ChinaSailor

Hi Everyone, First, I would like to thank you all in advance for your help and expertise. I am looking to purchase a 6 to 8 camera wireless digital home surveillance system w/ NVR/DVR where I can use 3 or 4 battery operated outdoor cameras and 3 to 4 indoor powered cameras all being connected to a central station that I could plug my PC into to view/manage the operation. I currently have Verizon WiFi for our internet and a Uniden cordless telephone system running at 5.8Ghz. placement of cameras would be well within a 75' range of the central receiving station in a home environment. Features that I would like: all cameras being wireless camera activated motion detection day and night video recording audio recording (but not a must) 3tb or 4tb of storage simple/easy installation As you can see I am just at the beginning of designing the system. Would like to purchase and install something within the next 2 to 3 weeks. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Mike "Home is the Sailor, Home from the Sea... And the Hunter, Home from the Hill"

zr1 -- first, thanks for the exhaustive reply and information, much appreciated and much needed. the reason for the "wireless" cams was trying to eliminate installing cat5 cable everywhere from the cam to dvr/base station. We just painted the house and I loathe having to tear up the walls/ceiling, spackle, repaint, etc etc the reason for the "battery operation" was for the outside cams for essentially the same reason in getting wireless, didn't want to have to drill, run power cables, etc etc... Maybe I'll just have to buy some of those more realistic dummy surveillance cams, or buy some defective surveillance cams and install them outside and inside. I was going to do that anyway and then install the real cams in a more hidden manner. I only have 4 entrances to monitor which can be done inside or outside, but would prefer outside and then be able to monitor a good portion of the grounds as well. Thanks again for the information and insight.. it is most helpful. Mike