We realize
this may be confusing. Here's some info to consider regarding
CCD video.
A
CON TO CONSIDER: PIXEL BURN
Just
another fact about CCD video . . .
For
whatever reason(s), a CCD
image
sensor may, at some point, develop a 'pixel
burn-in'. What is it? Well, certainly nothing to be afraid of.
An image sensor element is hundreds of thousands of tiny picture
elements and, occasionally- one of those elements fails and appears
as (usually) a bright white dot on the screen. Obviously, one
of several hundred thousand will not appear large- and is usually
only even visible to the human eye in very low light conditions
or when the lens is covered entirely. The following is a brief
note to those pain-in-the-rear customers who wouldn't ever really
be satisfied unless every little thing would always be perfect.
This is a fact of life and NOT something which can be "fixed"
or reversed. Nor is it covered by any type of warranty, etc..
We have never seen a manufacturer of chipsets of bullet and board
cameras which are immune to this condition, though we have seen
low grade units experience a large number of them in relatively
short order. In general, from our quality components. Putting
an excellent chipset into a camera is NOT all that really matters.
It comes down to BOTH the quality of the image sensor AND the
manufacturing of the camera itself. There are many more manufacturers
of cameras than there are of chipsets.
DON'T
YOU WANT THE BETTER CAMERA??!!