Love to see the "spec" that beats anything out there ( or on a par).
What cameras are you using? Lenses ? Lux rates? IR what type? DVR/NVR ?
Coax/RG/Fibre Otic/Wireless tramsmission?
Power supplies?
you asked, so lets start:
1 16 chanel dedicated micros ds2 and controller £2000 shall we say, i think this unit on looks and graphic interface is crap, but apart from that its ok and is a industry standard.
2 i much prefer my panasonic wjhd316 16 chanel, just under £4000 as you already no.
3, my 2x panasonic WV-CW960 outdoor ptzs dome brand new boxed 2 years ago, around £1800 each as you already know.
4, 2x panasonic system controllers WV-CU650 errrm £1000 each shall we say?
5, my dennard housings with either panasonic true day nights fitted (ir moveable lense) or vista day night box cameras. £200 quid a pop minimum as you already know per camera, not sure how much dennard housings are, i have 3 of them, 2 still brand new boxed.
6. my vista true day night domes, some with leds up to £300 a pop?? i have loads of these some still boxed
7. my honeywell true day nights ir lense with leds, brand new boxed i have 3 of these nearly £1000 there as you already now
8 my older last version panasonic ptz outdoor dome £1500 shall we say??
and a few other bits and pieces i wont bore you with, all cat 5ed and buluned, all netoworked for remote viewing anywhere in the world, fully networked in house to any laptop, pc or plasama or lcd tv i choose.
internal panaosnic ip cameras all ftping out of the house.
soon to start sourcing ip megapixel cameras, panasonic branded ones, in fact got my eye on a pansonic 720p ptz external dome £2000 for that bad boy.
power supplys mixture of 12vdc or 24vac, panny ptzs 240v, lenses all various sizes from wide angle to nice tight close up shots of accses points, car sheds etc.
beats anything used by 99% of any domestic user, also wipes the floor with most shop cctv, supermarkets may beat me but i doubt infact i know aldi lidle iceland etc my domestic cctv blows theres out of the door.
happy now, yes you may call me a geek and bow before me at my domestic cctv install.
oh lights are 300 too 500watt pirs, also love my low wattage 2d ligting, so do my cameras.
when my panny domes switch to black and white at night and i get crystal clear displays on my main crt monitor is what floats my boat.