No way man, just as you said - you get what you pay for. Sure i
COULD do that, but now I know too much to be dangerous (to my wallet lol). Once i learned so much in here no way my hard earned money is going to those systems....plus I have similar already (Eufy) and they suck so bad. Going to pick up a few
IPC-T5442T-ZE or IPC-T3241-ZAS, got a poE switch (already on order) and looking into NVRs now and software to run 'em.
So I am certainly willing to put some amount of time in on set up, on the software side, I admit i am looking for more of an easier process.