Hi yenruGRE,
The Edimax I have is horrible with colors and I bought it on sale for $70, 720p superwide - it had a few nice features about it that I liked - but in the end the quality of the picture and the difficulty to get it to properly motion detect, file sizes, and other UI issues have me not even wanting to redeploy it in my system.
While it is a lot of fun to try different cameras and play with them to really get a good idea of what you like, I highly recommend what looney is pointing out
If you need to get a security camera system setup asap definitely take a look at the lorex / dahua oem 4K kit from Costco B&M I posted on the Dahua section. - Yes, the 4K cameras are a compromise - but they will be so much better that the camera like the Edimax which I purchased - AND for just a little more per camera. The nice thing about the kit is that it has 2 extra ports so you can add a couple nicer ( and pricier ) cameras to it, also the price is hard to bet.
Also, if you want a larger NVR you can sell the one in the kit on ebay and get one from Andy or others and still come out ahead.
Have fun!
Hi Mat,
Sure it's fun to get them and play with them. But I won't live long enough to play with all of them. That's why I came here. Hopefully this will save me some time and money.
No, I'm not in a hurry. I like the learning process as much as I like the results.
As for an NVR, I already have a couple of NAS boxes I can press into service when I feel the time is right. It isn't yet.
As for the Edimax, it was the closest I could find to what I really had in mind, but it won't be ideal. What I actually wanted was, a cam that looked EXACTLY like a peephole cam from the outside, but DID NOT look like it was built by Dr. Frankenstein on the inside. This complex concept seems to have gotten by all the marketing geniuses so far. As for image quality, the Edimax HAS to be better than the Zmodo I had, which had an extreme fisheye effect. I gave it away to the kid who cuts my grass.
I would like to learn about router bandwidth. How many 720p cams can live on a 2.4GHz network, that kind of thing. Do you happen to know? If not, do you know where it's written down?