BestMatch Any Camera Manufacturer

By IPVM Team, Published Oct 22, 2015, 12:00am EDT (Info+)

BestMatch is IPVM's exclusive camera comparison algorithm, that shows what cameras have the closest specifications to any other camera. This lets you find alternative options and save significant money for the same feature sets.

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Michael Budalich

Genetec | 10/22/15 05:35pm

Great feature especially for doing competitor comparison spreadsheets!

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IPVMU Certified | 10/22/15 07:24pm

Just saved me a bundle!

Just kidding, it's great!

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 10/22/15 09:32pm

You're a comedian!

There are going to be some edge cases like that, especially when comparing 2 completely different manufacturers, so I have been thinking about setting some minimal match level to not show in some cases. I've filed this as an issue/bug. Thanks.

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to John Honovich | 10/27/15 06:29pm

Ok, here you go:

We set it a minimum score to show any results. This will stop weird mismatches for companies that really do not have anything comparable.

Also, I realized that our resolution matching needs to be adjusted to more heavily penalize cameras with much lower resolution against super high res one. That is in queue.

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IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Honovich | 10/27/15 07:27pm

There are no close matches between Foscam and the Avigilon 30L-H4PRO-B

Thanks! Works for me, though Avigilon fans were hoping for the haughty:

Nothing compares with Avigilon.

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to John Honovich | 11/02/15 06:13pm

Update: we have modified the algorithm to more heavily weight closer resolution matches. This helps especially for very high resolution cameras.

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Boris Bronstein

CCTV.Net | 10/22/15 07:35pm

Amazing tool! Very easy and convenient. We ran a few cameras, and matches, in most cases were very relevant.

Not always, though. For example, if you put Vivotek’s IB8338-H, you’re getting many cameras without WDR, while IB8338-H is billed as high-performance WRD camera.

And I know that this is hard to overcome, but prices skew results quite a bit. Even when I follow the link to Google Shopping, the actual price there doesn’t support the number in the database. For example, the price for the same IB8338-H is listed in the tool as $630 (as ‘Estimate US online price’), but if you go to Google Shopping, the highest price is $562, while average is no more than $470

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IPVMU Certified | In reply to Boris Bronstein | 10/22/15 07:40pm

Not always, though. For example, if you put Vivotek’s IB8338-H, you’re getting many cameras without WDR...

Were there better Vivotek matches than the ones shown though? Some specs are not going to align, determining which would make or break the result would border on AI, IMHO.

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IPVMU Certified | In reply to Boris Bronstein | 10/22/15 09:17pm

Coincidentally I was just ordering something from mouser and noticed how they handle this situation. You check the attributes that are important to you.

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Boris Bronstein | 10/22/15 09:37pm

Boris, good feedback.

On WDR, we do factor in who has true WDR but it is not exclusive, meaning that it is one of the weights used but not matching on that one feature will not ommit the result.

As for price, my guess is that Vivotek has dropped their pricing in the past year. Given the state of the industry, I bet there is a lot of price dropping recently. I am having one of our guys go and price check all models over the next 2 weeks so we can update with most current pricing. Thanks!

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Michael Miller

10/22/15 07:53pm

Nice work! One issue with your list of Avigilon cameras is about half of the part numbers are for old cameras that are EOL. Any plans to update the Avigilon list to current models?

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Michael Miller | 10/22/15 09:33pm

Which new cameras do you want included?

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In reply to John Honovich | 10/22/15 09:38pm

All the H3a cameras you have listed (and the one you use to test) has been EOL and replaced with new model numbers. The L line has also been EOL.

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IPVMU Certified | In reply to Michael Miller | 10/24/15 05:56am

Perhaps an EOL flag should be added to the database, since just because they are EOL doesn't mean they are OOS.

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #1 | 10/26/15 12:24am

We have an EOL flag, we need to determine how to show / not show. Default now is to hide completely. Perhaps we can show all but mark which are EOL or include an option to let people add it EOL models.

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