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Looking for advice on camera's & placement. I'm awful with mechanical/installs, so I'm trying to find local companies on craiglist that do residential installs. I already have a PC for Blue Iris setup, 1000ft CAT6 23AWG, and an Ubiquity EdgeSwitch 24 port 500W POE switch, so it'd just be cameras & install.
One guy said an install for ~8 cameras would be $600-$700 (just the install, no cameras), and he recommended the Amcrest IP8M-T2499EW (he linked to amazon, but it was the T2599EW model, as it seems like the 2499 isn't sold anymore).
Another guy wouldn't give me a model number but said he'd install LTS 4k IP Dome Camera 8MP@20fps, 2.8mm, H265+, MatrixIR 100' DC/PoE VP, MD 2.0 - Human and Vehicle Detection for $220/camera (including the camera price, which he says he gets for $170). He's flexible and said he'd use whatever camera I wanted (I'm assuming it'd be $50/cam).
Another guy said he'd put up 4 cams (on each of the corners, wouldn't give me model numbers), but quoted install at $249/cam, and said they'd be Dahua AI 5MP Starlight Fisheye Builtin Mic @ $199/cam.
The first guy said he'd try to conceal the ethernet, and the other 2 said they'd try to do most of the wiring in the attic. Neither of them ever heard of Blue Iris (I mentioned using Digital Watchdog as well) - and said to use NVRs, but it'd be up to me.
My main goal for the back/side yard is to find where my kids are as they run outside and won't respond. It'd be nice to have low light cameras near the garage just in case anyone tried to mess with our cars. Doesn't seem right that they'd want the same model camera for each location. Any advice is appreciated. I'd like to keep the cost per camera < $200.
Here are shots around the house - some of the trees & shed block the view, so that's why I figured it'd be ~8 cameras total:
I put a drone up to get some shots at where the 2nd installer (who recommended 4 cameras) would look like:
Looking for advice on camera's & placement. I'm awful with mechanical/installs, so I'm trying to find local companies on craiglist that do residential installs. I already have a PC for Blue Iris setup, 1000ft CAT6 23AWG, and an Ubiquity EdgeSwitch 24 port 500W POE switch, so it'd just be cameras & install.
One guy said an install for ~8 cameras would be $600-$700 (just the install, no cameras), and he recommended the Amcrest IP8M-T2499EW (he linked to amazon, but it was the T2599EW model, as it seems like the 2499 isn't sold anymore).
Another guy wouldn't give me a model number but said he'd install LTS 4k IP Dome Camera 8MP@20fps, 2.8mm, H265+, MatrixIR 100' DC/PoE VP, MD 2.0 - Human and Vehicle Detection for $220/camera (including the camera price, which he says he gets for $170). He's flexible and said he'd use whatever camera I wanted (I'm assuming it'd be $50/cam).
Another guy said he'd put up 4 cams (on each of the corners, wouldn't give me model numbers), but quoted install at $249/cam, and said they'd be Dahua AI 5MP Starlight Fisheye Builtin Mic @ $199/cam.
The first guy said he'd try to conceal the ethernet, and the other 2 said they'd try to do most of the wiring in the attic. Neither of them ever heard of Blue Iris (I mentioned using Digital Watchdog as well) - and said to use NVRs, but it'd be up to me.
My main goal for the back/side yard is to find where my kids are as they run outside and won't respond. It'd be nice to have low light cameras near the garage just in case anyone tried to mess with our cars. Doesn't seem right that they'd want the same model camera for each location. Any advice is appreciated. I'd like to keep the cost per camera < $200.
Here are shots around the house - some of the trees & shed block the view, so that's why I figured it'd be ~8 cameras total:
I put a drone up to get some shots at where the 2nd installer (who recommended 4 cameras) would look like:
