Hi all, my name is Neel. I'm from Philadelphia and my wife and I recently moved into a new rowhouse in the city last year. Since then, I've been on a hunt to find the right security set up for us. Looking forward to pick everyone's brains and learn a thing or two along the way!
Oh! I learned about this site from mat200 when I messaged him on another website! Thanks for steering me here, brief skim shows a TON of information!
Here are the basics:
- just moved into a new row home last year in Philadelphia so I only have a front door and garage door in the back. I am in a community so I am not too concerned with the garage side.
- I wired a Ring Pro doorbell to the front door in the meantime
- I have Ubiquiti Unifi products for my home network using Cat6 (I can run more Cat6 to the cameras so that is not a problem)
- HOA will not let me mount the cameras directly to the brick on the front of the house so I will need to get creative on how to mount them
Wants:
- monitor my front door and sidewalk in both directions. My front door is about 5-6 feet away from the sidewalk and elevated with a couple steps to the landing. A single camera above the door will only capture the entryway and sidewalk directly in front of the door (Ring Pro already captures this but it's not continuous) so I think I will need three cameras.
- something that will work flawlessly (I do not have a budget in mind. I feel like I've seen prices all over the place)
- be able to view my cameras remotely
- continuous recording (maybe up to a week? My understanding it depends on HD space.)
- NVR system so everything is PoE
- 4K preferably
Questions:
- What systems should I be looking at? Hikvision? Ubiquiti?
- What cameras should I be looking for? Bullet? Dome? Need something that is HD at all lengths and does a good job at night as well
- What are the different mounting capabilities?
- What other questions should I be asking myself and what else should I be considering?
Any other information or guidance in the right directions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you!
Oh! I learned about this site from mat200 when I messaged him on another website! Thanks for steering me here, brief skim shows a TON of information!
Here are the basics:
- just moved into a new row home last year in Philadelphia so I only have a front door and garage door in the back. I am in a community so I am not too concerned with the garage side.
- I wired a Ring Pro doorbell to the front door in the meantime
- I have Ubiquiti Unifi products for my home network using Cat6 (I can run more Cat6 to the cameras so that is not a problem)
- HOA will not let me mount the cameras directly to the brick on the front of the house so I will need to get creative on how to mount them
Wants:
- monitor my front door and sidewalk in both directions. My front door is about 5-6 feet away from the sidewalk and elevated with a couple steps to the landing. A single camera above the door will only capture the entryway and sidewalk directly in front of the door (Ring Pro already captures this but it's not continuous) so I think I will need three cameras.
- something that will work flawlessly (I do not have a budget in mind. I feel like I've seen prices all over the place)
- be able to view my cameras remotely
- continuous recording (maybe up to a week? My understanding it depends on HD space.)
- NVR system so everything is PoE
- 4K preferably
Questions:
- What systems should I be looking at? Hikvision? Ubiquiti?
- What cameras should I be looking for? Bullet? Dome? Need something that is HD at all lengths and does a good job at night as well
- What are the different mounting capabilities?
- What other questions should I be asking myself and what else should I be considering?
Any other information or guidance in the right directions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you!