Here in the UK, we have a small, 3 bed corner house of brick with a large back garden, in a 1940s estate. I am fairly handy with tools and have a technical background.
I am toying with installing a 4/5 camera POE system with NVR, but I am very confused by the enormous choice, the patchy availability in the UK, the lack of price information online and complicated naming of the cameras out there - especially Dahua.
Please could you help me identify options to consider?
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CURRENT SETUP
We have 2 x Logitech Circle 2 cameras - one at the top of the stairs and another looking over the garden. One of the Circles is now inoperable thanks to the endemic WIFI module failure, and the other is likely to fail in the future. We have a security light outside, and motion sensor lightbulbs at the top and bottom of the stairs.
We like the Circle 2 because:
Our dislikes are:
I tried a Reolink 4 camera system from Amazon a few years ago (priced about £400) and was not impressed with the image quality so sent it back.
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AREAS
The areas I want to cover are:
FIRST PHASE
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REQUIREMENTS
I am looking for:
I am open to putting up LED IR floodlights to increase shutter speeds at night - if I understand this correctly!
I would prefer the stairs camera to not be too obtrusive. I don't want a massive Big Brother eyeball staring down at the kids. More importantly though, as the only internal camera, it is important that this one is high quality and adjusts quickly.
Thanks for your time.
I am toying with installing a 4/5 camera POE system with NVR, but I am very confused by the enormous choice, the patchy availability in the UK, the lack of price information online and complicated naming of the cameras out there - especially Dahua.
Please could you help me identify options to consider?
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CURRENT SETUP
We have 2 x Logitech Circle 2 cameras - one at the top of the stairs and another looking over the garden. One of the Circles is now inoperable thanks to the endemic WIFI module failure, and the other is likely to fail in the future. We have a security light outside, and motion sensor lightbulbs at the top and bottom of the stairs.
We like the Circle 2 because:
- very wide angle view (180 degree)
- ease of watching back footage on our phones from anywhere
- ease of saving clips
Our dislikes are:
- poor image quality, particularly at night
- feeble IR - slow shutter speeds at night
- slow switching to and from daylight and IR
- they are discontinued
- subscription cost
- dependent on Wifi signal
I tried a Reolink 4 camera system from Amazon a few years ago (priced about £400) and was not impressed with the image quality so sent it back.
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AREAS
The areas I want to cover are:
FIRST PHASE
- Top of stairs - 90 degree FOV to cover the stairs and the whole of the landing
- Garden - ideally 180 degree overview
- Front of house - 45 degree to cover looking over front garden, front door and out into road where car is parked
- Back door in garden - 30 degree for identification
- Side of house - 90 degree to cover bins, path and side gate
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REQUIREMENTS
I am looking for:
- good balance of high quality daylight footage and non-blurry night footage
- POE
- quick switching between daylight and IR
- 1080p/4K - I'd rather have bigger sensor and better overall performance than pay for higher resolution
- person detection
- NVR with easy finding of important footage (people) accessible via phone
- spend under 1000 GBP for first 3 camera system
- equipment I can find or have delivered to the UK
I am open to putting up LED IR floodlights to increase shutter speeds at night - if I understand this correctly!
I would prefer the stairs camera to not be too obtrusive. I don't want a massive Big Brother eyeball staring down at the kids. More importantly though, as the only internal camera, it is important that this one is high quality and adjusts quickly.
Thanks for your time.
