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    • coliverC
      coliver
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      You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run. Having to run a single Cat 6 cable to the camera vs running a power cable and the network cable is nice. Ubiquti also sells a fairly inexpensive PoE switch to do this.

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      • BRRABillB
        BRRABill @coliver
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        @coliver said:

        You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run. Having to run a single Cat 6 cable to the camera vs running a power cable and the network cable is nice. Ubiquti also sells a fairly inexpensive PoE switch to do this.

        Good to know.

        I can probably run Cat6 myself to anywhere in the house. Electrical cable is a whole different animal.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @coliver
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          @coliver said:

          You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run.

          I see what you did there.

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          • BRRABillB
            BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            @coliver said:

            You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run.

            I see what you did there.

            LOL.

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            • BRRABillB
              BRRABill
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              Also, how do you know WHERE to put the cameras? Obviously it's on a case-by-case basis, but say I have a regular rectangular house. How do I cover the entire outside while also keeping an eye on all the cameras?

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              • hobbit666H
                hobbit666 @BRRABill
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                @BRRABill said:

                Also, how do you know WHERE to put the cameras? Obviously it's on a case-by-case basis, but say I have a regular rectangular house. How do I cover the entire outside while also keeping an eye on all the cameras?

                Do you need 360degree viewing?

                Most systems will have a software viewer, just install on a PC and let it run. Also some will have mobile apps.

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                • BRRABillB
                  BRRABill @hobbit666
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                  @hobbit666 said:

                  Do you need 360degree viewing?

                  Don't know. 🙂

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                  • hobbit666H
                    hobbit666
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                    I would say just cover main entrance(s), car maybe if on a drive by house. Then any side windows?.

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                    • J
                      Jason Banned
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                      ring.com is a nice addition to a surveillance system as well.

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                      • RamblingBipedR
                        RamblingBiped
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                        Trendnet sells some very reasonably priced cameras, and gives away a Windows-based Server to manage multiple cameras for free. You can also use Zoneminder on a Linux-based system to manage them, I believe it works with all of the Trendnet models that are out there. Hikvision also makes very similarly spec'd devices at a much cheaper price and I believe you can use Zoneminder to manage those cameras as well.

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                        • gjacobseG
                          gjacobse
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                          How outdoors are you going? Pole mounted - fully exposed, or eaves of the house?

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            I don't have direct experience with these so take it literally when I say "check these out" just because I know that they look interesting...

                            Ubiquiti and Netgear have nice looking options and are vendors that I otherwise like. If it were me, I would start there.

                            I need to add a few here, and I am leaning towards Ubiquiti.

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                            • BRRABillB
                              BRRABill @gjacobse
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                              @gjacobse said:

                              How outdoors are you going? Pole mounted - fully exposed, or eaves of the house?

                              Not sure?

                              We have a roofline, so I could put them up there under that.

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                              • gjacobseG
                                gjacobse
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                                Something to think of also,.. some cameras have the ability to have SD cards in them... Great and yet not so.

                                Do want a NVR for the cameras?

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                                • BRRABillB
                                  BRRABill @gjacobse
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                                  @gjacobse

                                  Yeah I imagine I'll get a NAS and store to that. Or some sort of storage like that.

                                  I'm not climbing up on my roof to retrieve footage. 🙂

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @BRRABill
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                                    @BRRABill said:

                                    @gjacobse

                                    Yeah I imagine I'll get a NAS and store to that. Or some sort of storage like that.

                                    I'm not climbing up on my roof to retrieve footage. 🙂

                                    LOL,.. me either.

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                                    • Awkward GamerA
                                      Awkward Gamer
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                                      I live out in the country so I would recommend doing what a lot of people out here do - but trail cameras. It's just a fancy name for motion-activated cameras. They have a range of X and if anything moves in that range, they start recording and store all the footage in an SD card. You can get fairly decent ones for pretty reasonable prices at any sporting goods store or right on Amazon.

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                                      • coliverC
                                        coliver @Awkward Gamer
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                                        @Awkward-Gamer said:

                                        I live out in the country so I would recommend doing what a lot of people out here do - but trail cameras. It's just a fancy name for motion-activated cameras. They have a range of X and if anything moves in that range, they start recording and store all the footage in an SD card. You can get fairly decent ones for pretty reasonable prices at any sporting goods store or right on Amazon.

                                        They are really tiny too with good picture quality. You can hang them just about anywhere. A family member has 10-12 of them on his property.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          We have friends who have them back in NY. Half the time they just catch drunk neighbours pissing in the woods.

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                                          • BRRABillB
                                            BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            We have friends who have them back in NY. Half the time they just catch drunk neighbours pissing in the woods.

                                            I'd to catch that for some good blackmail.

                                            "I need to see a case of Bell's on my doorstep by 8PM or this video gets released..."

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