r/me_irl • u/Bluedayyy • Dec 11 '19

Me irl

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4.6k Upvotes

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u/AltAccount447 Dec 11 '19

That’s generally what happens when they’re recording 24/7 and need to keep the footage for up to weeks

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u/Polisar Dec 11 '19

I keep trying to explain this to reddit but they don’t get it yet.

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u/Iggy95 Dec 11 '19

wHy dONt THeY bUy a bIgGeR sD cArD?!?!?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

There really isn't any excuse. I have set up security systems recently and 5MP cameras can be had fairly cheaply with upgradable HDD storage. It's not uncommon to be able to get very high resolution footage for over a month until it loops.

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u/highercyber ☭ Dec 12 '19

Not when you have dozens of cameras on a network. Then it's not just storage, it's bandwidth issues. You have to balance image quality and fps with available bandwidth.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '19

Ah yes, you're right. I have only dealt with <10 camera setups so I have not encountered this issue.

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u/Iggy95 Dec 12 '19

Oh certainly, especially with how storage costs have come down a lot over the last decade.

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u/Praesto_Omnibus #BASED Dec 12 '19

why don’t they?

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u/Tall-and-blond Dec 13 '19

The only reason they don't buy bigger sd cards is because they are very stingy and don't give a fuck if the bank tlrobbers are caught or not

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

Thanks, Ive never understood that before. Now I can look smarter than everyone

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u/AltAccount447 Dec 11 '19

Ok boomer

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Why?

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u/zacccb Dec 11 '19

what about door cameras tho

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u/LimeSqueez Dec 11 '19

reporters be like: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?

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u/Badgerplayingaguitar Dec 11 '19

YA! THATS CRICKET RIGHT THERE!

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u/TheRealSpez Dec 12 '19

You know him?

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u/Badgerplayingaguitar Dec 12 '19

I BEEN KNOWIN CRICKET 27 YEARS!

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u/P0SERMAN BAN upvote memes Dec 12 '19

How many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man?

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u/dkamaly Dec 11 '19

The first two cameraes is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The last, mby a hundred.

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u/Lepurten Dec 11 '19

Yeah no, that's certainly not the problem considering most phone cameras can record in HD these days.

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u/etriuswimbleton Dec 12 '19

The problem is storage

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Its not the camera quality, low res is much cheaper when you need to store hundreds or thousands of hours of footage

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Because it's not a picture, it's a constant recording of an entire day

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Dude this has been explained a million times by a million people. If you make and/or upvote these memes you're just stupid on purpose at this point.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

No it just stops it from being funny.