Hi All!
After a break in to the truck last night, I'm kicking myself for never really putting in the video cameras and other infrastructure I knew I should. So I'm sure I'm going down the route of many here, but after several issues at a old house and now one at our current house, it's time to get serious, but my head spins when I start reading all the options.
So here is what I would like to do:
1. Night time recording is the main goal. Most stuff will happen at night.
2. Camera will be mounted in a window that is overlooking the driveway that is about 12 feet off the ground.
3. Have up to 4 cameras to watch the property. Would prefer to keep these at $200 or less, but could be talked into a really good one to watch the driveway.
4. Record to a local server.
5. Would prefer CAT5/5E/6 cable instead of BNC
6. Not sure on a DVR or DVR card for the PC, but lean toward the PC as I have a server with plenty of disk space.
7. Any recommendation for software? I've been looking at iSPy and Blue Iris.