Recent content by Araphen

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The closest things I have would be daisy chaining 5 power strips or using my thicc 50ft extension cord though. I don't know why but I just don't have extension cords

extension cord + wall wart for less than 9 bucks?

I have an outlet right next to it but i wanted to plug it into a UPS which is probably about 15ft away

@samplenhold Does the PoE injector matter at all or would pretty much anything work? I'm thinking of getting this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NRGJCM6/ The distance from the PoE injector to the cam would probably be less than 20ft

I already bought a panasonic window cam from amazon and I plan on returning it for a full refund. I also bought a sandisk 256GB max endurance microSD card which is currently in the panasonic window camera and i plan on using that in the next camera i decide on. But it was like 70 bucks so my...

Wow that is a very distant light source. I have a street light in my front yard about 40 feet in front of the place I'd put the camera so my situation isn't as bad as that. I'm getting the feeling that I'm just going to have to buy and try cameras until i find one I like. I was hoping for...

When you say the Dahua 3241T-ZAS is good in low light, is that reliant on IR? because I'm putting this behind a window so I can't use IR

Everyone only has good things to say about blue iris but it costs money doesn't it? and the Amcrest cameras come with free to use PC/android software so I'm thinking I'd try to stick to just that unless I was planning on throwing another $500-ish at this. I'm hoping to buy from amazon for the...

@samplenhold @biggen @wittaj @SyconsciousAu So I've got the Panasonic HomeHawk window camera set up (just stuck it to the window) and I've learned a lot from it already. I can definitely see what a few of you were talking about when it comes to not getting a camera with an unnecessarily wide...

Someone asked in the FAQ what image sensor this camera uses and the response was: "2.0 megapixel CMOS". Is that good?

Thank you all for the help and info you've provided. What I've learned is that getting a clear video recording, through a window, at night, at a distance of 20-40ft, is impossible to fit into a $200 budget so I have to compromise. I'm sure that 99% of what this camera setup would be used for...

I don't have an outlet I'd be able to use for that but I do have a light above my garage that can illuminate the cars. I could just keep putting higher lumen lights in it or get a new fixture that can hold an IR bulb and a high lumen LED bulb. But would the IR bounce off the cars then go...

If I'm definitely going to be running it behind a window, would you suggest something different? and generally what kinds of specs should i aim for if i wanted to look into the 2 cameras at around $90 each idea?

so what about this 4MP 3.6mm lens one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S47VXGY?tag=ipctk-20&th=1 or maybe instead of getting one camera at like $160 maybe i should get two $70-$80 cameras and just point them in different directions... I'm also not gonna be running software like blue iris so...