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Having expensive hobbies (photography & astronomy), I tend to acquire some generally useless knowledge that occasionally bleeds into my other expensive hobbies I still usually get it wrong!

Let’s not confuse clear aperture with focal ratio (f/stop). Without knowing the focal length of the lens, we don’t know the clear aperture or entrance pupil, and can’t compare the light gathering capability. The larger the sensor, the larger the lens required to bathe it in photons, and...

The ability to monitor multiple streams live with good motion, the ability employ more sophisticated motion triggering, smooth scanning of clips and timelines, etc. You can do most of this with SS, but it will require a computer with as much or more horsepower than a BI PC. So, given license...

Yup... think it's fine for recording only duties... most people considering BI are looking for more though. Like you though, think their Disk Stations are great NASs.

Maybe this will be useful information since the question of Synology Surveillance Station vs Blue Iris comes up time to time. I've been going back and forth with Synology Sales & Support while considering a new Synology NAS to do double duty using Surveillance Station. I, like others (I...

Can't speak from experience using the cameras, but from a spec stance, the 4MP is the only of the 3 (2/4/8MP) that lacks an exmor sensor, and as such may have lower image quality... especially in low light. The 8MP sacrifices flexibility in lens choice (4mm only option available) to get...

But if they implemented h265 well, at least the daytime IQ should be much better... maybe even make full use of the sensor... just waiting on Blue Iris to support h265, I guess.

agreed... unlikely you are getting the maximum resolving power of the 8mp sensor with the bandwidth limitations using h264. I know from personal experience with still images, I start losing significant detail with 8MP jpeg images when file size decreases below about ~1MB-2MB... at 15 fps X...

Looking at alternatives to running ethernet cable to a camera... have had no issues using power line elsewhere in the house and was wondering if anyone had any experience running a camera from one of these adapters: http://us.comtrend.com/products/public/product/home-networking/pg-9172poe.html...

How's it handle the snow? not that we've gotten much lately :sad2:

FWIW, got a reply back from support: "H.265 support is something on the development list, and should be coming soon, but there is no set date at this time." sounds like it's in the works, but not immediately pending.

Anyone heard any news on this front? While the available processors/systems are limiting in many regards, the Intel Kaby Lake processors (i3-7100u, i5-7200u, i7-7500u) support hardware encode/decode of 10-bit h265 streams. Might make a nice (albeit expensive) small, low-power BI solution for a...

So my expectations rooted in airborne tracking onboard drones are unrealistic for a $150 camera? ;) Thanks!

Thanks... any recommendations for turret cameras from Dahua or Hikvision? Would like sd storage if reasonably priced as well. When you say webcams can wreak havoc on security, are you including all remote-accessed IP cams, or just cheap webcams with in-built utilities. In other words, are...

camera & install location recommendations needed (reposted) camera & install location recommendations neededI'm in the planning stages of a camera system for my home and hoping to get some advice on cameras and location. I currently have an alarm system with available zones as well... not...

Thanks for the tips. PoE will be the easiest for me, so it will be wired rather than wireless (that and we shut down wireless when we are not home and at night). I've been looking at PTZ a little bit, was also intrigued by the digital auto tracking axis advertised a few yrs ago, but their...

I'm in the planning stages of a camera system for my home and hoping to get some advice on cameras and location. I currently have an alarm system with available zones as well... not sure how people typically integrate cameras and rest of alarm/security system. I'm looking for advice on cameras...