Home CCTV cameras ?

[FESTER665]

I was looking at doing (4) Unifi G3 domes, one on each corner of the house....

Looks to be more than enough for the house, and $130 a piece isnt bad. Going to check to see how much a 5 pack is though, might go with that if the price is right...

You ever hear about these cameras @tinfoilhat, or is there anything else you would recommend for $130'ish?

https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-video/unifi-video-camera-g3-dome/

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Never heard of the brand but based on some searching they are very proprietary and have had security issues in the recent past with a bunch of their products (march 2017).

To get all the features they advertise, you NEED to use their NVR and software. It does have RTSP integration (the most basic way to pull video from a camera is RTSP, you get the video and thats it. True video systems will have limited or full integration with the camera. If you go with their NVR, youll get all the features...if not....you can still get the video to work on another system but thats it)

The hardware is very similar to Hikvision cameras. The hardware is not bad.

Their NVR does have one advantage (assuming it works and isnt bullshit marketing) over Hikvision/other cheap brands is that it doesn't use a third party server to connect to your NVR. So IF they are honest, when you use the app remotely it should connect directly to your NVR at your house instead of routing through a third party.

There are mixed reviews on how well the system works. Some say it works good, some say they have lots of crashes and reboots. Mixed reviews on the cheaper stuff is common though and hard to determine if it was setup properly or if the person setting it up caused the issue or if its just a piece of hardware semi-failing so it works/doesnt work aka poor diagnostics.

 

[Gamble]

I can't trust reviews really. One guy had a bad review and in the review he said that the company offered him $30 to take it down and he said no.
But makes you think how many are fake and how many were removed

Seeems the trendnet may still be the way to go. $109 for 3MP and $129 for 4MP

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

I can't trust reviews really. One guy had a bad review and in the review he said that the company offered him $30 to take it down and he said no.
But makes you think how many are fake and how many were removed

Seeems the trendnet may still be the way to go. $109 for 3MP and $129 for 4MP

Reviews will always be like that. That's why you have to do research and find forums dedicated to the product you want. Those will usually be legit.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Trendnet is a big name. They are decent and usually have firmware updates to fix security issues. Plus they are fairly open so proprietary features shouldnt be an issue.

IMO, Axis is top dog in the camera industry right now. At least in the US. Expensive but they have some of the best software and features on the cameras and release regular firmware and security updates for products even 5+ years old.

 

[boostedguy05]

[MENTION=7923]CTC DEEZUL[/MENTION] maybe ths one?

 

[DEEZUZ]

I was looking at doing (4) Unifi G3 domes, one on each corner of the house....

Looks to be more than enough for the house, and $130 a piece isnt bad. Going to check to see how much a 5 pack is though, might go with that if the price is right...

You ever hear about these cameras @tinfoilhat, or is there anything else you would recommend for $130'ish?

https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-video/unifi-video-camera-g3-dome/

Well?

 

[FESTER665]

Well?

Well did you see a thread of me talking about the home security cameras I installed?

 

[DEEZUZ]

So here's how all these threads work.

People post what they find, thinking it's ok, and more than likely it is... Then someone says it's shit, rambles off some numbers and software names, then no one does anything...

 

[FESTER665]

Welcome to TCG.

 

[FESTER665]

Next time I have a grand available to spend Ill look into it again so I can review it for Alex.

 

[DEEZUZ]

I ain't spending a grand. Lol

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

What is your budget and wants?

You get what you pay for when it comes to cameras.

 

[DEEZUZ]

lets say $250. either for 2 cameras or one that can 360

 

[FESTER665]

Should I quote Marco from Tropoja here?

 

[Gamble]

Guy at my work bought a kit off amazon with 4 cameras. He loves them and it was only $200. I decided to try my luck with amazon. Got an 8 camera set for $135 with no HDD. however stupid me didn't realize it has no wireless so I will have to address that.
But before I take time to install the stuff, does anyone here do installs? Save me some time.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Timely thread again.

At the other house, I am seriously thinking about something. I'm tired of constantly finding my garage door with another ding in it, or a chunk taken out of the siding, or burn marks on my garbage can lids from cigar smoking and them filling up the cans with their empty beer and party shit when I need the cans. One time, I found the sensor for the motion light on the side of the garage turned up to avoid flipping on... I know which neighbor it is, but it would be nice to have it on camera and throw the proof in their face.

I would want something that is easy to install (meaning not much wiring), preferably with hard drive access as I have not intertubes connection there (I have spare PC's available if more disk drive space is needed), maybe motion sensing and only flip on when movement is detected.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

you need power so wiring is inevitable

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I was referring to links to the receiver/disk.

I suppose it could all be in the garage which would make the wireless a moot point. Have one camera facing back towards the house, one to the side, and one on the front of the garage.

 

[Gamble]

This is the one I got
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06ZY9GJWQ/?tag=tcg21-20

Hard drives are so cheap now too
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MKYBGT/?tag=tcg21-20

 

[rdsnake]

I bought a kit about 3 years ago. I still haven't put them up. I'm going to try and tackle that this week!