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    hello from Texas!

    quick question for you guys - i have enlisted the help of my retired dad, (he knows a lot more than me about IP address, CPU, modems, VPN ect....). so the PC is at his house and i will bring the starlight to him this weekend. He is in is early 70's and pretty excited to help me, it gives him...
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    hello from Texas!

    thanks Mark - being i already have the PC and one camera, I will likely play with it for a bit as Mat suggest play around and see how i get on with it thanks Bill
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    hello from Texas!

    thanks, Mat, really appreciate your comments, luckily in my new house, I had the builder to prewired cat5 in 5 locations (all 4 corners of the house and front door) i still need to add the rj45 connections, but all the cables are in!
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    hello from Texas!

    thanks, Matt, swamped im am! i have read your post at least a dozen times.... my starlight was delivered today, so I'm anxious to get it up and running. Its the only camera i have purchased so far, and seriously debating if I should get the Costco 4k kit, and just add it on to it! lots of info...
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    Question about locally remote NVR functionality

    I just ordered a starlight, and plan to use it with a PC and BI, now you have me questioning if I should just buy the costco kit?
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    first camera ordered IPC-HDW5231R-Z

    thanks, guys - still waiting on DHL..... hopefully, andy got it out before the Chinese holiday
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    first camera ordered IPC-HDW5231R-Z

    just ordered my first camera ......completely new to this so the journey is about to start! I figured I will play around with this one before adding any new ones
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    Your experience with NVR vs PC (Blue Iris, etc.) using Dahua cameras?

    thanks to all on this thread.....extremely new and trying to soak in as much as possible
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    Front door camera placement

    saving this thread! thanks!
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    CPU for Blue Iris

    thanks fenderman! he is in his late 70's and this gives him something to do, plus he loves helping me with a project - he is going to add windows 10 to it, and we will eventually settle on buying a single camera for the front door. Once we get the hang of it and get her dialed in and working -...
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    CPU for Blue Iris

    noted with thanks! i won't try and build my own pc, but will try and piece together a system, rather than an all-inclusive kit from Sams or Costco . will the 3770 run Blue Iris, (i think my dad already paid for this one)....he is trying to help me and has built several PC's over the years
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    CPU for Blue Iris

    not sure how well this is going to go - I'm going to try and build a system by myself with limited knowledge about computers and cameras. On my last (out of the box) security system, i changed wifi providers and i managed to forward a port and open it up so my phone app would work. I was...
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    CPU for Blue Iris

    I'm extremely new to this - 6700 units?
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    CPU for Blue Iris

    do you guys see any major issues with this guy? hopefully, it will be sufficient to run 6 HD or 4k cameras. I will add Windows 10. Dell Optiplex 7010 SFF Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz 16GB 160GB Win 7 Pro 3 Yr Wty | eBay thanks Bill
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    hello from Texas!

    just bought a new house - it is pre-wired with cat5 for security cameras ..... I'm not too computer savvy...so I will continue reading before I make my first purchase. thanks Bill
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