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    Advice on new Dahua setup without NVR

    In terms of image quality, reliability and flexibility (not to mention ease of installation) there should be no comparison between a dedicated IP camera and a raspberry Pi with a camera board (which I think were £15 when I bought mine but there are now Chinese knockoffs available for even less)...
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    Advice on new Dahua setup without NVR

    Thanks Jim. My understanding is that AHD is the other (cheaper) type of camera that is not IP based so I don't think a simple adapter would work for the camera I have chosen. I have extended my ethernet network out to the shed with a pair ofthesewhich were just £15 on amazon before christmas and...
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    Advice on new Dahua setup without NVR

    Thank you everybody for your very helpful responses. The varifocal feature definitely seems of use to me. I noticed the 2231 doesn't have audio though and I think that would be interesting to play with so I have chosen the 5231 instead which seems to be substantially similar, but with audio. I...
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    Advice on new Dahua setup without NVR

    Hi everyone I am planning a system to monitor a barn where cows that are about to calve and happened across this forum. My main conclusions so far are: Don't buy some cheap no name camera (I heard good things about Dahua) Don't buy a good name camera but with Chinese firmware Eyeball type...
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