sakau
n3wb
I am newlywed and my wife and I were planning on building a new home but have decided instead to just do some renovations and stay put (Love it won out over List it, to any HGTV fans).
In any event, the digs that I thought were going to be very temporary are going to be semi-permanent so it has me looking for ways to bring the home up to snuff. The first element of that for me is wiring the home. It was built in the early 90s, and the network wiring (nonexistant?) looks pretty bad to my untrained eye. Looks like jacks for telephones in a few rooms all lead to a box in the garage. But the cable internet comes into the home separately and everything in the home runs off wi-fi (but the coverage is sub-par imo). Basically, I'm going to want to be dropping ethernet (and probably speaker wire and maybe HDMI) all over the place. It's going to be a big PITA, but since I'm pretty committed to doing it, I want to do it right. And part of doing it right means I can run ethernet to various camera locations. That way I can ditch the Arlo service and subscription. I'd rather just buy cameras that I can use with an NVR and be able to use Windows software to set up alert zones, go through all the footage, etc.
Of course, I've never used these type of system before. Right now, we just have a few Arlo cameras. So I came here to basically be coached on what I should be looking for.
Things that are important to me:
- I want to be brand agnostic with the NVR. I want to be able to use cameras (and software, and hard drives) from basically any brand to capture and store my footage. 16 channels should give me plenty of room for expansion, 4k capable is a must. Probably want close to the latest and greatest compression h.265 or whatever it is these days. PoE seems standard. I found one that fits this for $950 + the cost of hard drives (maybe another $400-$500 in my case). I just want to make sure I can use popular cameras I've seen well-reviewed like Reolink 410 and others. I don't want to be pigeon-holed into having to use a Reolink NVR to use their cameras or vice-versa.
I am looking forward to soaking up as much information in the coming weeks as I can.
Thanks in advance
In any event, the digs that I thought were going to be very temporary are going to be semi-permanent so it has me looking for ways to bring the home up to snuff. The first element of that for me is wiring the home. It was built in the early 90s, and the network wiring (nonexistant?) looks pretty bad to my untrained eye. Looks like jacks for telephones in a few rooms all lead to a box in the garage. But the cable internet comes into the home separately and everything in the home runs off wi-fi (but the coverage is sub-par imo). Basically, I'm going to want to be dropping ethernet (and probably speaker wire and maybe HDMI) all over the place. It's going to be a big PITA, but since I'm pretty committed to doing it, I want to do it right. And part of doing it right means I can run ethernet to various camera locations. That way I can ditch the Arlo service and subscription. I'd rather just buy cameras that I can use with an NVR and be able to use Windows software to set up alert zones, go through all the footage, etc.
Of course, I've never used these type of system before. Right now, we just have a few Arlo cameras. So I came here to basically be coached on what I should be looking for.
Things that are important to me:
- I want to be brand agnostic with the NVR. I want to be able to use cameras (and software, and hard drives) from basically any brand to capture and store my footage. 16 channels should give me plenty of room for expansion, 4k capable is a must. Probably want close to the latest and greatest compression h.265 or whatever it is these days. PoE seems standard. I found one that fits this for $950 + the cost of hard drives (maybe another $400-$500 in my case). I just want to make sure I can use popular cameras I've seen well-reviewed like Reolink 410 and others. I don't want to be pigeon-holed into having to use a Reolink NVR to use their cameras or vice-versa.
I am looking forward to soaking up as much information in the coming weeks as I can.
Thanks in advance
