I know amazon has lots but I don't know what is good and what is crap.Amazon has many choices.
I have used this one. It is easy to setup and the software is straight forward. I can monitor from my phone or pc. Also free software and no cloud. You can record to a remote device if you want. They have memory card slots uo to 32gb continuous recording.I know amazon has lots but I don't know what is good and what is crap.
QFTMinimum 1080p at 30fps. 4MP is preferred. Whatever the night vision/IR distance is, cut that by 1/3 for a more realistic distance. Cut it in 1/2 to 2/3 for facial features to be clear. Personally I do not recommend a wireless system unless your property requires it. Wireless is fine for internal, but external a PoE system is preferred.
Many NVRs now include PoE switches built in, so if you are going for local storage with a NVR you may not even need a separate PoE switch. Look for cameras which support "real" PoE (802.3af or 802.3at) not that passive PoE crap (like Ubiquiti's UniFi -- and others -- cameras use). Passive PoE is NOT a standard so you'd be stuck with a single vendor for camera, switch and NVR. If you are going for a computer based solution (Blue Iris, ZoneMinder, Shinobi, etc), PoE switches can be found for as little as $50. Avoid PoE injectors or midspans, unless you will only need 1 camera ... EVER.Personally I do not recommend a wireless system for any reason. Wireless is a fscking nightmare for reliability, so a PoE system is preferred.
Foscam US in no longer affiliated with Shenzhen Foscam; they are now Amcrest (rebadging Dahua cameras). Also take a look at Hikvision ($), Dahua ($), Vivotek ($$) and Axis ($$$). Stay away from the no-brand Chinese clones/imports on Amazon: the firmware is often in Chinese so, um, good luck with the config. Also many of those have security flaws (hardcoded backdoors or even communicate with China servers for ... reasons)i used foscam, had 4 recently. good picture quality, and the models i used were $100/ea awhile back, $50 now.
QFT ... because wireless is a fscking nightmare for reliability.Wifi cameras... can be very unreliable.. Many times I pulled my hair out missing a clip, or checking the live feed and seeing 1 (or 2 or 3 or all 4) offline.
Along those lines, look for an IP camera with a SD card slot -- you can save directly to the camera (while simultaneously offloading to FTP, WebDAV or third-party cloud storage).If you know how to set up a NAS or network shared drive you can do some of the offloading of storage yourself.
ONVIF. If an IP camera supports ONVIF, you'll be able to connect to third party cloud storage such as Box, DropBox, MangoCam or CamCloud or third party NVRs. That's why Nest/DropCam cameras (currently) can never be connected to anything but Nest storage: no ONVIF support.That being said, some of those are probably proprietary and force you to use their cloud storage.
I know and I am looking at hard drives too. That is just one thing I am looking at.I'd get this....
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Owl-Hi...1-3&keywords=night+owl+security+camera+system
The one you're looking at doesn't have a hard drive.
Yea it is confusing lol I want wireless but at the same time sometimes wireless can be a pain in the ass and I really don't want to run cableOh, I see. I have a Night Owl system, it has worked well. There are soo many choices that it gets confusing looking at all that.