Hello guys!
I am looking to buy a setup of cameras mainly for outdoor surveillance. I was considering (for probably last half-year) cheaper chinese kits from aliexpress, that cost arount 350-450 EUR for a kit of 8 PoE cameras. But I guess you get what u get, and u can't upgrade these kits, or change one broken cam with another.
I had an impression that Dahua or Hikvision setup would be too expensive (same 8 cameras PoE setup would be over or around 1000 EUR).
Then I found this forum, and this thread (Cameras for house (in/outdoor) recommendations needed) which gave me good points to consider - for outdoor/night to choose Starlight camera. And better to avoid cheap chinese crap. (I also saw one review on aliexpress where camera footage seems OK at daytime, but at nighttime distance is very short and visibility is mainly on center, but sides are all grey and foggy.)
So I decided to buy Dahua cameras (maybe I'll consider Hikvision too), I will go as suggested here (Needing Budget Friendly and Effective Outdoor Setup) small first (maybe 1-2 or 3 cameras) and build on top of that according to my needs.
Now my main needs/restrictions are:
Can you advise me what NVR I should buy, knowing my requirements (budget, 8 or more CHannels, outdoor cameras, probably Dahua brand or compatible)?
I'm asking this about NVR because I can find 16 CH NVRs for 100-150 EUR as well as 1000+ EUR. Don't see any big differences :/
I think main points to consider, also do's and don't's would be most helpful, and maybe some link to actual NVR with price. Something like this post (Cameras for house (in/outdoor) recommendations needed).
I am looking to buy a setup of cameras mainly for outdoor surveillance. I was considering (for probably last half-year) cheaper chinese kits from aliexpress, that cost arount 350-450 EUR for a kit of 8 PoE cameras. But I guess you get what u get, and u can't upgrade these kits, or change one broken cam with another.
I had an impression that Dahua or Hikvision setup would be too expensive (same 8 cameras PoE setup would be over or around 1000 EUR).
Then I found this forum, and this thread (Cameras for house (in/outdoor) recommendations needed) which gave me good points to consider - for outdoor/night to choose Starlight camera. And better to avoid cheap chinese crap. (I also saw one review on aliexpress where camera footage seems OK at daytime, but at nighttime distance is very short and visibility is mainly on center, but sides are all grey and foggy.)
So I decided to buy Dahua cameras (maybe I'll consider Hikvision too), I will go as suggested here (Needing Budget Friendly and Effective Outdoor Setup) small first (maybe 1-2 or 3 cameras) and build on top of that according to my needs.
Now my main needs/restrictions are:
- Outdoor surveilance (would like to get as long visible distance as possible also at night);
- I prefer PoE, because that is just one cable, I suppose it's easier to debug if something doesn't work;
- Low budget. As you can see I was looking at chinese 400 EUR kits, so I would like to spend something around this. I suppose for same price I would get less cameras, but in furute would add more of them eventually;
- I want to expand this setup to around 8 cameras over long run. I'm thinking about 16CH NVR in case I need more than 8 cameras.
Can you advise me what NVR I should buy, knowing my requirements (budget, 8 or more CHannels, outdoor cameras, probably Dahua brand or compatible)?
I'm asking this about NVR because I can find 16 CH NVRs for 100-150 EUR as well as 1000+ EUR. Don't see any big differences :/
I think main points to consider, also do's and don't's would be most helpful, and maybe some link to actual NVR with price. Something like this post (Cameras for house (in/outdoor) recommendations needed).