Sounds like you have a good plan.Couldn't find any, so now that I am switching to BI from my Hikvision NVR, I just ordered 1 of each from Andy, mainly because I have areas of my house that get very little to no external light so the Dahua will be better there with it's IR capabilities. But will try and set them both up at the same location to see how the Dahua fares in full color vs the Hik. E.g., in my backyard the Hik at 1/6 or even 1/12 exposure delivers an incredibly well lit picture, but motion is obviously compromised so IR would probably work better there. My front door on the other hand I can run at 1/60 (even at 1/120) in full color and thanks to the street lights across the street I get a great picture so no need for IR there.
You know I looked again, sorry, I could not find it either, I have watched so many lately. I know I watched a bunch of ColorVu and Darkfighter videos. I have read 30 pages of this Thread so far, I think I made the right choice with the 5442, also talked to Andy PM. I just got my Power Supply today, so I will be bench testing the CAM this week, hopefully.
When mounting I will be trying out this Tool I bought a few years back for $40, hopefully it will help in placement.
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