Hi Folks,
I wanted to take a moment to say thanks to all of you folks that have contributed to these forums in the past. The posts have been AWESOME resources for my camera/security thinking.
I'm a mid aged family man living in the North Suburbs of Minneapolis. Over the past 10 years, the need for different types of security systems has become apparent to our family. We have had numerous car break ins, assorted vandalism, daytime burglars next door and all sort of asshat type behavior. We also have a 7 time felon a few doors down that is waiting until after 'pandemic' to be sentenced for his latest conviction. Sigh. Regardless of the reasons, there is a need for security cameras in our home.
After several years of doing a few things wrong, I figured it was time to develop a PLAN. Previously, I had used a SWANN camera/NVR kit purchased on the cheap 6ish years ago. It worked for my needs, but we had a few events that lead me to upgrading. I also used decommissioned cell phones as IP cameras with and without cloud based services... In a word, underwhelming. At 1 point, I had 9 devices being managed by "Alfred" (I collect used phones), several Arlo wireless cameras and a few other things going on. Yea, my network took a hit and things really didn't work out the way I wanted.
I'm in the middle of upgrading my entire camera/security suite. I purchased BI and have it up and running with 1 Amcrest 2496EB 28MM cam so far, testing the waters and using it as a baseline as to where I go from here. So far I'm pretty happy with the ease of setup and functionality of Blue Iris, but the learning curve is steep developing a fully effective and efficient security plan.
Baby Steps.
Anyhoo, thanks all to you folks that have contributed in the past. You have made my day easier.
-Daniel
I wanted to take a moment to say thanks to all of you folks that have contributed to these forums in the past. The posts have been AWESOME resources for my camera/security thinking.
I'm a mid aged family man living in the North Suburbs of Minneapolis. Over the past 10 years, the need for different types of security systems has become apparent to our family. We have had numerous car break ins, assorted vandalism, daytime burglars next door and all sort of asshat type behavior. We also have a 7 time felon a few doors down that is waiting until after 'pandemic' to be sentenced for his latest conviction. Sigh. Regardless of the reasons, there is a need for security cameras in our home.
After several years of doing a few things wrong, I figured it was time to develop a PLAN. Previously, I had used a SWANN camera/NVR kit purchased on the cheap 6ish years ago. It worked for my needs, but we had a few events that lead me to upgrading. I also used decommissioned cell phones as IP cameras with and without cloud based services... In a word, underwhelming. At 1 point, I had 9 devices being managed by "Alfred" (I collect used phones), several Arlo wireless cameras and a few other things going on. Yea, my network took a hit and things really didn't work out the way I wanted.
I'm in the middle of upgrading my entire camera/security suite. I purchased BI and have it up and running with 1 Amcrest 2496EB 28MM cam so far, testing the waters and using it as a baseline as to where I go from here. So far I'm pretty happy with the ease of setup and functionality of Blue Iris, but the learning curve is steep developing a fully effective and efficient security plan.
Baby Steps.
Anyhoo, thanks all to you folks that have contributed in the past. You have made my day easier.
-Daniel
