Recent content by Royal2000H

I was under the impression H265 support was added in 6th gen?

I appreciate the advice. Will keep hunting. Thank you.

So you'd recommend against a refurbished Dell Inspiron because it's not business? Are there longevity implications?

I'm gearing up for somewhere around/upto 6 Dahua 4 MP cameras - nothing crazy. Would run BI on the computer with AI software. I also have a Synology DS920+ but after some reading, I've concluded that it makes more sense not to store any of the video recording on it and instead store it all on...

What hardware are you running your BI + AI on? Do you record 24/7 onto a HDD in that PC? I'd need to set up a PC for BI and then also need to decide whether to store to the Synology NAS or separate. That's my last hurdle for deciding how to go about this.

I hadn't made a decision yet because I'm notoriously slow to pull the trigger and I'm also quite busy at work. I'm probably going to go with a Dahua 5442 though. It's difficult because I had this plan to get the Reolinks that would plug in PoE to a Reolink NVR with 24/7 recording and then maybe...

Interesting. And funny that that it worked across different models but not across varifocal vs fixed 5442. Guess I can't go down the path @dudemaar suggested of using a varifocal to figure out which fixed I need. Would be interesting to see side-by-side comparisons of the varifocal vs fixed in...

@MYKMACSJ Thanks for the recommendation. It helped lead me to some comparison reviews that I think led me to narrow down onto the Dahua 5442 series. One of the big things steering me that way over the Hikvision you mentioned is the physical size difference of the cameras. The Dahuas seem way...

Thank you for the replies, I'm so sorry for the long delay in response. I had some things that prevented me from getting back here. @samplenhold To further expand on my use, at least at first, I expect to set up 3-4 cameras inside the home and 2-3 outdoor, all PoE. (Later I may need to add...

Thank you all for your responses. I really appreciate the time you each took to give a comprehensive response. @wittaj What you've mentioned here regarding lens is a recurring thing I've seen here, thank you for mentioning it. I'm fortunate that I'm trying to cover relatively simple things...

I've looked through the Wiki and I know that a lower MP camera is often recommended instead of 4K, especially for night performance. But for my use case, I think 4K/image quality does make sense. Probably need 4-5 cameras, half indoor/half out into condo courtyard with some lighting (so not a...