Muff's Modules & More

barto · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:51 pm Post subject: Monitoring Sources

What are you guys using for monitoring video sources? I have a quad splitter but id like to be able to monitor at least 9 sources. i tried out a 16 channel multiplexer but it made an annoying sound (assuming it was for security) when i plugged it in and i couldnt figure out how to turn it off. having the option to monitor the main output in a larger view while the all of the sources were tiled smaller would be nice. i was looking at this unit:

COLOR SAMSUNG / GVI TRIPLEX MULTIPLEXER 1 QUAD 9 16 DISPLAY

some of these units have a motion detection feature. it would be interesting to have multiple sources with movement and have the multiplexer change the output based on the motion, if thats possible

thoughts?

Arturo00 · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:20 pm Post subject:

Wait a second. You mean to tell me this guy has 30 of them and is selling them for $32 each?!

Tbh, I'm pretty new to this video stuff, but that seems like a very good and very affordable piece of equipment that could really come in handy. The zoom feature alone is very interesting to me.

lizlarsen · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:09 am Post subject:

I don't have any real advice on larger monitoring solutions like this, but that unit does look like a good deal. Motion detection is an interesting thing too -- I'm really interested in experimenting with motion detection methods once we have the reprogrammable frame buffer in the system.

revmutt · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:38 am Post subject:

Looks like potential fun. I wonder if it has screw holes for rack ears, that would be an awesome bonus.

barto · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:39 am Post subject:

^ ive seen several that are rack mount. also a lot of them have loop through

daverj · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:05 pm Post subject:

That definitely looks like a 1U rack mount sized case. I don't see ears in the pics, but I'll bet it at least has holes on the side to attach ears to. And it certainly has enough connectors to be loop-thru. In fact if you're not going to be looping thru, you'll probably need a bag of 75 ohm terminators to use with it. I don't see termination switches.

daverj · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:21 pm Post subject:

Here's a couple of monitor banks that might also be of interest:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marshall-V-R44p-Quad-Video-Monitor-/2808888791 19

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marshall-V-R44p-Quad-Video-Monitor-/2007690566 97

This one is cool. It's got 10 monitors:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marshall-V-R25P-Ten-Channel-TFT-NTSC-Monitor-/ 221039438728

barto · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject:

id love to get those dave! only too expensive for me right now