Hi all,
I'm new here, but I've been tinkering with cameras and BlueIris for a few years now both at work and home (I was principal of a private school, where I set up a system myself for the hallways and entry doors). I previously was all FOSCAM cameras, but these cameras are slowly dying, both at home and at my original installation at the school. I've been utterly disappointed with their reliability and won't buy another FOSCAM.
That said, I have had great luck with a POE only high res camera from "GW Security" that I bought on Amazon. I'm using an inexpensive power injector and running it about 100 feet to my wiring closet and it works flawlessly day in and day out.
However, they are a little pricey and apparently no longer sold by Amazon (I put mine up about 7 months ago), and my wife isn't as fond of my camera hobby, so I'm looking for cheaper. I like having ONE high res camera up front, but I'm okay with a 1080p as a secondary angle for the front of my house. I found a SV3C POE camera for just $39.99 on Amazon with hundreds of good reviews. I'm giving it a shot.
I still need at least one more external camera for my back yard. I've already wired it up for POE as well. I intended to put one of my FOSCAM cameras out there, but it died. Then another one died, etc. Junk!
Thanks guys,
Z
I'm new here, but I've been tinkering with cameras and BlueIris for a few years now both at work and home (I was principal of a private school, where I set up a system myself for the hallways and entry doors). I previously was all FOSCAM cameras, but these cameras are slowly dying, both at home and at my original installation at the school. I've been utterly disappointed with their reliability and won't buy another FOSCAM.
That said, I have had great luck with a POE only high res camera from "GW Security" that I bought on Amazon. I'm using an inexpensive power injector and running it about 100 feet to my wiring closet and it works flawlessly day in and day out.
However, they are a little pricey and apparently no longer sold by Amazon (I put mine up about 7 months ago), and my wife isn't as fond of my camera hobby, so I'm looking for cheaper. I like having ONE high res camera up front, but I'm okay with a 1080p as a secondary angle for the front of my house. I found a SV3C POE camera for just $39.99 on Amazon with hundreds of good reviews. I'm giving it a shot.
I still need at least one more external camera for my back yard. I've already wired it up for POE as well. I intended to put one of my FOSCAM cameras out there, but it died. Then another one died, etc. Junk!
Thanks guys,
Z