Hey everyone,
Found this forum through google when trying to figure out what I want to do for my home as far as cameras go.
I recently wired my 1940 home with 24 cat 6 keystone jacks and all new RG6 coax cable into a Leviton 42" structured media enclosure in the office closet and paired it with a basic Netgear dumb switch and some soon to be installed Ubiquiti gear. I decided to finally take on this project after being fed up with spectrum constantly raising my cable prices, and their internet constantly dropping due to overloaded nodes (their words) plus at&t recently brought in gigabit fiber so why not?!
When I was researching and purchasing the Ubiquiti gear, I noticed their camera line and NVR so I figured instead of going full fanboy and impulse buying I'd do some actual research. From what I've found so far their cameras aren't the best of quality of bang for the buck.
I hope to find the information I'm looking for on here, but the basics of what I'm looking to find are cameras that aren't extremely expensive, weather rated, have PoE, a good web and mobile interface, and have good quality, including at night (something Ubiquiti seems to struggle with)
I will be installing a maximum of 10 cameras. I also hope to find some kind of software that will allow me to build my own NVR instead of purchasing one, unless that's truly the best option.
My experience with cameras goes as far as helping some friends and family Install and setup some Lorex PoE 4K packages they picked up.
If anyone can point me in the right direction, even if its just good keywords to use while searching i would greatly appreciate it.
-Parker
Found this forum through google when trying to figure out what I want to do for my home as far as cameras go.
I recently wired my 1940 home with 24 cat 6 keystone jacks and all new RG6 coax cable into a Leviton 42" structured media enclosure in the office closet and paired it with a basic Netgear dumb switch and some soon to be installed Ubiquiti gear. I decided to finally take on this project after being fed up with spectrum constantly raising my cable prices, and their internet constantly dropping due to overloaded nodes (their words) plus at&t recently brought in gigabit fiber so why not?!
When I was researching and purchasing the Ubiquiti gear, I noticed their camera line and NVR so I figured instead of going full fanboy and impulse buying I'd do some actual research. From what I've found so far their cameras aren't the best of quality of bang for the buck.
I hope to find the information I'm looking for on here, but the basics of what I'm looking to find are cameras that aren't extremely expensive, weather rated, have PoE, a good web and mobile interface, and have good quality, including at night (something Ubiquiti seems to struggle with)
I will be installing a maximum of 10 cameras. I also hope to find some kind of software that will allow me to build my own NVR instead of purchasing one, unless that's truly the best option.
My experience with cameras goes as far as helping some friends and family Install and setup some Lorex PoE 4K packages they picked up.
If anyone can point me in the right direction, even if its just good keywords to use while searching i would greatly appreciate it.
-Parker