24hr clinic ip cam monitoring

woolooloo · 2015-02-21T20:23:14+00:00

I'm planning to set up about 12 Dahua ip cameras and 2 Dahua NVRs for security of a 24 hour clinic. One NVR will record 4 or 5 internal cameras that are only going to be recorded in case we have to review something, but will not be monitored. The other 7-8 cameras (outside and lobby area) will be on the second NVR and will be recorded and I want to allow them to be monitored on a TV screen in a room that will be staffed 24 hours a day. This room is probably ~200ft from the server room where the NVRs will reside, and even if I could run this TV as a display for the NVR (like over a long HDMI cable), I'm not sure that would be the best solution because they wouldn't be able to control the interface to enlarge one camera, for example, since they won't have access to the NVR controls. I'm looking for a solution for monitoring 7-9 IP cameras from this TV. Some of solutions I've thought of include: 1. Buying a "smart tv" and using some sort of app for monitoring the cameras. I've seen some talk of apps for this, but I'm not sure they are appropriate for 7-9 cameras. 2. Buying an external device such as a Fire stick or Google Chromecast, but again, although I've seen people talk about using these devices, I'm not sure it will work for 7-9 cams. 3. Having a small computer running Blue Iris (or other appropriate software) strapped to the back of the TV to monitor the cams. I wouldn't have Blue Iris record, only display. Not sure if a small computer (Atom?) would have the horsepower to let Blue Iris handle 7-9 cams. I was hoping someone else has some practical experience with a setup like this to save me from wasting time and pursuing stuff that they know won't work - or just telling me something they know will work :) Any advice is very much appreciated.