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   Per j:   
   >No static IP?   
      
   DynDns seems to do the job cheaper.   
      
      
   >It looked to me that they are all useable and they are all a bit blown   
   >out. I suppose that is normal for a contrasty night shot. One did not   
   >look better than the others at the web resolution, to me. Although one   
   >appeared to have less "color" depth, such that you could see steps in   
   >the gray scale.   
   >   
   >Which one are you favoring?   
      
   I think the same-ness is an artifact of the Blue Iris   
   presentation/bandwidth.   Locally there is a huge diff between   
   the Sony and the FosCam.  If you look again, zoom in on the   
   lettering of the Stop sign and it will show.   
      
   Right now I'm not thinking so much in terms of make/model camera   
   as in what resolutions work.   
      
   The Sony at 1920x1080 is, of course the hands-down favorite - but   
   it costs almost a thousand bucks.   
      
   The EdiMax - at 1290x1024 and less than a tenth of that price -   
   seems to me to have adequate resolution for most tasks, but it is   
   not weatherproof, does not seem to accept different lenses, and   
   does not do IR.   
      
   I think the 640x480 FosCams (at $80 each and with IR) could have   
   a role for small views - like the shot of the side of the car. I   
   have some alternate lenses coming and we'll see....  But for   
   other than small views like a doorway or the side of that car, it   
   seems to me like 640x480 just does not offer enough resolution   
   for facial recognition.   
      
   HD is awfully pricey.... 1280x1024 seems to me like the sweet   
   spot for my anticipated use.   
      
   I've got an el-cheapo ($18) enclosure coming and then we'll see   
   about the EdiMax and maybe some motion-sensing floodlights to get   
   around the lack of IR.   
      
   I'm a little puzzled about the vast preponderance of 640x480   
   cams.   Unencumbered by any real knowledge, it seems to me like   
   the only diff between 640x480 and 1280x1024 would be the sensor   
   they put in the cam - and the $80 EdiMax would seem tb proof that   
   the more capable sensor doesn't have to add that much to the   
   price.   
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