Time to upgrade my old surveillance system. Sold already the old one because my friend wanted a ready configured working system instead of setting a system from scratch. All are outdoor cameras.
I have not been keeping eye on present day offerings and I need some assistance in selecting the right setup.
Old system:
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1) 2pcs of Hik 2132F-IS cameras
2) 1pcs of Dahua 3200S
2) recording to NAS
3) 8port POE+ switch
An idea for the new system:
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1) recording to NAS (already bought/Qnap/24Tb HDD)
2) 2pcs of Hik 2142FWD-IS cams.
3) 2pcs of Hik 2085FWD-I cams
4) 8port POE+ switch (already bought/zyxel)
Questions for you my surveillance brothers:
a) Hik or Dahua? Are there great differences in the quality of the picture between the manufacturer or are the differences just small details?
b) 4k 20fps/hik or 4k 15fps/dahua? With these 8mp cameras is the electronics inside good enough for 4k sharp recording or is there visible tailing, shatter and/or shadows in moving objects because of underpowered processing electronics?
c) I want the material to be viewable/editable by normal w10 applications (VLC,...). I do not like my present dahuas .dav format because of converting procedure and lack of support for other media players. I want to watch material from my media centers (kodi,...) Dahua cannot directly produce mpg/mp4?
d) Firmware in cameras must be sophisticated and easy to use because I do not use NVR or other surveillance softwares. Only CAM->NAS. According to my old experiences Hik has better GUI than dahua. Has there been serious progress in GUI lately?
e) I would prefer cameras with build in mic/speaker rather than just line-in/out. What do you recommend.
f) There are a lot of what manufacturers call as "smart" abitilies in cameras. Are big differences with the abilities of Hik and Dahua within the same price level cams? Ones much smarter than the others?
g) All cameras horizontal view angle must be about 85 degrees. What lens you recommend? I do not like the barrel effect. No need for motorized lens, zoom or ptz.
h) All cameras must have good picture in crepuscular light and good infrared lights because they are on 24/7 and up here in the north the days are short in the winter. IR distance of 30 meters is enough.
i) I have 3 Samsung smart TV's at home. 1x75" and 2x65". J and K series. How do I get the rtsp stream visible to those without any extra equipment. Presently my KODI can show the stream but is it possible to use only TVs. OS in samsung is Tizen (i think).
j) Price. I have a package offer of those 4 new hik cameras of total about 450 USD. International versions with upgradable softwares. The package price is in the limits what I am ready to spend to the system.
Thank you for reading this long story. A lot of questions for you to read/comment.
What do you recommend? Is this good combination or what do you suggest?
-Zak
I have not been keeping eye on present day offerings and I need some assistance in selecting the right setup.
Old system:
---------------
1) 2pcs of Hik 2132F-IS cameras
2) 1pcs of Dahua 3200S
2) recording to NAS
3) 8port POE+ switch
An idea for the new system:
----------------
1) recording to NAS (already bought/Qnap/24Tb HDD)
2) 2pcs of Hik 2142FWD-IS cams.
3) 2pcs of Hik 2085FWD-I cams
4) 8port POE+ switch (already bought/zyxel)
Questions for you my surveillance brothers:
a) Hik or Dahua? Are there great differences in the quality of the picture between the manufacturer or are the differences just small details?
b) 4k 20fps/hik or 4k 15fps/dahua? With these 8mp cameras is the electronics inside good enough for 4k sharp recording or is there visible tailing, shatter and/or shadows in moving objects because of underpowered processing electronics?
c) I want the material to be viewable/editable by normal w10 applications (VLC,...). I do not like my present dahuas .dav format because of converting procedure and lack of support for other media players. I want to watch material from my media centers (kodi,...) Dahua cannot directly produce mpg/mp4?
d) Firmware in cameras must be sophisticated and easy to use because I do not use NVR or other surveillance softwares. Only CAM->NAS. According to my old experiences Hik has better GUI than dahua. Has there been serious progress in GUI lately?
e) I would prefer cameras with build in mic/speaker rather than just line-in/out. What do you recommend.
f) There are a lot of what manufacturers call as "smart" abitilies in cameras. Are big differences with the abilities of Hik and Dahua within the same price level cams? Ones much smarter than the others?
g) All cameras horizontal view angle must be about 85 degrees. What lens you recommend? I do not like the barrel effect. No need for motorized lens, zoom or ptz.
h) All cameras must have good picture in crepuscular light and good infrared lights because they are on 24/7 and up here in the north the days are short in the winter. IR distance of 30 meters is enough.
i) I have 3 Samsung smart TV's at home. 1x75" and 2x65". J and K series. How do I get the rtsp stream visible to those without any extra equipment. Presently my KODI can show the stream but is it possible to use only TVs. OS in samsung is Tizen (i think).
j) Price. I have a package offer of those 4 new hik cameras of total about 450 USD. International versions with upgradable softwares. The package price is in the limits what I am ready to spend to the system.
Thank you for reading this long story. A lot of questions for you to read/comment.
What do you recommend? Is this good combination or what do you suggest?
-Zak