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    Looking to use Hik cameras to livestream sports events to facebook and internet

    In a nutshell, I'm trying to explore the possibility of using IP cams as a cheaper and more durable alternative to broadcasting sporting events like paintball. I'd appreciate any input you all may have regarding what would possible to livestream/broadcast sports event from multiple camera...
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    What type of hard drive should I be using? WD Blue? WD Red? Something else?

    WDPurple for the win. Went from like a 10-20% failure rate within a year with seagate to uder 1% with WDPURx drives. WDPurple went back and re-engineered the HDD's for 24/7 video storage. In a nutshell, WD engineers noticed that when recording video 24/7 the HDD needle that writes over the...
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    Any cameras that are black or can be painted black

    All cameras can be painted, just make sure you prep (clean surface) up little bit and use some quality paint or you'll be coming out to repaint it after a while. Typically this is what most installers do since most of the top manufacturers like hikvision, dahua, uniview, axis and more don't...