EOM (End of Marketing and Sales) for 5442-S3 announced
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The 5442s are proven and have been the forum favorite for years
The two newish series, 54PRO and 3 Series TIOC PRO have been shown to have worse moving image quality.
The -IL series is thus far untested. There are no reasonable good test comparisons that I’ve seen here.
It’s hard to imagine that the cheapest camera series of the bunch has magically been made to outperform the others.
If however static images and “brightness” are your main requirements, any of those will be better for you than the 5442 series.
The two newish series, 54PRO and 3 Series TIOC PRO have been shown to have worse moving image quality.
The -IL series is thus far untested. There are no reasonable good test comparisons that I’ve seen here.
It’s hard to imagine that the cheapest camera series of the bunch has magically been made to outperform the others.
If however static images and “brightness” are your main requirements, any of those will be better for you than the 5442 series.
Gosh, I'm feeling unloved that the 50+ comparison images I posted aren't reasonably good.
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I can't say there's much that interests me in the current CCTV camera lineups atm anyway. The 5442 was the one good go to. Until Manufacturers ditch AI or at least realise it's a tweaking tool & nothing more, then I don't see me buying any cameras in the near future, failure needs aside. The market still needs the option of high data rates given cheap storage (back soon hopefully with the memory crash), optional low / low destructive compression settings, back to front sharpness & zoom that doesn't collapse the whole picture due to compression tricks such as restricting higher data rates to the central portion or interpollating the non central part, and large sensors to give native low light low noise performance. Until then, I see little reason to upgrade, emergency needs apart.
US war on Iran make all things plummet, sure only oil up a lot. The DDR company Helix and Sumsung up 13% today. My news is different than what you see on the youtube guys. Factory purchasing price is going much higher in April. Just watch Micron stock if really plmmet or not. Market always like to scare the people away and buy something cheaper. Anyway, i hate the DDR price increase and hopeful they can be stable.
Arjun
IPCT Contributor
It was inevitable to see the EOL come in for the 5442
There is no S4 in sight
Arjun
IPCT Contributor
Never thought we would be experiencing price gouging outside the norms of gas stations and toilet paper
Later a US Made Router will be thousand USD, you will find the cameras are really cheap 
Arjun
IPCT Contributor
Gotta' get used to the new inflated prices for a few years before they are considered normal prices - so yes, the return to normal prices will come, but not soon enough, and will be dollar for dollar or rather, replaced by the Yuan - therefore $230 for the 5442 is normal pricing y'all (Arjun from the future) 
It looks like also all 5-series Full Color models (both 5449 & 5849) went EOM in last day of March. With exception for 5849-A180 camera.
5849 - it means Color4K with 1/1.2" is no more... As replacement is provided by Dahua 5x59-PRO with WizColor...
support.dahuasecurity.com
If you look at Dahua website for 5 series Full Color, only 180 cams are listed now..
they don't have any equivalent in modern models...
ps. situation how fast they EOM all previous 5-series cams (both IR and Full Color) is a little strange. I know that there are RAM shortages, but this looks more like problem with other chips (image sensors or SOCs chips) used in those models...
ps2. they EOM'ed also very popular in Europe in official channels 3xx9 series S5 series TIOC line (non PRO)..
Andy (@EMPIRETECANDY) do you have any more news about those End-of-Marketing/Sales situations???
Andy any other news about new products / firmware upgrades to 5x59-PRO/IL lines (Dahua deleted latest public firmware for those cams on official website)???
5849 - it means Color4K with 1/1.2" is no more... As replacement is provided by Dahua 5x59-PRO with WizColor...
support
If you look at Dahua website for 5 series Full Color, only 180 cams are listed now..
they don't have any equivalent in modern models...
ps. situation how fast they EOM all previous 5-series cams (both IR and Full Color) is a little strange. I know that there are RAM shortages, but this looks more like problem with other chips (image sensors or SOCs chips) used in those models...
ps2. they EOM'ed also very popular in Europe in official channels 3xx9 series S5 series TIOC line (non PRO)..
Andy (@EMPIRETECANDY) do you have any more news about those End-of-Marketing/Sales situations???
Andy any other news about new products / firmware upgrades to 5x59-PRO/IL lines (Dahua deleted latest public firmware for those cams on official website)???
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It looks like also all 5-series Full Color models (both 5449 & 5849) went EOM in last day of March. With exception for 5849-A180 camera.
5849 - it means Color4K with 1/1.2" is no more... As replacement is provided by Dahua 5x59-PRO with WizColor...
support
If you look at Dahua website for 5 series Full Color, only 180 cams are listed now..
they don't have any equivalent in modern models...
ps. situation how fast they EOM all previous 5-series cams (both IR and Full Color) is a little strange. I know that there are RAM shortages, but this looks more like problem with other chips (image sensors or SOCs chips) used in those models...
ps2. they EOM'ed also very popular in Europe in official channels 3xx9 series S5 series TIOC line (non PRO)..
Andy (@EMPIRETECANDY) do you have any more news about those End-of-Marketing/Sales situations???
Andy any other news about new products / firmware upgrades to 5x59-PRO/IL lines (Dahua deleted latest public firmware for those cams on official website)???
So it looks like the 5442 is gone as well?
PS- they should arrest and torture the guy who redesigned the website
YES - both IR 5442/5842 -S3 series (54IR/58IR) and Full Color series -S2 series 5449/5849 (Color4K in Andy shop) are gone..
You can find them in Discounted section with EOL mark / logo:
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Chokolinho
Getting comfortable
It’s a really sad situation. The good cameras are disappearing from the market, and the new ones are rubbish and don’t get any updates either.
But they’re cheaper to make and more profitable.
The Walmartization of surveillance cameras
The Walmartization of surveillance cameras
N-i-k-s-o-n
Pulling my weight
The SD5A-GA/GB-HNR series has been replaced by the SD5A-MA/MB-HNR series, which features an interesting AI-based feature for precise preset switching to compensate for gear play.
This guy must contract with a lot of companies I have products from. Is Dahua a recent client?
The video gets better toward the end. "Braking is now a premium feature...."
The video gets better toward the end. "Braking is now a premium feature...."
Arjun
IPCT Contributor
RIPYES - both IR 5442/5842 -S3 series (54IR/58IR) and Full Color series -S2 series 5449/5849 (Color4K in Andy shop) are gone..
You can find them in Discounted section with EOL mark / logo:
