Small Chinese Manufacturers at ISC West
Author: Derek Ward, Published on Apr 20, 2015
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Comments (23)
Kevin Nadai
It likely costs a fortune to ship the products back to China, so it makes sense to sell them for cash, even pennies to the dollar.
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Luis Carmona
Good write up, Derek, and interesting piece. It seems pretty amusing the sell off of equipment the last day, but in a way makes sense. The equipment is so cheap it's probably more to ship that make it.
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Richard Ramsowr
For a number of years now the so called small off shore ccv companies have been showing up at ISC west and for the most part they tend to cluster together which as lead me to believe that their all part of single larger corporate group based on nationality. Note that the booths tend to be sub-par in size. Their art work tends to be above average. I would perfer something a litle more established myself. Just a through or two
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John Honovich
From what I recall, and someone correct me, my understanding was that selling anything directly out of a booth was against the rules, essentially to stop ISC West from being a flea market.
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john wood
I visited many of the Chineese vendors and bought two of their kits. To my surprise the picture on one of the kits was breath taking. (considering a 4 camera kit was under $100!) Color was spot on and the picture was very sharp with detail down to me lighting my face with a candle at 40 ft.! Neat-o
I am about to comission a Hybrid DVR with a PTZ and a controller. We will see how good it is.
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john wood
Dang, I missed the Rubic's Cube cam. You guys really dig deep into your stories.
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ALEX VERGES
did you visit Tiandy? any input from them?
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Charles Dozier
At times there were more Chinese in my booth than Hoale.
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Jorge Arriaga
that is nice, hat is the name of this artifact?
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Undisclosed Integrator #6
Just saw the video, and it seems there was a manufacturer called "FOC Tek". Not the best choice for a brand name in the U.S. market, I suppose....
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