heydarian

Blue iris will let you view your cameras on any internet enabled device via the web interface but my Sony TV has an issue. It will only do Jpeg pull and wont run the active X video. It is a few years old now though. The associated phone app will let you view via the internet if your connection will handle it. Cheap but needs a reasonably powerful PC to run lots of megapixels. For a few cams an I3 will cut it though. I did 5 x 3mp on an I3 There are stand alone NVR solutions that allow something similar from Hikvision and Dahua but I have no experience with them. At the top end of the scale you have your milestone solutions that need licensing per camera. Again I have no experience with them. As for camera type that depends on your budget and what you want to achieve. Hikvision and Dahua make some very nice dome/eyeball/bullet units that can be had out of china for under $US100 each or you can go to the other end of the scale and get Bosch units that will set you back up to $3000 for camera, lens and enclosure. There is plenty of middle ground. Some people are quite happy with IP based systems from Costco or similar. What do you want to achieve? What is your budget. Thanks for the response. I'm trying to have a small (4 camera) security system at home. Nothing too fancy. I think 720p would be enough for me. 1080p would be very nice. My budget is probably closer to couple hundred dollars (or lower) per camera. I'm working on finding a z-wave solution for my home automation system too and it would be great if I can connect my camera system to that as well. That being said, I've ran power and CAT6 cables to all my camera locations. I prefer the cameras to have wired connections (not wireless). I wouldn't mind having one wireless camera though so I can play with it and learn how they work.

I just finished building a house. I've pulled power and CAT6 to a few locations for cameras (wanting to use wired cameras instead of wireless). I have my TV's connected to my home network too. I have all these CAT6 cables (TVs, internet, and camera cables) connected to each other through a simple switch. I'd like to be able to view the cameras on my TVs, computer, and tablet. It would be nice to be able to watch them while I'm away from home but that's not as critical for me. Can someone guide me in the right direction in terms of what type of camera to buy, what type of recorder, network system, etc.