Camera Security Systems???

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Bought me another 4M amcrest camera with zoom, and installed another 3M amcrest yesterday. I like the notification feature for when there is motion.
 
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I just updated to lorex 16 channel NVR, 4 4K billets and 4 4K 4X zoom bullets. Ordering a few 2K cameras and 2 8TB hard drives for plenty of memory.

Very happy with ease of install.

Attached is a 4K 4X zoom camera then using digital zoom. The camera is about 100’ from my house ( ballpark distance)

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Here is an example of 1080P vs 4K. Keep in mind, quality is much better on TV than on phone. 06D24B7E-EC95-4D0E-89EF-7B1464504884.jpg
 
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Great comparison pic 1080 versus 4K.
 
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I started down the path of looking at using video surveillance. Looked at lots of systems. Using my laptop, I measured out how far my Wifi would work and got serious about designing a system. And I also started bending the ear of the loss-prevention guy we had at work. He use to work for Las Vegas Casinos He must have gotten frustrated with me because at one point he just asked me, "Why do you want a Video Surveillance System?" And I replied, "Cause I don't want people stealing stuff or breaking into my house while I'm gone." His comeback was interesting. "Do you want to prevent that in the first place, or do you want to later catch the perp? Because these are two entirely different things for your situation, living out in the area you live. Figure that out before you ask me any more questions." Really what he was saying was that, what he did, in a commercial setting, in side the city limits, with a City Police Force, made sense to record for both the reasons of Deterrence and Prosecution: In rural areas, County Level, there is no real follow through on property crime. So I did think about it. I really just wanted to prevent someone from stealing stuff or breaking in to my property while we were gone. Following through with finding the "perp" became secondary. We have a dog, -some Vets swear on using geese as early warning-, and we have other measures to deploy, if we are at home. So I invited this Loss-Prevention person to a free lunch if I could pick his brain. What he said in that session was very interesting. He mainly said that all property crimes in my area was due to "Tweakers." Tweakers are people hooked on Meth, and that they have a very short attention span. So you have to tell them they are being watched/recorded with signage postings, and then you have to remind them that they are being watched with more postings. One sign isn't enough. And real time video on your property only, is a waste of money. Tweakers don't care, they will walk right into the camera, cause they are someplace else being high anyway. You warn them, and then remind them as they start their venture, then they get to thinking a little and back off. Its a psychological, two gate system. This is the Prevention part. The Prosecution part, is that most of the fake cheap Wifi cameras, though some of them are real, are backed up with battery powered, hidden Trail-Cams that point to the area of the fake Wifi Cameras. And that is where we have the warning reminder signs. I never wanted to live in a gated community. Yet sometimes..... I get weak. And think of this as a complete solution.
 
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Loads of good information here, I'll have to try reading it all when I get time. Many years ago I installed alarm systems. I'll throw out a few thoughts (realize I have not kept up with modern technology.
I always liked a hardwired loud alarm system for buildings. They're fairly easy to install, very few false alarms, no one is going to steal much with loud sirens going off.
Outdoor cameras I like and use hidden hunter cameras. They're inexpensive and work, seeing who or what's on your property. Self contained, but you have to check batteries.
I like having a friend or neighbor checking at random times also.
 
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Jasper. I for one agree with you and try and make that same point. You write well, but commas and paragraphs would make reading your thoughts easier.

Someone was just telling me about his boss that had some video system with notifications. After the first hundred false alarms, it got turned off.
 
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Well I broke down today and bought a new desktop PC with windows from Costco. Now I have plenty of CPU and RAM and will be unboxing and setting up Blue Iris on this machine. I have been only been using laptops for quite awhile and been living with no fixed PC.

I will report more later but my day job and a couple of trips to the dentist have been keeping from the fun stuff.
 
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Something i discovered trying to put a memory card in a dome camera. There was a connector in the way of the slot to put in the card. Looked at the memory slot with magnifier, saw it said open to left, close to right. The metal top slides and opens, lay in the memory, and close it on top. Never saw an SD slot like that before. My other cameras they push in.
 
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Here is an example of 1080P vs 4K. Keep in mind, quality is much better on TV than on phone. View attachment 581431
Is there any reason why a person could not drop the frame rate on a 4K camera to the point the CPU can keep up compared to 1080P? It would seem a frame rate of 5 or 7 per second would be adequate, even less. We are not talking evidentiary video. I would rather see clearly what I am looking at vs smooth motion.
 
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Is there any reason why a person could not drop the frame rate on a 4K camera to the point the CPU can keep up compared to 1080P? It would seem a frame rate of 5 or 7 per second would be adequate, even less. We are not talking evidentiary video. I would rather see clearly what I am looking at vs smooth motion.

Yea, wouldn’t be a problem.
 
 
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