I am putting together my first system and have been debating whether to purchase gray market Hikvision cameras or US versions(update-able). I currently am running one camera (DS-2CD2145F-IS) that I had set-up to email alerts until a few months ago when the gmail SSL issue occurred and had to upgrade the camera's firmware to 5.4.0 to get emails working again. So I was glad I purchased a US version that I could upgrade.
However, now I am expanding my system and it will consist of six total cameras running on Blue Iris. Once I have alerts (email) set up on BI, I am thinking that I will not need to worry about the cameras firmware anymore since Bi will take care of the alerts. So I am thinking to purchase the additional cameras on Aliexpress (running 5.3.8).
Am I missing anything/thinking correctly?
However, now I am expanding my system and it will consist of six total cameras running on Blue Iris. Once I have alerts (email) set up on BI, I am thinking that I will not need to worry about the cameras firmware anymore since Bi will take care of the alerts. So I am thinking to purchase the additional cameras on Aliexpress (running 5.3.8).
Am I missing anything/thinking correctly?