Hello!
I'm Rick, and I live in SE Wisconsin with my lovely bride and 2 pups. We're on the outskirts of Milwaukee. Recently, a gang of car thieves came through and stole a car that had left it's key fob in it. Fortunately, the cops tracked down the vehicle, but unfortunately, there was a double shooting. Both suspects will survive.
The cops asked if anyone had Ring video or any other surveillance video. No one did. Now, the car was stolen on the other side of the subdivision, but the routine of these thugs is to check every vehicle for keys/fobs/open doors and go to town. I park my truck on the driveway, but it's always locked and I never have anything of value on the seats.
That said, my bride is a bit shook up by this. I started looking into NVR systems so I could manage everything on my home net (cat6 everywhere, POE switch, VLAN segments, etc.) and not have to worry about hackers or video being uploaded to the Chinese cloud.
At first, I was enamored with Reolink. Seemed like a viable option for my limited needs. Then I started digging and realized there are some OEM gear available for a tad more $$ that will offer much better quality. At the end of the day, I want my wife to feel better knowing that we have the perimeter covered with good footage taken with equipment that will last.
That's why I'm here - to research as quickly as possible and purchase some good gear to go with a Blue Iris server. I'll keep poking around here, but if anyone has some thoughts on a solid 6 camera setup (thinking 4 fixed length and 2 zoom) that is known for night quality and person detection, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks in advance!
Rick
I'm Rick, and I live in SE Wisconsin with my lovely bride and 2 pups. We're on the outskirts of Milwaukee. Recently, a gang of car thieves came through and stole a car that had left it's key fob in it. Fortunately, the cops tracked down the vehicle, but unfortunately, there was a double shooting. Both suspects will survive.
The cops asked if anyone had Ring video or any other surveillance video. No one did. Now, the car was stolen on the other side of the subdivision, but the routine of these thugs is to check every vehicle for keys/fobs/open doors and go to town. I park my truck on the driveway, but it's always locked and I never have anything of value on the seats.
That said, my bride is a bit shook up by this. I started looking into NVR systems so I could manage everything on my home net (cat6 everywhere, POE switch, VLAN segments, etc.) and not have to worry about hackers or video being uploaded to the Chinese cloud.
At first, I was enamored with Reolink. Seemed like a viable option for my limited needs. Then I started digging and realized there are some OEM gear available for a tad more $$ that will offer much better quality. At the end of the day, I want my wife to feel better knowing that we have the perimeter covered with good footage taken with equipment that will last.
That's why I'm here - to research as quickly as possible and purchase some good gear to go with a Blue Iris server. I'll keep poking around here, but if anyone has some thoughts on a solid 6 camera setup (thinking 4 fixed length and 2 zoom) that is known for night quality and person detection, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks in advance!
Rick
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