Question for first time buyer

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JFire

Getting the hang of it
Aug 26, 2015
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Pittsburgh, PA
I'm looking to purchase 4 cameras and a dvr. I'm thinking 3mp range on camera but I have some questions when it comes to dvr and networking.

I'm going to go poe. So I run all the cameras into poe switch. Switch to router and dvr to router. I've recently cut the cord and all my TVs are smart or Amazon fire stick. I can get ip cam viewer to watch the cams on my tvs.

My question is is that how it works? Camera to switch switch to router dvr to router?

Justin

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I'm still working to get my first system accessible from the web. I bought the nvr with poe switch : HIKVISION DS-7608NI-E2
 
I've seen the nvr's that have poe built in. Still wondering if my original idea is doable.

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JFire said:
I've seen the nvr's that have poe built in. Still wondering if my original idea is doable.

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Yes it is doable and sometimes preferred. That way you dont have to run any cables to the NVR. You can run cameras to switch and NVR to switch as well, thereby avoiding any traffic passing through the router. This is one of the top benefits of ip, that you dont have to homerun to the NVR.
 
Are those mini nvr 's any good ? if I ran a 8 port POE then to a cheap 50 buck mini nvr then to router or am I better running to my Blue Iris 3 PC ? thought it might save power rather the 350watt PC.
 
Jack B Nimble said:
Are those mini nvr 's any good ? if I ran a 8 port POE then to a cheap 50 buck mini nvr then to router or am I better running to my Blue Iris 3 PC ? thought it might save power rather the 350watt PC.
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Your pc is not drawing 350w unless is an old server.
Modern forth generation intel haswell pc's will draw 20-40w or so on an average load.
The mini NVR's are crap, setting aside the fact that blue iris is much more functional, upgrade to BI4.
 
Not really sure how much my pc uses all I know is I had a 350 watt power supply put in it. When I get time I was going to look into all the value to upgrade to BI4 but too much on the go. Also if I went with BI4 i told myself I would be new version on its own computer. I have a IBM laptop I don't use anymore figured that might be OK but, not sure about running BI4 and 8-10 cameras on it over time.
 
Jack B Nimble said:
Not really sure how much my pc uses all I know is I had a 350 watt power supply put in it. When I get time I was going to look into all the value to upgrade to BI4 but too much on the go. Also if I went with BI4 i told myself I would be new version on its own computer. I have a IBM laptop I don't use anymore figured that might be OK but, not sure about running BI4 and 8-10 cameras on it over time.
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A 350w power supply is meaningless with respect to how much the pc actually consumes. Its a common misconception. You old ibm latop will not be able to run 10 high res cameras with blue iris.
 
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