New Home, need surveillance equipment

[Redemption]

I could use some help. I will be installing a system in my new home. I want to start maybe with four to Five cameras and a NVR. Two to three cameras for the front of the house, one would be used to read tags, the area is a little lit at night. I want two cameras for the back of the house, That area is pitch dark. I am interested in either cameras with AI functionality or a NVR with AI functionality. I do not foresee installing more than 8 cameras by the time I am done. I run some decent servers at home and not sure if I should consider a software NVR like blue Iris instead of a dedicated NVR.

Thanks for the help.

 

[SouthernYankee]

Read study plan bafore spending money.
First run the ethernet cables, run 2 to each location. Run more cables to more location than you thing you will need.

If you run Blue Iris, run it on a standalone intel windows 10 machine.
If you go with an NVR, get the NVR,and cameras from the same manufacture and Vendor.
IF you get a NVR make sure it will process you camera input, just because it supports 8 cameras, it may not support 8 cameras at 4MP.
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Quick start
1) If you do not have a wired monitored alarm system, get that first
2) Use Dahua starlight cameras or Hikvision darkfighter cameras if you need good low light cameras.
3) use a VPN to access home network (openVPN)
4) Do not use wifi cameras.
5) Do not use cloud storage
6) Do Not use uPNP, P2P, QR, do not open ports,
7) More megapixel is not necessarily better.
8) Avoid chinese hacked cameras (most ebay, amazon, aliexpress cameras(not all, but most))
9) Do not use reolink, ring, nest, Arlo cameras (they are junk), no cloud cameras
10) If possible use a turret camera , bullet collect spiders, dome collect dirt and reflect light (IR)
11) Use only solid copper, AWG 23 or 24 ethernet wire. , no CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum)
12) use a test mount to verify the camera mount location. My test rig: rev.2
13) (Looney2ns)If you want to be able to ID faces, don't mount cams higher than 8ft. You want to know who did it, not just what happened.
14) Use a router that has openVPN built in (Most ASUS, Some NetGear....)
15) camera placement use the calculator... IPVM Camera Calculator V3
16) POE list PoE Switch Suggestion List


Cameras to look at
IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED Review IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED (Full Color, Starlight+) - 4MP starlight
IPC-T5442TM-AS Review-OEM 4mp AI Cam IPC-T5442TM-AS Starlight+ - 4MP starlight+
IPC-T2347G-LU Review of the Hikvision OEM model IPC-T2347G-LU 'ColorVu' IP CCTV camera. (DS-2CD2347G1-LU)
IPC-HDW2231R-ZS Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal
IPC-HDW2231T-ZS-S2 Review-OEM IPC-T2231T-ZS 2mp Varifocal Starlight Camera
IPC-HDW5231R-ZE Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE
IPC-HFW4239T-ASE IPC-HFW4239T-ASE
IPCT-HDW5431RE-I Review - IP Cam Talk 4 MP IR Fixed Turret Network Camera
DS-2CD2325FWD-I
N22AL12 New Dahua N22AL12 Budget Cam w/Starlight -- low cost entry

Other dahua 4MP starlight Dahua 4MP Starlight Lineup

My preferred indoor cameras
DS-2CD2442FWD-IW
IPC-K35A Review-Dahua IPC-K35A 3mp Cube Camera

If interested in Blue Iris and other setup items see the following post

Newbie Starter Guide to IP Cam System – VPN setup – Computer Hardware – Blue Iris – Dahua Cameras

This is an intermediate / newbie guide for people just starting out looking for a surveillance setup. I know this setup might not be for everyone and there are many options. You can find a lot of this information in the Wiki: IP Cam Talk Wiki | IP Cam Talk A great place to start in the Wiki...

ipcamtalk.com

Camera Sensor size info Sensor Size Chart Generally bigger is better

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[mat200]

I could use some help. I will be installing a system in my new home. I want to start maybe with four to Five cameras and a NVR. Two to three cameras for the front of the house, one would be used to read tags, the area is a little lit at night. I want two cameras for the back of the house, That area is pitch dark. I am interested in either cameras with AI functionality or a NVR with AI functionality. I do not foresee installing more than 8 cameras by the time I am done. I run some decent servers at home and not sure if I should consider a software NVR like blue Iris instead of a dedicated NVR.

Thanks for the help.

Hi @Redemption

I suggestion picking up one good varifocal camera to start testing with first. Get an idea of what works or does not work well with your current plan. Once you do that, you can have a better idea of your plan.

 

[Redemption]

Thank you for the responses, @SouthernYankee wao that is a ton of good info! The networking part I have covered, my research in the past brought me to Dahua. when I posted I went on the presumption that there where some clear winners. I see now that is not the case. I will go through all the links to understand what cameras are best for my deployment. Thanks for taking the time to answer my post.