Hi everyone,
Dipping my toes into this as a bit of a hobby, so will be piecing this together as I go.
I'm looking to start off with less cameras but high quality as I start and build from there. I don't believe I'll ever have more than 6-8 cameras, so an 8 port PoE router should be fine.
Here are my current plans to get started:
Will be using a dedicated desktop running Blue Iris. (already own)
Looking to pick up a decent PoE router and 1 or 2 cameras to begin working with and learning on, then expand from there as I go. I'm fairly tech savvy, but have no experience with security cams.
If some of you were going to piece a setup together how would you start to do it?
I am thinking about starting off with a doorbell camera. I saw in the forums BI supports: dbell, doorbird, beward were supported.
Any thoughts between these three? Would I be better off placing a camera on my front porch instead? (I would prefer not to due to the required cable run and other aesthetics, but will if it's a much better alternative)
Then would be adding a camera that needs to monitor my rear porch entrance (180+ degree viewing preferred, but not required), proceeding from there.
Thanks!
Dipping my toes into this as a bit of a hobby, so will be piecing this together as I go.
I'm looking to start off with less cameras but high quality as I start and build from there. I don't believe I'll ever have more than 6-8 cameras, so an 8 port PoE router should be fine.
Here are my current plans to get started:
Will be using a dedicated desktop running Blue Iris. (already own)
Looking to pick up a decent PoE router and 1 or 2 cameras to begin working with and learning on, then expand from there as I go. I'm fairly tech savvy, but have no experience with security cams.
If some of you were going to piece a setup together how would you start to do it?
I am thinking about starting off with a doorbell camera. I saw in the forums BI supports: dbell, doorbird, beward were supported.
Any thoughts between these three? Would I be better off placing a camera on my front porch instead? (I would prefer not to due to the required cable run and other aesthetics, but will if it's a much better alternative)
Then would be adding a camera that needs to monitor my rear porch entrance (180+ degree viewing preferred, but not required), proceeding from there.
Thanks!