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I appreciated the advice. I just installed it and am happy with the results. It doesn't stick out too bad. I'm either uncapable or unwilling to invest the time to learn how all the connectivity side of things work, so I've been leaning on a friend who knows this sort of stuff minimally to...

Thank you for the suggestions, advice, and pictures! It looks like a couple of good options to look into. I had someone who is much better at this type of stuff than me setup the computer and isolate it, so I'm not too worried. In any case, my girlfriend doesn't even enjoy watching me walk...

I'll look at the installation and see if I think I could surface mount by shoving the wires above the ceiling. I think the cameras I used outdoors would have a challenging time surfacing mounting. I definitely understand the consideration of having the indoor cameras. I've weighed it, and...

Thank you for the suggestions. I will look into those further to see if I can find some pictures of them installed. I have a hard time getting perspective without seeing it installed. It looks like the Dahua might need a surface mounted box to install. I'll evaluate if I think I can cut in a...

Hi All. I appreciated the great advice I received procuring the start of my camera system. I'm looking to expand it a bit, and I'm hoping there are some recommendations on an interior camera that isn't too obtrusive looking. I'm using BlueIris software. I bought the Dahua cameras for the...

Wow. If that is the basics, I'm in for a ride! It is a great article with a lot of somewhat digestible information. I might have to work on the retention side of my brain. thank you for sharing.

Very helpful suggestions. In the interest of time, I think I'm going to get to start with cams I listed to see how well they work. If I don't like the view, I can move them and replace with one of these great options. I've made a note to come back and look through these suggestions in more...

I also wondered if there was a single camera with two lenses. I hadn't gotten to that thought yet before I lost it.

Reinforcing the mention that I know nothing about how this stuff works, can I simply put one of those splitters up in my soffit and install two cameras? I thought about a splitter earlier but assumed I probably had to have two wires for two cameras. That could be a game changer if there isn't an...

I have a large shop next to my house that I'm working on finishing. I'll use this new knowledge to better locate my cameras when I finish it next year.

I don't disagree after looking through the various pictures and views in the forum coupled with now knowing Blue Iris cannot dewarp live. I have one room on the main level that I'd like to watch two doors. It requires 160 degrees to catch them both. On the outside, I did not pull enough wires...

That link was extremely helpful in consolidating a digestible summary of opinions amongst what feels like millions of "threads." Clearly the path I was on is the right one, whether or not Blue Iris can dewarp that one or two 360 camera live. I got some other great reading material to dive into...

Thanks for the great feedback! I will definitely follow the advice and "workbench it" before getting carried away on a ladder. I just got home and it looks like I have COM-Link Cat6 UTP and Southwire Cat5e UTP. I think this is the acceptable kind and it looks to be solid instead of stranded...

Thank you for the response. I'm looking at eventually building out to about 8 exterior cameras and 6 interior cameras. For now, I'm starting with 6-7 cameras total. The cabling is a mixture of CAT5E and CAT6, so no copper clad wire! I'll look through the wiki link more this evening. Looks like a...

Hello! I've looked through the forums several times in the last couple years, and I'm finally ready to dive into my first setup. Andy/Empire? is helping me with the cameras. I had a friend who put his system together here and suggested blue iris and this forum. I picked up a spare computer from...