Erik Parra
n3wb
Hello, Erik from Texas here. New to IP cameras in general. Just bought a house and want to get a camera system to be able to monitor it when I'm away.
I got here from a reddit post where they were comparing "Reolink vs whomever", after fumbling around here, I think the consensus was Reolink is junk and all consumer systems sold aren't very good or you're paying a premium to get the system.
I'm reading the cliff notes, lots of information and honestly a lot of it is going over my head. Couple things I'm figuring out as I go though the notes.
1. I either need an NVR or a computer running blue iris.
2. Plan for more cameras, I was thinking of doing 9, 4 at corners, 2-(1) at each side, 1 back door, 1 front door, 1 garage. I was thinking i was going overboard but maybe I'm not?![IDK :idk: :idk:](/styles/ipcamtalk/xenforo/smilies/idk.gif)
3. The DORI section when completely over my head. "The equation to calculate the Radius (the distance in feet) for identification for 100 ppf as discussed above: Radius = (( Horizontal Res / 100 ppf ) * ( 360 / Angle ))/2*Pi"
Horizontal Res, is that the resolution of the camera? so a 1080p camera enter 1080 in that spot? What about the Angle? Is that the angle of the camera? I will mount the camera on the bottom of the roof overhang, so I'm assuming there will be an angle pointing the camera down to get a good view. Is this the angle I use?
4. Lastly, glad to be here. I've already learned a lot from these Cliff Notes and I'm sure i'll learn more just by re-reading them.
I got here from a reddit post where they were comparing "Reolink vs whomever", after fumbling around here, I think the consensus was Reolink is junk and all consumer systems sold aren't very good or you're paying a premium to get the system.
I'm reading the cliff notes, lots of information and honestly a lot of it is going over my head. Couple things I'm figuring out as I go though the notes.
1. I either need an NVR or a computer running blue iris.
2. Plan for more cameras, I was thinking of doing 9, 4 at corners, 2-(1) at each side, 1 back door, 1 front door, 1 garage. I was thinking i was going overboard but maybe I'm not?
![IDK :idk: :idk:](/styles/ipcamtalk/xenforo/smilies/idk.gif)
3. The DORI section when completely over my head. "The equation to calculate the Radius (the distance in feet) for identification for 100 ppf as discussed above: Radius = (( Horizontal Res / 100 ppf ) * ( 360 / Angle ))/2*Pi"
Horizontal Res, is that the resolution of the camera? so a 1080p camera enter 1080 in that spot? What about the Angle? Is that the angle of the camera? I will mount the camera on the bottom of the roof overhang, so I'm assuming there will be an angle pointing the camera down to get a good view. Is this the angle I use?
4. Lastly, glad to be here. I've already learned a lot from these Cliff Notes and I'm sure i'll learn more just by re-reading them.