Recent content by ryan98270

Me as well! I was telling my neighbor (an elderly man and former LA County sheriff with millions of amazing stories, including being the lead tactical team for the North Hollywood Shootout in the 1990s) and he was flabbergasted at the ability and technology that's out there right now, as am I...

Thank you, camera is in transit now :)

What are you using for your LPR? Thats the next on my list. Debating between the IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E and the IPC-B5442E-Z4E

Here's the new fixed camera in that one's old spot

This was a few years ago, with my first security camera which made me realize I needed a better system. This Reolink is since retired to a much more robust system now, thanks to this site and EmpiretecAndy

Thanks again for taking the time to try to help. Im going to start with the path of least resistance... Easiest to most difficult. I should go ahead and install those SD cards and test if the glitches record to those as well. Its laggy when viewed directly through a browser, other 4 cameras...

Thank you, I will be sure to not update firmware OR factory reset. I do see factory default as an option, and several months ago Andy suggested I try that when my other cam was lagging, but a Reboot resolved so I never did. I use BI primarily but using IE/Chrome direct to the native video...

Hello, I have 2 of these cameras and one of them is glitchy and lagging when moving between presets and when autotracking. The other camera was doing this for a while but stopped after rebooting a couple times. Now its happening on my more integral camera and im really hoping I dont have to...

Thanks all, I reconnected it with a shorter cable and a different port in the switch after another reset and it magically showed up! Now I just gotta walk through hopefully moving it to my correct LAN.

Hello everyone, Trying to install this camera I ordered from Andy a few months ago, just now getting around to it. This is my first serious camera, but im running into an issue trying to set it up. Im not able to see the camera in my home network. I use 192.168.87.xxx for my router's dhcp, and...

Here are a few pics of the front of my house if anyone has recommendations on cameras. My road is a mostly private road with just a few houses and a dead end, off a busier road and we do get a lot of look-y loo's driving by and getting lost on our road. Id like to be able to read their plates as...

Another newb question - cameras with optical zoom or varifocal lenses... When viewing recordings are you zooming digitally and losing image quality? If yes, is there such a thing as "Autozoom" that might fill the screen via zoom when motion is detected? Not necessarily autotracking, just an...

Thanks for the replies. I do have Blue Iris, and while I am a network technician at a local ISP with decent networking knowledge, I want a simple to setup and use system. I'm okay spending time up front and money isn't a major concern. I have a PC, more or less dedicated, and with 2 live streams...

Hello! Im shopping for my first NVR and I currently have an assortment of cameras. Some POE and some standard power, and some wireless, though I think ill keep those separate. Im looking at an NVR bundle on Amazon (need a few more cameras) and found a Reolink NVR 8ch with 4 POE 4k cams. Am I...

Can I ask where you see that price? Thinking about picking up one or two of these