Thanks for the replies!
My budget is [FONT=Lucida Grande, Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]$150-190 and was thinking to go with Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I as it seems popular around here. There its around $93 and I figured if I would buy I would take the risk and buy it without warranty because it would not make sense to ship it back.[/FONT]
[FONT=Lucida Grande, Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]One part that I do not understand is about firmware versions, English vs. Chinise. Some say they get English and some Chinese. I'm familiar with updating firmware so I guess I could update it to English if needed.[/FONT]