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Earl Weiss

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Anyone have good source for Siamese camera cable. Current supplier provides "IC20 AWG & 2C18 AWG. make lenghts as needed and put on the BNC connectors for cameras.
 

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Just wondering why are you installing cameras with siamese cable? Everything you would want to use is cat 5-6now. I believe 1080p is the highest quality you can get on cable. For only a couple dollars more you can get 4k with cat 5/6 which is way easier to run and no power supplies necessary.
 

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Just wondering why are you installing cameras with siamese cable? Everything you would want to use is cat 5-6now. I believe 1080p is the highest quality you can get on cable. For only a couple dollars more you can get 4k with cat 5/6 which is way easier to run and no power supplies necessary.
I have 18 Cameras in operation. Started out as a lower res system. Went to 1080P with same wiring. Original system was Q See system with the much smaller gauge wire. Some 1080P cameras did Ok with it. Some bad from the get go. Now 3 more need to have wiring upgraded. 1080 P is doing the job for me so I don't want to spend $ and labor to run 3000 or so feet of wire now to upgrade.
 

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I have 18 Cameras in operation. Started out as a lower res system. Went to 1080P with same wiring. Original system was Q See system with the much smaller gauge wire. Some 1080P cameras did Ok with it. Some bad from the get go. Now 3 more need to have wiring upgraded. 1080 P is doing the job for me so I don't want to spend $ and labor to run 3000 or so feet of wire now to upgrade.
Wonder if thats the same qsee system I have?? I got a new iPhone and now I cannot get onto my system!!! Call qsee and they say buy a new system, we no longer support it?? I said ok I will do that, it'll be a Lorex though!!! why would I buy another system from you that you will just abandon after 5-6 years? Ridiculous answers they gave meas to how to handle remote logon. I have an older iphone that I use just for those cameras until I either upgrade system, or lease runs out.
 
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