digi21

Hi Im new to the world of cctv and would like some guidance on what kind of system I should get for my house. Im buying a new house and I wanted to get it installed for security. Its a four bedroom house with 3 levels (Up, main and base). I would like to install a cam in each of the bedrooms if possible as the house is kind of away from anyone and could be a point of entry. So with the cameras it would be 4 cameras upstairs in each room, on the main floor I would like one in each of the 3 rooms, so thats the front room of the house, the den, and the kitchen and living room. I would like atleast one camera in the basement just to cover all entry points. I would consider putting one in the front at the door and one at the backyard, but they would be less critical as if someone wanted to get in they probably wouldnt care if they were there. So thats 8 cameras overall, and I wanted them to record on detection of motion, and let me know if there was any sort of movement within a set period of time like when everyones at work. I was thinking of running a nvr so I dont have to do the wiring and use a homeplug to make a network for the cameras to communicate with the nvr. Is this a ok idea? Please could you help me and let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions, or recommendations. Im new to this so anything would be helpful.

Yea I see what you mean about the bedroom cameras, guess I just wanted to be a bit over protective over my kids in the future with all the stories I'v heard. A homeplug is basically a cat5 alternative, so you put on end near your modem and the other near the item that needs to be connected, so it means you dont have to run cat5's all over the house and can just use the power lines in your house as the cat5's. They are reliable too. With what you have said about the cameras on the outside it makes sense, I will be looking to put at least one at the front and one at the back. What system do you recommend, for something like this. I probably will end up with the 8-10 cameras around the house, so I'm not too sure what one to get. My budget is as low as I can keep it, but I know I would rather have a dedicated system rather than running everything to a computer. NVR system that would capture motion is what I want, not sure what cameras to get though. In the house I think I should get the black domed ones as it would be weird to have cameras pointed at you. Any suggestions.

I think it would be a worth wile investment for when we have kids and we need to monitor them or the baby sitters or something. It's only me and the wife at the moment so we would only want the cameras motion activated.

Hi everyone, I am new to the forums and found it today. It looks very interesting and I hope I can learn from people here and participate. The reason Im looking into cctv is because I would like to put it in my house. Digi