Hello all,
This forum seems to be great and quite helpful. I recently had some rebranded dahua cameras installed by a local company here. I choose to go with them specifically because they installed dahua cams, and that's where most of my research led me to believe these cams are the best. Also I needed a professional install as I didn't have the time or expertise to do it.
We ended up getting:
2x - HNC31349H (I believe the dahua model is IPC-HDW3449H-AS-PV)
4x - HDW2431TP
NVR - 4108-8P-4KS2
The two active deterrence cams are by front and rear entry, and then the other 4 covers the sides of the house and two blind spots.
So far the cameras have been pretty good, however the dmss app leaves much to be desired. I see a lot of talk on here about blue Iris, but I'm not sure if it's the right move for me. While I considered myself quite techy in my younger days, a lot of what I've read/seen appears to be a bit over my comfort level.
My main reason for wanting to upgrade though would be a more user friendly app. For example, I have wyze camera used for inside the house, and a nest doorbell (which I plan to change to something better soon). I find both of their apps have a better user experience. I understand that dahua won't put as much money into their app as some of these other companies, but for me I find the app ruins a lot of the experience for me.
For example, on dmss when I go to playback for a camera, even when fully zoomed into the time chart, I find it extremely glitchy when trying to navigate to a specific time. I scroll with my finger until I see the time I want, and when I let go it jumps all over the place. And it often takes way too long to get to the spot I want. This maybe due to my phone, I'm not sure if others have this issue. But on the wyze app when I do the same, I don't have that problem at all. And the jump forward/backward 30s option on the wyze app is a nice feature that I really miss when using the dmss app.
I use an android, and my wife a new iPhone. For the most part the notifications (or alarm messages) come through to my phone, but often not to hers. And we both have the exact same settings selected. I find that strange and just un reliable.
Also the dmss app will often "lose" connection to my cameras and I have to constantly restart the app in order to see my cameras. Am I isolated with this issues? Or have others experienced it?
And lastly I don't like how often things can only be changed when directly hooked up to the NVR. For example my tripwire perimeters needed to be changed, and I couldn't just do it from the app. This was an issue for me because I was away from my home for an extended time and didn't have the luxury of just plugging into the NVR and making the changes I wanted to.
Would switching to a blue Iris set up with my cameras fix my issues? Or would it be worth it? Also, with plans to change my doorbell to a better one (but likely not a dahua one based on my research), I don't think what I choose will work with dmss. So this might be another good reason to go with BI?
Thanks in advance
This forum seems to be great and quite helpful. I recently had some rebranded dahua cameras installed by a local company here. I choose to go with them specifically because they installed dahua cams, and that's where most of my research led me to believe these cams are the best. Also I needed a professional install as I didn't have the time or expertise to do it.
We ended up getting:
2x - HNC31349H (I believe the dahua model is IPC-HDW3449H-AS-PV)
4x - HDW2431TP
NVR - 4108-8P-4KS2
The two active deterrence cams are by front and rear entry, and then the other 4 covers the sides of the house and two blind spots.
So far the cameras have been pretty good, however the dmss app leaves much to be desired. I see a lot of talk on here about blue Iris, but I'm not sure if it's the right move for me. While I considered myself quite techy in my younger days, a lot of what I've read/seen appears to be a bit over my comfort level.
My main reason for wanting to upgrade though would be a more user friendly app. For example, I have wyze camera used for inside the house, and a nest doorbell (which I plan to change to something better soon). I find both of their apps have a better user experience. I understand that dahua won't put as much money into their app as some of these other companies, but for me I find the app ruins a lot of the experience for me.
For example, on dmss when I go to playback for a camera, even when fully zoomed into the time chart, I find it extremely glitchy when trying to navigate to a specific time. I scroll with my finger until I see the time I want, and when I let go it jumps all over the place. And it often takes way too long to get to the spot I want. This maybe due to my phone, I'm not sure if others have this issue. But on the wyze app when I do the same, I don't have that problem at all. And the jump forward/backward 30s option on the wyze app is a nice feature that I really miss when using the dmss app.
I use an android, and my wife a new iPhone. For the most part the notifications (or alarm messages) come through to my phone, but often not to hers. And we both have the exact same settings selected. I find that strange and just un reliable.
Also the dmss app will often "lose" connection to my cameras and I have to constantly restart the app in order to see my cameras. Am I isolated with this issues? Or have others experienced it?
And lastly I don't like how often things can only be changed when directly hooked up to the NVR. For example my tripwire perimeters needed to be changed, and I couldn't just do it from the app. This was an issue for me because I was away from my home for an extended time and didn't have the luxury of just plugging into the NVR and making the changes I wanted to.
Would switching to a blue Iris set up with my cameras fix my issues? Or would it be worth it? Also, with plans to change my doorbell to a better one (but likely not a dahua one based on my research), I don't think what I choose will work with dmss. So this might be another good reason to go with BI?
Thanks in advance
