Geovision 4MP Super Low Cost Turret Tested (EBD-4700)

By John Scanlan, Published on Sep 29, 2017

~$100 cameras, even for 4MP, are now expected by many dealers, as price cuts and ongoing sales have set this expectation.

At the same time, many dealers are looking for alternatives to Dahua and Hikvision, due to cybersecurity concerns, dealer saturation or simply alternative brands.

A recent Geovision camera, EBD-4700, a 4MP outdoor turret, is challenging or beating pricing of their bigger rivals. So we bought one and tested it vs Hikvision.

 

Inside, we report on:

  • Full light and low light image quality
  • WDR performance
  • IR range and overexposure
  • IR illumination pattern
  • Lens distortion
  • Bandwidth consumption

See our full results inside.

Executive *******

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Image *******

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WDR ***********

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Bandwidth **********

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Comments (7)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

09/29/17 01:53pm

curious how it compares to its non-oem uniview counterpart.

Undisclosed #2

IPVMU Certified | 09/29/17 02:59pm

Will the GEO accept UNV firmware?

Undisclosed #3

09/30/17 02:06am

Just because the housing is the same as unv it does not mean the chipset or sensor inside is the same. 

As undisclosed 1 said it would be interesting to see direct comparison to UNV branded model.

Undisclosed #4

In reply to Undisclosed #3 | 09/30/17 02:55am

My point of view, those h/w will be same at least.
4MP sensor for surveillance purpouse seems to be the exclusive place of OV4689.
From the unit price point of view, encode chip have to the same possibility. that is probably Hi3516A.
But I can't know of truth until disassembly. I expect further research by IPVM.

Undisclosed #2

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed #3 | 09/30/17 08:15am

Just because the housing is the same as unv it does not mean the chipset or sensor inside is the same.

How do you feel about the both serial numbers starting with 210235?

Undisclosed #4

09/30/17 02:19am

Their speed dome camera such as SD2322-IR is also UNV's OEM, unfortunately.
I'm very worried that OEM cam will replace genuine cam.

ARUN JAITHWAR

10/05/17 08:05am

Thanks, for  knowledge updates.

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