Hi, all.
I recently finished construction on my new house and am wanting to upgrade my cameras. I previously had a few Foscam C1s connected to BlueIris and they worked great for me. Only one was outside (this was in a townhouse) and it was covered so I was ok with running an indoor camera, outdoors (and the fact that it was ~$50).
I can't do that anymore and need to upgrade. I am pretty sure I want to go with Dahua cameras but the more I read the more confused I get as there are tons of options.
I'm thinking about the Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z) as the reviews make it seem like this is THE camera to buy, at least it was in 2016/2017.
I want to be able to record audio (must have), and I want great night vision (not opposed to installing IR lights if needed). At the risk of sounding like a newb, I'll say that the 2Mp scares me a bit. Only for the fact that I would like to be able to zoom in to license plates of cars that pass by, if needed.
Attached is a picture of the front of my house with arrows pointing to the location of where I plan on installing the cameras.
Edit: POE is also a requirement for me as I don't have power everywhere. I'd also like for mounting brackets to be available so I don't have to fabricate something.
Any help is greatly appreciated - thanks in advance!
I recently finished construction on my new house and am wanting to upgrade my cameras. I previously had a few Foscam C1s connected to BlueIris and they worked great for me. Only one was outside (this was in a townhouse) and it was covered so I was ok with running an indoor camera, outdoors (and the fact that it was ~$50).
I can't do that anymore and need to upgrade. I am pretty sure I want to go with Dahua cameras but the more I read the more confused I get as there are tons of options.
I'm thinking about the Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z) as the reviews make it seem like this is THE camera to buy, at least it was in 2016/2017.
I want to be able to record audio (must have), and I want great night vision (not opposed to installing IR lights if needed). At the risk of sounding like a newb, I'll say that the 2Mp scares me a bit. Only for the fact that I would like to be able to zoom in to license plates of cars that pass by, if needed.
Attached is a picture of the front of my house with arrows pointing to the location of where I plan on installing the cameras.
Edit: POE is also a requirement for me as I don't have power everywhere. I'd also like for mounting brackets to be available so I don't have to fabricate something.
Any help is greatly appreciated - thanks in advance!
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