I am considering CCTV at home following a spate of recent breaking locally. I naively assumed that there would be little need for hard wiring but have been advised by 2 installers that I need to hardwire the DVR to the router ( located in lounge ) and the cameras to the DVR and to avoid external wiring i would have cables entering the room via my ceiling/coving as my ground floor is concrete subfloor with wooden flooring covering the ground floor…. I have just finished a full refurb and should have considered it earlier but surface wiring is a No No.
I foolishly assumed that the DVR would be wireless and would be located in perhaps the airing cupboard or loftspace in a lockable cabinet and the cameras located in the soffits with wiring dropping in with minimal intrusion.
Surely with a DVR in the lounge connected to the router that would be added to any burglars haul rendering the expense of CCTV futile.
Both installers poo pooed the wireless options on the market as cheap, unreliable and with such bandwidth required the wireless network couldn't cope and if it did it would only service the CCTV and tablets, pcs, smart tvs and phones wouldn't get a look in.
is this the case ??
