jsabia85

I am looking to get PoE cameras w/ NVR for my home. Anywhere from 4-6 cameras. Have been doing a lot of research and I am unsure of what brand to go with. For a while I have been researching Hikvision but I am reading a lot of complaints about them. They are Chinese made and hacked with english firmware etc and its hard to find a real hikvision manufactured camera, they are all knock-offs. I recently came across Reolink and their products look really good. I do not need top of the line, just cameras that are built well and have good image quality. Does anybody have any experience with reolink? Are they worth looking into? In terms of technology, I am a systems engineer and have been networking for 15+ years. I am very technical so this shouldn't be an issue for me. I have been running cable, terminating Ethernet for a while now. Also, for camera type, dome vs bullet? What do most prefer? I like the dome cameras but are they not as good as bullets?

Sorry, I am completely aware that most of these cameras are Chinese made, what I mean was that I have been reading a lot online that these cameras have a lot of knock offs made in china. I prefer to have the ability to be able to upgrade the firmware Just from what I have read online. Yes, I know reolink is made in china. I am not opposed to chinese made cameras.