Hello all, I am looking and just starting to research some home cam options. After some research I see that most of the amazon kits are junk in comparison to other alternatives and/or piecing together a system. I am looking to have 3-5 outdoor camera's to be used with an NVR and want to use POE. I have tons of cat6 cable and the plan is to fish the cable through exerior walls into the unfinished basement then bring the cable back up to a wall plate/keystone jacks where the main tv/modem/router is located. I have a nice pc however its also me media center so id prefer to avoid using it for this and use an NVR. I mostly just want camera's for remote viewing or have the option to view if something were to happen. We have had some recent break in's including one of our own vehicles, packages stolen and misc in the area as of lately. The house has a relatively small footprint on the outside and the cam's can be mounted under the easement out of the weather.
Is this doable with this budget? Is there a specific nvr I should be looking at? The issue I keep finding is when I find a camera with good reviews its not compatible with another brand NVR. I was originally looking at the reolink rlc-410, 4 cam setup for $475 which comes in under budget but heard mixed reviews on here about them.
Cliffs/Requirements:
Budget - $600, if i need to start with only 3 cameras to make this happen that's ok, id be fine with getting 2 cameras on the front of the house and 1 on the side for now and building up as funds allow.
Remote Viewing via iphone/android required.
POE - I like this option as I have cat6,jacks,fittings etc already on hand
Local storage on an NVR, I dont want to have to deal with SD cards or removing camera internals to view recorded data, I dont mind adding an additional drive for storage on an nvr, I have plenty of HD's laying around in the 2-4TB range. Ideally i just want to know that if something happens I can view the recordings or i have the option of live viewing the cameras remotely. Ill hook the nvr up to a tv but this would hardly ever be used or monitored.
System must have date/time stamp option
Thanks!
Is this doable with this budget? Is there a specific nvr I should be looking at? The issue I keep finding is when I find a camera with good reviews its not compatible with another brand NVR. I was originally looking at the reolink rlc-410, 4 cam setup for $475 which comes in under budget but heard mixed reviews on here about them.
Cliffs/Requirements:
Budget - $600, if i need to start with only 3 cameras to make this happen that's ok, id be fine with getting 2 cameras on the front of the house and 1 on the side for now and building up as funds allow.
Remote Viewing via iphone/android required.
POE - I like this option as I have cat6,jacks,fittings etc already on hand
Local storage on an NVR, I dont want to have to deal with SD cards or removing camera internals to view recorded data, I dont mind adding an additional drive for storage on an nvr, I have plenty of HD's laying around in the 2-4TB range. Ideally i just want to know that if something happens I can view the recordings or i have the option of live viewing the cameras remotely. Ill hook the nvr up to a tv but this would hardly ever be used or monitored.
System must have date/time stamp option
Thanks!