Boogieman

The revo has no reviews its hard to know...There is a significant loss of field of vision..unless you have a need to the narrow view (you want to capture something specific at a distance from the camera) dont do it. Why would you pay a premium and settle. Qsee rebrands dahua (for their ip cameras) and swann rebrands hikvision. Both have good reliability. If you want customer service and more camera and lens options, there are lots of us based sellers of those brands like nellys and wrightwood that would probably suit your needs.

With almost any nvr/dvr you can have remote access set up. Its no big deal.. If you are installing new, go with an IP HD system...most of these utilize power over ethernet (POE) so you just need to run a single cable to each camera and dont have to worry about powering them.. http://www.costco.com/Q-See-4-Channel-HD-NVR-Security-System-with-1TB-HDD-and-4-1080p-Cameras.product.100149972.html http://www.costco.com/Q-See-8-Channel-HD-NVR-Security-System-with-2TB-HDD-and-6-1080p-Cameras.product.100128993.html

that is for the PHOTO camera not for the VIDEO camera.

you cannot get color and use ir at the same time with any camera...there is an ir filter that engages in color mode that blocks out ir light....there are junk cameras without the filter or you can disable/remove the filter on some models but the colors will look terrible so it would be pointless.

Hikvision NVRs can do what you need. They have a low cost version...The foscam cameras you listed are overpriced low end stuff...you can buy the hikvision 2032 for 85, 3mp camera...For indoors, use the hikvision 2432 cube camera with a wide 2.8mm lens, has a pir sensor (lowers false alerts) sd card, 3mp, poe, wireless...about 110.

No, it will only work with hikvision.

This http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hikvision-IP-camera-DS-2CD2232-I5-3MP-HD-network-camera-IP66-waterproof-IR-50meters-lens-6mm/1822927840.html

The revo system is overpriced and has 6mm lenses in the cams giving you a narrow field a view.. The swann ip cameras systems at costco are a good choice, they are rebranded hikvision...it will be plug and play except for the remote access which requires port forwarding or vpn. The qsee systems are rebranded dahua... Both are good if you are looking for plug and play. http://www.costco.com/Q-See-8-Channel-HD-NVR-Security-System-with-2TB-HDD-and-6-1080p-Cameras.product.100128993.html Read the reviews carefully because the negatives are a mostly folks who dont know what they are doing...

Generally it wont help..what cpu are you running? What is the cpu use percentage?

Model number?

I believe you are going to need the router because otherwise the second nvr will not be able to communicate with the cameras...

First time for me to hear about using 2 NVRs on 1 ip cam. Call all ip cam do that? How do you know which can and can't. I have a second extra nvr and one concern of mine is what if the main nvr is stolen. So I may just add that second extra to the network. But all my 4 ip cams are connected to the built-in POE switch of the NVR4204. I can't even access the web server of each 4 ip cam to adjust WDR for example. Do you know of the smallest 4channel poe switch dat can do that? My main nvr is hidden in a very small box and big switch may not fit anymore. Also when you mentioned "must homerun cables to the dvr".. isn't this what we do also when we connect all ip cams to the built-in poe switch of the nvr? You will need a switch..they are under 50 dollars (4 ports poe)http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-SF1008P-100Mbps-8-Port-802-3af/dp/B003CFATT2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418521807&sr=8-1&keywords=poe+switch&pebp=1418521607393 I never tested two NVR's, but you can easily do this with 1NVR and say a pc NVR running any vms...with two NVR's they may both be sending settings to the camera (so im not 100 percent certain it will work)...you can also have the cams write to nas..many ip cameras also have SD cards slots in them as well if you want backup... And yes, you have to home run if you want to use an NVR with built in..but why? Its much simpler to use a switch.. This way, say you have 4 cams on one side of your house and the nvr is on the other, you just need to run a single cable...

It won't. I guess I'd have to fabricate an enclosure that allowed the PIR and IR LED to petrude though thus not requiring glass. Not sure on everyone's thoughts about a DS-2CD2432F-IW surviving the cold (assuming I could keep it dry) ? It will survive in the cold..look at the specs... The issue is how well the pir sensor will perform outdoors...its not all that sensitive... You are doing this all wrong...just use a camera with an alarm input and use an outdoor pir sensor..

They are lying to you, ip cameras are not going anywhere...The is very little latency in ip cameras (few hundred millisecond), if set up properly. Even if it was 2 seconds, there are very few applications where that would matter. CVI has lots of drawbacks..here are some 1) limited DVR's, 2) not POE 3) must homerun cables to the DVR(this can add substantial cost to some projects) 4) cannot stream to more than one device as backup (unless you set up for the dvr to stream to another device, but if the dvr is taken, all recording stops)..With ip the camera can stream to more than one nvr on a network or even to a NAS or second hidden NVR, so if the NVR is stolen its still recording on the nas/NVR... 5)CVI is limited to 1080p CVI is great if you have the cable infrastructure in place or you need to do really long runs where you cannot place a switch to extend at 100m.

By the way. For a $1,600 5mp cctv.. what is your estimate of the real manufacturing cost of the camea. I think it's just $200. So they are making a $1,400 profit. And customers even support them buying them.. so isn't the overpricing somewhat abusive thing already? Or do you honestly believe it takes say $1,400 to manufacturer a 5mp.. who knows.. these sensors may even be overstock from the days when 5mp digital camera reign.. early 2000s. So these manufacturers like Bosch, Axis are making a killing or excessive overpricing. Dahua costs 5 times less and they are already making incredible money. What more those Bosch. Huh? Do you know how much it cost for research and development, design, marketing, sales, employees, etc... Go ahead and try and make your own...if you think they are using a 5mp sensor from cameras made in 2000 you dont understand cameras at all. You can make the same statement about any device, your cell phone your pc..its simply wrong...

Why do you need ipv6?

Give up..unless the original photo is MUCH more detailed than this one.. Look the pixels are simply not there..there is NO way you can do this...

Sorry buddy, but that is impossible...

Even if you could develop a pan tilt mounting braket, the motorized varifocal is not designed for zoom..they are generally very slow to both zoom and focus.. Its made to adjust at time of install, and maybe ones a day or so via presets.

They are a very small market segment, there is not much interest in it, that is why the reviews are limted. Its not cost effective, its more expensive to install, and you are limited to a few DVR's. You can get an ip camera for a few dollars more than cvi (you were over paying for the ip camera, look at ali express). You are over thinking this issue...just make a choice and install it...

Ive never tested a 5mp camera, but the 3mp or 2mp have almost zero latency...You are making a mountain out of a molehill...but if you want cvi, just go for it...but run cat6 with baluns so you can change over to ip later

What I meant was 12mp still camera.. not video.. I don't think there is a phone that can record 12mp video. Note the dahua 5mp is the same price as 5 pcs of 1080 hdcvi. So unless the 5mp is of superior dynamic range.. won't it make sense to put 5 pcs of 1080 hdcvi spread over the doorways and sides. My use is just outside the house and if I put 5 pcs of hdcvi (same price as 1 5mp cam), the robbers have to come together in 5 to disable them at same time, instead of just one. Also any evidence 5mp cam has higher latency than 1080p ip cam. If the delay is even 2-3 seconds worse than 1080p ip cam, then 5 pcs of hdcvi is a clear answer.. you want real time view outside the house when you are holding the submachine gun trigger.. lol.. just kidding.. but 5 pcs real time analog 1080p may just blow any 5mp cam.. won't it.. unless you want to monitor the neighbors outside across the street. If your network is of decent quality you should not be getting any noticeable latency (a few hundred milliseconds at most)...it could be your network or NVR that is causing your issues...

I dont understand show me a link with prices...how much did you pay for each? Also you need to compare the cvi to this, which is the same design...not to a totally different design IPC-HFW4200S http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/ipc-hfw4200s-397.html

where did you get the idea that cvi is 1/3 the cost of ip? Even if that were true, you would need a much larger NVR to handle the added cameras.

Thats a load of crap..first there are tons of forums like this one with all the info anyone will ever need. Second those package systems are plug and play..aside from remote viewing and you have the same issue with analog Third, qsee and swann both provide tech support... I dont know where you get the "you will have issues" with ip from. All of this is way better than installing an analog system then coming back to the forum when something happens and ask us to CSI a better image, which is impossible.. Both costco and home depot have awesome return policies as well.