I followed mat2000 from slick deals here. I have 1000 foot of cat6 that is about to magically install itself throughout my house and to an undetermined amount of camera locations. I will try not to ask the same ole which camera for me questions but not gonna make any promises.
What I know this far: Im not interested in running blue iris mostly due to the fact that i'm not the most computer savvy guy and do not feel like tweaking days and weeks trying to learn new things. I have a central closest in my house that I intend on putting my router (asus AC-88u) , NVR, monitor, and all ethernet cables. My house is 3k sqf sitting on an acre partially lit via a few decorative outside lights. I do have on/off style floodlights mounted on all outside corners of the house from the soffit/overhang. Pretty much where the future locations of my cameras will be. I would rather spend the money once and not have to worry about upgrading 2 years from now when the next best thing comes out. I know I want 16 channels (for future additions) with probably 8 cameras to start off.
What I plan on achieving from my not yet purchased camera system is: Surveillance, obviously. a week of up recorded footage ( I figure that's probably how long it would take me to realize ive been ripped off). Remote viewing from smart phone ( not sure on this one due to the break-neck internet speeds at my house being 10 mbps tops). Clear enough images to ID a crook from 20-30ish feet. I dont care to see what the neighbor is doing 400 yards away but do want a good view of say 50-100 feet away from camera. I want good software that is easy to set-up and hiccup free, to the point, with minimal razzle dazzle. Would really like to be able to tune any tv in my house to a certain channel or input and view a live camera feed of all cameras.
At first I wanted 4k cameras, now not so much. The starlight 2mp dahua cameras are impressive, However as sacrilege as it may sound I am not really in the mood to design or build a system. Unfortunately I feel as though I missed the bus on getting a smoking deal on a kit as black friday has come and gone and I was not schooled enough at the time to know exactly what I wanted to pull the trigger. Cost isnt really an issue as much as bang for the buck is. I dont care to be top of the surveillance mountain, i just want my junk to work and not take a month to learn how to use it or setup.
My questions:
1, What are your thoughts on viewing the camera feed on all tvs in the house? All tv locations will have CAT6 ran to them (returning back to router) as I am too cheap to pay for a tv service. Easiest way to do this?
2, Will mounting my cameras near exterior flood lights mess up the image? The lights stay off mostly unless the dog is out or im outside cooking etc. What is best practice. Flood shinning from behind camera or camera looking from behind flood?
3. I kinda like montavue, lorex, even seen a samsung or something or another system. I know I know its all about the cameras, to be honest my head is just full at the moment.
4. How do you think the smartphone viewing will be with the crap internet speeds? Possible, Impossible?
Like I said above, thanks in advance.
What I know this far: Im not interested in running blue iris mostly due to the fact that i'm not the most computer savvy guy and do not feel like tweaking days and weeks trying to learn new things. I have a central closest in my house that I intend on putting my router (asus AC-88u) , NVR, monitor, and all ethernet cables. My house is 3k sqf sitting on an acre partially lit via a few decorative outside lights. I do have on/off style floodlights mounted on all outside corners of the house from the soffit/overhang. Pretty much where the future locations of my cameras will be. I would rather spend the money once and not have to worry about upgrading 2 years from now when the next best thing comes out. I know I want 16 channels (for future additions) with probably 8 cameras to start off.
What I plan on achieving from my not yet purchased camera system is: Surveillance, obviously. a week of up recorded footage ( I figure that's probably how long it would take me to realize ive been ripped off). Remote viewing from smart phone ( not sure on this one due to the break-neck internet speeds at my house being 10 mbps tops). Clear enough images to ID a crook from 20-30ish feet. I dont care to see what the neighbor is doing 400 yards away but do want a good view of say 50-100 feet away from camera. I want good software that is easy to set-up and hiccup free, to the point, with minimal razzle dazzle. Would really like to be able to tune any tv in my house to a certain channel or input and view a live camera feed of all cameras.
At first I wanted 4k cameras, now not so much. The starlight 2mp dahua cameras are impressive, However as sacrilege as it may sound I am not really in the mood to design or build a system. Unfortunately I feel as though I missed the bus on getting a smoking deal on a kit as black friday has come and gone and I was not schooled enough at the time to know exactly what I wanted to pull the trigger. Cost isnt really an issue as much as bang for the buck is. I dont care to be top of the surveillance mountain, i just want my junk to work and not take a month to learn how to use it or setup.
My questions:
1, What are your thoughts on viewing the camera feed on all tvs in the house? All tv locations will have CAT6 ran to them (returning back to router) as I am too cheap to pay for a tv service. Easiest way to do this?
2, Will mounting my cameras near exterior flood lights mess up the image? The lights stay off mostly unless the dog is out or im outside cooking etc. What is best practice. Flood shinning from behind camera or camera looking from behind flood?
3. I kinda like montavue, lorex, even seen a samsung or something or another system. I know I know its all about the cameras, to be honest my head is just full at the moment.
4. How do you think the smartphone viewing will be with the crap internet speeds? Possible, Impossible?
Like I said above, thanks in advance.
