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When will you be getting them?

Any specific new end user security cameras that caught your attention?

Does this now make the 4mp cameras worth considering over the 5231R-Z?

Very interesting. It’s seems to me, if you get past the human rights issue and want to go with one of those companies, then as long as you’re using a dual NIC setup you’re probably A-OK.

What I saw was they need a “license” to work with US companies. Again a bit opaque.

Do you guys predict any impact to us after the latest White House move to blacklist Hangzhou Hikvision and Zhejiang Dahua, Alibaba-backed AI titans SenseTime and Megvii, and other Chinese firms? It seems to be focused around US businesses but feels like the trade war may start to have more...

I’m going to try to get one 5231R-ZE for now to test out where the cameras are going etc. hopefully by the time I’m done with that exercise the new cameras and firmware come out.

I saw the new 4mp threads but I was under the impression people still didn’t like them as much as these.

Hello I may have misread this but I saw on one of the thread someone mentioned that the IPC-HDW5231R-ZE cameras are getting a little bit old. Is this true? Or did I misread? If it is true would you hold out before building a new system or be happy with the existing cameras? I’m not in a rush to...

What do you mean by 3 for free? Free in what sense?

Actually Andy helped me select the cameras but he didn’t actually have context at the time about my layout etc which is why I posted it with my survey, locations of the cameras, etc Not noted on there is my existing doorbell camera which is a Nest. Frankly I quite like its package detection...

Any thoughts on this?

I’ll live with it. One bullet in the back of the driveway isn’t the worst thing on earth. That’s basically what I have in this layout: Please critique my camera placement/selection

Interesting. I’m not in love with bullet cams from an aesthetics point of view but I believe the dahua cameras that do LPR are bullets. I’d much rather have a eyeball cam but such is life.

Ah so it’s Partially a hardware thing. Makes sense now. What about facial recognition?

Just realized it might help to put the cameras on the survey

Hello I was looking for some help with camera types (turret vs bullet) around my house. Below is a survey of our home. I was leaning towards 6-8 cameras outdoors. Here's what I was thinking: Corner of the garage near the backyard facing the driveway (IPC-HFW5231E-Z12E? although I don't...

Hello I'm really confused by this point. Is it the camera or the software or a combination thereof that give you the "AI" capabilities such as Identification, Recognition, License Plate Reading? I thought this was mostly a camera configuration and software thing not something built into a...

Yeah that’s the price range I’ve heard. I’ll probably have them just mount the things while they are up there. I have a guy who I really like but he uses digital watchdog. Haven’t seen much about them around here.

Unfortunately I don’t know any retired cable guys. I might have to just hire a pro and move on.

Hello It seems there is a wiki or sticky for everything around these parts but I can't find one on this particular topic. Is there a guide on how to pull wire without causing damage to a finished home? Thanks

Picked one up for $70 shipped. Next up picking cameras.

Does it matter that it’s not PoE+?

@giomania @Arjun @fenderman @cyberwolf_uk Sorry to bug you all but I saw you guys had some suggested PoEs for folks and was hoping you can help this newbie out. It's my first setup.

Yep appreciate you pointing that out. I’m just wondering if there is a good reason to pay up for an eight camera setup.

While tempting, I'd rather stick to something I can get under $100 unless you guys believe there is a good reason to pay more for one. For 8 cameras in my first system I just feel like I'd rather not over spend.

I’m not in a rush. And while not on a super tight budget a good deal is always appreciated. I’ll keep my eye out then. Right now I have i7-4790 PC w 8GB RAM SSD 6TB Purple Raspberry Pi for a VPN server My shopping list is Blue Iris PoE NIC Cameras Anything else I’m missing other than some...

Hello I saw the sticky post. Pretty cool that someone would spend the time to do that. Great job! However I'm not clear on how to use it to actually select a PoE. I'm trying to put together an 8x4mp camera setup. I believe gigabit uplink is a good choice for 8+ cameras if I'm not mistaken...

I do have TV unfortunately. It's FiOS triple play so TV, phone, internet. Switching out the ActionTec as anyone with FiOS (tv,phone,internet) can attest is just a pain. I'd much rather leave that be. I as just hunting through my cables and electronics. I found a few today laying around a...

Hello While I work in tech, I'm a developer and rarely work with the network setup. I know enough about VPNs because of my job (and yes I've read the primer as well). Unfortunately I have an old school Verizon Modem/Router that cannot be easily replaced. So... I have some questions. First my...