Good Evening All,
I'm building a house and pressing such tight timelines for equipment and install, that I'll ask for forgiveness in advance for asking for a turnkey answer on my first post. Hopefully responses will be helpful to others in the future as well.
My only personal experience with IP cameras is a system from Supercircuits I purchased in December 2017:
(4) NC304-XD28: 4PM IP 100ft IR WDR turret camera 2.8mm
(1) WL-N8P: 8 Channel NVR, 8 Port PoE, 40Mbps 1U
(1) 4TB WD Purple HD
Problems I hope to alleviate with next system:
Processing power:
1.) If I ever tried to have more than two devices streaming, it would give a message 'out of memory' and not stream (e.g. NVR monitor, office PC, then attempt to start IPAD and it won't work)
2.) Trying to review previous recordings would be sluggish and arduous process
False motion detection:
1.) looking through footage, there’s too many false alarms to ever have it do a live notify and the only realistic way I’d ever see something is if I knew exactly what I was looking for already
2.) even though I used the grid to isolate motion area to not pickup trees, etc. that takes away area I need to see and even the smaller area triggers on shadows
Camera Quality:
1.) I’ve read that lower MP cameras do better at night, but the 8PM cameras seem enticing for better positive identification; where is the sweet spot? House to the street is about 50ft, and the rest would be within 15-20ft.
2.) Blooming: for the front porch where there are lanterns mounted close, would like cameras that can adjust to the ambient light.
Storage:
Would like at least 2 bays in the NVR, but not sure if having one massive drive is better than two smaller drivers? I would doubt that economical options use RAID? I’d like to be able to run 8 cameras and capture in full video (29/30fps) quality and store based on motion events for up to a month.
Potential improvements with new system:
1.) PIR thermal detection to help with false positives with motion?
2.) Better ram, processing power, video fps and quality
It seems that lots of people, Supercircuits/Alibi included, are OEM Hikvision but I don’t see Hikvision equivalents looking at their site, especially for 8MP.
This is the best option I could come up with thus far that would allow 8/9 cameras and if it’s a 16 channel NVR and never has that many cameras, perhaps could run them quickly. My current system is an 8 channel, and I only ever installed 4 of the cameras and had all of those problems I mentioned. There are no computer specs available from the manufacturer or the website.
P8T8162KT
www.supercircuits.com
Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Was hoping to keep the NVR and first 8 cameras under $1500, but not sure if this is reasonable based on my ask.
Thanks!
Brett
I'm building a house and pressing such tight timelines for equipment and install, that I'll ask for forgiveness in advance for asking for a turnkey answer on my first post. Hopefully responses will be helpful to others in the future as well.
My only personal experience with IP cameras is a system from Supercircuits I purchased in December 2017:
(4) NC304-XD28: 4PM IP 100ft IR WDR turret camera 2.8mm
(1) WL-N8P: 8 Channel NVR, 8 Port PoE, 40Mbps 1U
(1) 4TB WD Purple HD
Problems I hope to alleviate with next system:
Processing power:
1.) If I ever tried to have more than two devices streaming, it would give a message 'out of memory' and not stream (e.g. NVR monitor, office PC, then attempt to start IPAD and it won't work)
2.) Trying to review previous recordings would be sluggish and arduous process
False motion detection:
1.) looking through footage, there’s too many false alarms to ever have it do a live notify and the only realistic way I’d ever see something is if I knew exactly what I was looking for already
2.) even though I used the grid to isolate motion area to not pickup trees, etc. that takes away area I need to see and even the smaller area triggers on shadows
Camera Quality:
1.) I’ve read that lower MP cameras do better at night, but the 8PM cameras seem enticing for better positive identification; where is the sweet spot? House to the street is about 50ft, and the rest would be within 15-20ft.
2.) Blooming: for the front porch where there are lanterns mounted close, would like cameras that can adjust to the ambient light.
Storage:
Would like at least 2 bays in the NVR, but not sure if having one massive drive is better than two smaller drivers? I would doubt that economical options use RAID? I’d like to be able to run 8 cameras and capture in full video (29/30fps) quality and store based on motion events for up to a month.
Potential improvements with new system:
1.) PIR thermal detection to help with false positives with motion?
2.) Better ram, processing power, video fps and quality
It seems that lots of people, Supercircuits/Alibi included, are OEM Hikvision but I don’t see Hikvision equivalents looking at their site, especially for 8MP.
This is the best option I could come up with thus far that would allow 8/9 cameras and if it’s a 16 channel NVR and never has that many cameras, perhaps could run them quickly. My current system is an 8 channel, and I only ever installed 4 of the cameras and had all of those problems I mentioned. There are no computer specs available from the manufacturer or the website.
P8T8162KT
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Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Was hoping to keep the NVR and first 8 cameras under $1500, but not sure if this is reasonable based on my ask.
Thanks!
Brett
