Recent content by Swami

Hello Holbs, I was looking at getting a video doorbell and I came across this post. Do you still think the Dahua VTO2202F-P is a good choice? https://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/productDetail/35187 My criteria are: Easily compatible with Blue Iris Prefer POE No Internet access needed (LAN...

I finally got it built and working!! This is the final setup: Intel i7 8700k ASRock B365M PRO4 16GB DDR4 RAM WD Black SSD for Boot WD Purple 6TB x2 StarTech.com HSB3SATSASBA 3 Bay Aluminum Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane Seasonic Focus PX-550 iStarUSA D-214-MATX 2U Compact MicroATX...

I found these two cameras off your recommendations. https://www.nellyssecurity.com/4k-8mp-varifocal-bullet-ip-poe-security-camera-w-motorized-3-3-12mm-lens-ip66-weatherproof-165-night-vision.html https://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/productDetail/34987 What do you guys?

I didn't want to be rude to my friend, who was just being helpful, so I let him speak his piece. Never was I going to buy into a camera setup from Costco. Here is a layout of how I envisioned the camera layout for my home. Any suggestions for improvements? or camera suggestions (now that you...

Darnit... I forgot to add that. Yes I'm looking to get a 1050 ti 4GB low profile card. Just got to get it in a way that doesn't cost ridiculously too much.

So I think I'm just going to build a PC, the business class machines just aren't giving me the options I want. (and I just like to build systems) This is what I'm looking at: i7 9700 (k) ASRock B365M PRO4 32GB DDR4 RAM WD Black SSD for Boot WD Purple 6TB StarTech.com HSB3SATSASBA 3 Bay Aluminum...

A friend just recommended this as an out of the box solution when I mentioned I was looking at a video surveillance system. https://www.costco.ca/lorex-4k-ultra-hd-security-system-with-6-4k-active-deterrence-cameras.product.100694348.html Who wants to tear it a new one? any takers? lol

I'll probably end up getting a graphics card, I prefer to do things right the first time. I just found this, so it looked promising: Core i7 7700K Kaby Lake Quad Core 4.2 GHz GIGABYTE GA-Z270M-D3H (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z270 Motherboard Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W PSU 64GB...

Hmm. I was interested in having Deepstack run. Maybe if I can find a video card relatively inexpensive I'll add it for future DS use.

I may have to spend more than I'd like then to make sure I have a good future proof PC. Should I focus on Intel QuickSync or get a PCI video cards for encoding?

I just saw this on Kijiji DELL 9020 SFF DESKTOP-i7 4770 3.4-3.90Ghz (Turbo) Quad CORE 4th generation 8 THREADS WITH HYPERTHREADING 8GB DDR3 RAM Win 10 PRO 64bit 240GB SSD HARD DRIVE $280 CDN

No doubt. I'll work on finding the right cameras, and then let the insanity rain down trying to config.

Awww crap. I don't need another techno-addiction! lol

I think I'm going to be looking at maximum of 5 cameras and possibly a doorbell camera. So my needs are fairly basic compared to many. Thanks for the PC recommendation!

I did actually read that thread and that's one of the reasons I joined here and am looking for input. I couldn't believe how many supported that Youtuber and probably got burned by it. I thought the night image would be most important but I'm trying to learn bit by bit.