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Sorry for being the millionth person to ask this I am in the market for a DIY CCTV for home use and after 2 weeks of reading reviews and searching I still have not pulled the trigger My budget is £300 to £400 including shipping (UK) I would like a decent setup with 4 cameras being able to record for 1 month 1 camera covering the drive and road outside my house 1 covering visitors on the front door 1 covering the side rear/entrance 1 covering the back yard I understand I need a good varifocal camera to be able to zoom in and cover the drive and the road. I would like it to pick up reg plates if possible. IR Night vision must be good. 20m or 30m both acceptable. OK So my dilemma is the vast amount of cctv kits on the market. And having ZERO experience with them not knowing which brand to go for or how much I should be spending. I was expecting to pay around £350 for a kit so £450 is a little over budget. Somewhere in the middle would be nice. Which brand is better? Are there other brands I should be looking at? I have heard of Dahua and Xvision but I am not sure whats best for residential. I have had a couple of recommendations: 1) The first is an IQ CCTV system for approximately £450 which will come with an 8 ch DVR (IQR8D) 1 TB HDD and 4 cameras 30m IR IQC649V-G or 20m IR IQC600V 2) The second is a Swann D1 CCTV system for similar money but has 500GB HDD and 20M IR Cameras. Being a complete novice I could do with knowing if this is the correct price range and type of equipment Any recommendations?

anyone?

I am after a good 8 Ch DVR with 1TB HD QVIS is my preferred brand at the moment and in my budget there is the iZeus and iCloud DVRs I was quite keen on the iZeus mainly down to it being HD The QVIS iCloud DVR has also become available which simplifies some of the fixed IP issues for remote view setup. This DVR has 1TB built in but its not HD so my dilemma is whether I opt for a entry level QVIS iZeus HD system or go for the easier to setup iCloud system. They're both Full D1 right?

thanks buddy makes sense I want the best kit available for £500 Any HD kits I can squeeze in that price? I am looking at the iZeus or the iCloud with good varifocal cameras these ones to be precise: http://www.qvissecurity.com/files/93d21f19-53bd-4200-943b-a0450100ec1b/P400-E37-V2G40-N.pdf

OK peeps after some very good advice I have decided to stick to the QVIS brand I understand I will have to go down the Cat5 / Balun route - is this the only real method of connecting cams to a DVR? Seems quite over-complicated to me

ANPR would be nice but how much is the camera? and what system does it need to run? does it work with a standard DVR?

Thanks lads any links to any kits? I know the Dahua is good but where to purchase from?

to my dismay I am still hunting for the right CCTV kit so many brands, so many prices! I have increased my budget to £500 but hope to have 4 good cameras with atleast a 1TB HD I hold my hands up - I need help!

im based near manchester hmm.. so IR is not so important! I have motion security lights fitted but I didn't think they would be good enough what sort of cameras should I be looking at? so far I am convinced the IQ CCTV is the best out the bunch.. someone help!

Can anyone recommend the best brand for home use? 4 cams with 1TB HD ideally

which brand are people using for home use?