My questions seem to fall in different categories, so I apologize if it is not in the right place.
First a little background.... I have been browsing the site for a few days and got registered today. I purchased a Lorex system about a month ago from Costco (item # 1167857) just haven't had the time to do the install. The system was one of the newest at the time and didn't have a lot of reviews. I checked the site again in the last couple days and see that the product has been hit hard with negative comments about remote or app related complaints. I feel that this is one of the most important aspects of the system that i bought. I travel a lot for work and I would love to check on the outside of the house while I'm gone and the kids and wife are home. So I am having thoughts of sending the product back to Costco. Thoughts?
My next option, i'm up for suggestions, was to look into blueiris software and just purchase a few Dahua cameras from Andy. My fear is that I have to have a computer running the software 24hrs a day. Is this the case? or can I log on, make the changes, log off, and the system work seamlessly until something else needs to be changed. All the while being able to view from the BI iphone app......
Also of note is the fact that I live out in the sticks. Our internet is sketchy at best. Sometimes we enjoy 5 mbps down and sometimes we struggle to get 1/10th of that.
Thank you a lot in advance and I look forward to spending some long hours here.
First a little background.... I have been browsing the site for a few days and got registered today. I purchased a Lorex system about a month ago from Costco (item # 1167857) just haven't had the time to do the install. The system was one of the newest at the time and didn't have a lot of reviews. I checked the site again in the last couple days and see that the product has been hit hard with negative comments about remote or app related complaints. I feel that this is one of the most important aspects of the system that i bought. I travel a lot for work and I would love to check on the outside of the house while I'm gone and the kids and wife are home. So I am having thoughts of sending the product back to Costco. Thoughts?
My next option, i'm up for suggestions, was to look into blueiris software and just purchase a few Dahua cameras from Andy. My fear is that I have to have a computer running the software 24hrs a day. Is this the case? or can I log on, make the changes, log off, and the system work seamlessly until something else needs to be changed. All the while being able to view from the BI iphone app......
Also of note is the fact that I live out in the sticks. Our internet is sketchy at best. Sometimes we enjoy 5 mbps down and sometimes we struggle to get 1/10th of that.
Thank you a lot in advance and I look forward to spending some long hours here.