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Hi all, First of all I'm a total noob to all this, so please bear with me. I need to solve this before the weekend because we will be closing walls then! With the help of a professional I wired the whole house with Cat6, including wiring for 5 cameras (4 outside, one in garage). I don't know which cameras/dvr I'm installing yet, but that's a different topic. He suggested the following setup : DVR with 4 ports to save money (8 ports are more expensive). He suggested Provision brand. 4 x cat6 cables for the 4 cameras outside running to the DVR 1 x cat6 + 1 power cable for the camera in the garage, the cat6 running to my 24-port switch (which will be used for the house network) He says the DVR will "find the 5th camera on the network" However I'd rather use a 6 or 8 port DVR and run my 5 cables to it, to simplify things. I feel like the 5th camera in the switch would be a headache, but I could be wrong... My other option I guess is an NVR with a POE switch? What do you guys think? Thanks!

I purchased a Lorex set from Costco (in the past) and it had a DVR according to the documentation with ethernet cables... am I missing something? Was it an NVR?

Hi all, I'm a total noob when it comes to surveillance cameras, but we're stripping our old house and building everything from scratch, which means open walls and wired home networking. So I want to install 5 outdoor cameras and 2 indoor cameras. I'm in Montreal so we occasionally get -30C in winter (-40 with windchill) and +30C in summer (+40 with humidex). It goes without saying I want something weatherproof. One PTZ would be great, but not mandatory (I hear PoE isn't sufficient for PTZ). I prefer PoE systems because of simplicity of wiring and installation. I also want to avoid wireless systems for numerous reasons. I love the simplicity (and price) of the Lorex Plug and Play systems, but I'm thinking there must be more options, especially in terms of quality. I'm already installing cat6 throughout the house for a home network (with cables running to almost every room) with a network switch, so can I set a camera surveillance network in parallel to that or is it better to just set up a completely different network? What are your recommendations here? Or just fork out extra money and leave this to a pro? Thanks