300winmag

Ok so after some reading and videos I definitely want IP cameras now lol so much clearer I cant believe they even make analog anymore. The question is do I want to buy a standalone DVR or use my computer as one.. I have a stupid amount of hard drives lying around the house so I could save a lot of money going with my comp but what are the drawbacks? And do all IP cameras require just one cat5e cable or should I wait to run the lines before I know what cameras I'm getting? Thanx for all your help guys!!

So all I have to do is run one Cat5E cable per camera and that 1 cable with a bunch of smaller wires in it will take care of everything?? Thats easy lol. But I was going to put the power box for the cables in the breaker room... and the monitor is 2 floors up, so I would have to run the cat5e wire from outside in to the breaker room and then up stairs to the monitor... damn. Could I put the power box for the cameras upstairs behind the monitor desk in the office or should they always be down stairs in the breaker room? It would be nice to go straight from the cameras to one location. I already have 2 computers, I want to turn one into a DVR and leave it off line. I don't want IP cameras or wireless anything.... Check that I just started reading that thread jxk716 sent me and wow what a difference between CCTV and IP. I thought IP cameras were the same as CCTV but made for the internet? Argh.

On second though how does a cat6 cable go to the back of a camera? will do more research tomorrow