Camera Security Systems???

[newbury]

And one huge disadvantage-- you have to pay a monthly fee for a cloud subscription service. Not my kind of gig.

With just a few cameras it's often free. And the crooks can't steal the cloud easily.

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And that old DVR? You can leave it out with some wires attached, preferably a monitor on top-- so the burglars can steal it instead of your new system.

Also set up some dummy cams for them to mess with, while being monitored by the real hidden cams.

I have not looked yet but are there any decent cams I can screw into my floodlight bases and get powerline networking?

 

[ovrszd]

Once I get power I wil go with Ubiquiti (UniFi). I have a fairly extensive network at my home and they are great. Commercial grade and lots of flexibility. No hiccups. You can easily add a beam antenna between the shop and the house to get WiFi out to the shop if needed. There really isn稚 a need to run a buried wire anymore. I would not put yet another hole in my house for the purpose. That said if you want wired, Ubiquiti does have lots of wired options.

Yeah, the hole into two buildings I don't like.

 

[coobie]

Arlo (by Netgear) has one GREAT advantage NO WIRES (if you want that), they can be battery operated and anywhere you can get a signal you can easily put a camera.
I bought into the prior Netgear model, which they discontinued after about 2 years and are incompatible with anything. Netgear made the new system, which is virtually identical to the old system totally incompatible. So I'm stuck with 100's of dollars of useless equipment. It was great while it was supported, just carry a camera and place it. I got pretty good battery life.

But I pity the suckers that heavily invested in them and are stuck worse than I am.


The Ring system, though expensive, seems to be a decent bang for the buck.

Old fart here computer challenged Soooo with that said don"t know a lot about arlo/netgear.Hope it stays running for a few years.I am sure then next biggest and great options will be available by then.LOL

 

[coobie]

And one huge disadvantage-- you have to pay a monthly fee for a cloud subscription service. Not my kind of gig.

I pay NO monthly subscription.But i do not have cloud.The only clouds I know are the ones over our house.

 

[ovrszd]

I pay NO monthly subscription.But i do not have cloud.

Hey Coobie, maybe missed it, what do you have.

Signed, computer challenged old fart...

 

[coobie]

Hey Coobie, maybe missed it, what do you have.

Signed, computer challenged old fart...

Arlo pro with 2 cameras with base unit comes with alarm on base unit you can set off from your phone.Paid around $325 from best buy last spring.

 

[newbury]

Old fart here computer challenged Soooo with that said don"t know a lot about arlo/netgear.Hope it stays running for a few years.I am sure then next biggest and great options will be available by then.LOL

Oh the system ran fine. Netgear just decided to stop selling it (and supporting it), and started selling a very slightly different system which is incompatible.

 

[strantor]

Check out Synology NAS server. It is like a hard drive you attach to your ethernet system, but it does *way* more than that. Their Surveillance system add-on is easy to use. I like it. All in all the Synology and its capacity is pretty impressive.

And that old DVR? You can leave it out with some wires attached, preferably a monitor on top-- so the burglars can steal it instead of your new system.

I have a synology DS213J. I got it a few years ago and looking forward to implementing the Surveillance Station. Then I found out that it was an extra purchase on top of the server. Is that still the case? Or is it free now?

 

[dragoneggs]

Check out Synology NAS server. It is like a hard drive you attach to your ethernet system, but it does *way* more than that. Their Surveillance system add-on is easy to use. I like it. All in all the Synology and its capacity is pretty impressive.

And that old DVR? You can leave it out with some wires attached, preferably a monitor on top-- so the burglars can steal it instead of your new system.

At the risk of derailing the OP's quest for a simple set up, I do have a QNAP NAS for my music storage. I probably could use this for video surveillance storage as well. Then I just have to figure out the brains and how to hook up the cameras.

 

[ovrszd]

At the risk of derailing the OP's quest for a simple set up, I do have a QNAP NAS for my music storage. I probably could use this for video surveillance storage as well. Then I just have to figure out the brains and how to hook up the cameras.

You guys are so far above me it's impossible to derail.

Thanks for everyone's comments and suggestions. I'm sooooo over my head.