they must be just about to hit the street, I thought the best place to look might be inside Arecont.  So I headed over to shipping:

No dice. Lotta domes though.  

On a hunch I thought maybe they are over in QA, just getting every thing checked out first:

Hmmm, funny notta one.  Lotta bullets though.

Working backwards, I though surely there's some to be had in final assembly:

Zippo. 

Well maybe they are reworking the camera to add that final 'killer' feature? Let's see if the lab boys over in engineering have a prototype we can take a look at:

They laughed. 

But then on the way out, I found one over in Marketing, of all places:

They said they're just finalizing some of the print art, so should be around in no time...

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
Oct 25, 2015

Arecont espionage! I like it!

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JH
John Honovich
Oct 26, 2015
IPVM

I spoke with Ernie at Arecont, very pleasant and helpful. He looked it up and tells me that the camera is planned for a Q1 2016 release.

Looks like they are going for a record of longest delay from time of announcement.

On the plus side, their 10MP slide show cameras are available.

U
Undisclosed #3
Oct 26, 2015

Delay: adding a reset button?

JH
John Honovich
Oct 26, 2015
IPVM

That or 4K/30fps does not work well enough on their proprietary FPGA architecture...

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