[buildzr]

Wow, interesting to see Hikvision on this list, I own several of their cameras (and keep them isolated on a separate VLAN), but once you know them, you see them everywhere, they have a huge hold in the video surveillance market. Wonder if their main Chinese competitor, Dahua will pick up their market share in the US or if there's a more local competitor.

Huawei's HiSilicon fab makes purpose built ICs for these things, I've dumped the firmware for some whitebox ones done by a local tech retailer, but they were still heavily reliant on those ICs. Will be very interesting to see what happens in that market if this persists for long.

[madcapmac]

I procure cameras for some systems development we are doing for the DoD. Hikvision and Dahua are both specifically banned by law. The number of American companies simply rebranding banned cameras and stamping "Manufactured in America" on them was a bit of a shock.

[onepointsixC]

Any non Chinese manufacturers you can recommend?

[madcapmac]

Try:

https://www.pelco.com/ndaa

https://www.securitysales.com/surveillance/honeywell-30-seri...

Careful with the Honeywell stuff. They are a "rebrander". However, the 30 series cameras claim to be compliant.

Here's an interesting article about the Army getting caught up in that trap:

https://ipvm.com/reports/gordon-honeywell

Look for NDAA Section 889 compliance when searching.

[bigpumpkin]

Dahua also on the list.

[AlexCoventry]

Isn't dahua a homonym for bullshit in Mandarin? ("Big talk?") I'm surprised a company would choose that name.

[tintinlotus]

It' "Big China" in Chinese.

[AlexCoventry]

Yes, but a homonym is "大话", which I gather is a colloquial expression for "bullshit."

[cepp]

A quick look [1] on 有道 reveals that this is not a homonym.

[1]: https://www.youdao.com/w/eng/bullshit/#keyfrom=dict2.index

[AlexCoventry]

Yes, 废话 is a different word than than 大话, and sounds different. I've heard 大话 also means bullshit, though. E.g., "大话王 King Of Bullshit": https://www.le.com/ptv/vplay/26199923.html