Recent content by ctfortner

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    New house, camera and NVR question

    I hope to upgrade to around 8 over time, probably going to start with 4 and upgrade more as budget allows.
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    New house, camera and NVR question

    Thanks for the replies. The stuff parked away from the house was previous owner. We just bought the place and that is an old aerial. However I will soon be breaking ground on a detached workshop in the area, and of course it will be wired, so i will have power and cams added there once that...
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    New house, camera and NVR question

    Hello all, we recently bought a new house and I want to upgrade from my, well, umm, arlos. There that's out the way :) In the beginning, I am planning to purchase 4 of the IPC-HDW5231R-Z along with 1 NVR4108-8P-4KS2. It is kind of remote on some acres of land and about 350 off the road, so...
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    Help with camera POE and design

    Ok thanks for the information. I think a POE NVR may be the route I go and run new lines from it to each cam. what is the difference in the dahua "mini" nvr vs a "regular" nvr? Would I be ok using this for a 4 or 5 cam setup NVR4108/4116-8P-4KS2 | Dahua Technology or would I be better off with...
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    Help with camera POE and design

    nayr, that is interesting, haven't seen those before. That may be an easy fix (assuming they work OK) to the attic area vs running 3 cables. I only intend on 3 cams in there at the moment. So where does its power come from, a POE switch I assume? Roman, thanks for the info. I am going to...
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    Help with camera POE and design

    Unfortunately home runs to the original closet would be impossible. The walls in the game room are the attic walls. So maybe I could go buy a POE NVR installed in the game room and run new wires from there, through the wall into the attic, to each camera location. I "think" i would have...
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    Help with camera POE and design

    Hello all, I could use a little help if you have time. I have been reading up for a couple of weeks and I am still not sure the best way to do what I am trying to do. I am new to this for sure, and only own a couple of Arlo's at this point. The mission: - I want to add 4-6 cams around the...