I actually use the UBNT cameras and my own NVR on an Ubuntu server. Works well enough. The NVR is an old server we had laying around so the only real cost was the cameras.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 12:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Cameras again All at one building? I guess another option would be analog cameras and a central DVR. I wonder when POE cameras will get cheap enough to make analog security cameras obsolete? From: Chuck McCown <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 11:43 AM To: Animal Farm <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Cameras again Probably 12-16 cameras. From: Jaime Solorza <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 10:32 AM To: Animal Farm <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Cameras again Look at the Hikvision Turbo cameras HD and low cost. I can get u good prices on these Dvr as well. How many cameras? Jaime Solorza On Apr 6, 2015 10:26 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Take a look at Grandstream. They have a CHEAP DVR (<$200) you just have to add drives. I think their night time quality is better than HIK and are in the same price range. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: I am NOT a camera expert, but I have concluded that PTZ will almost never be worth the trouble and cost. Those Axis PTZ cameras are budget busters. It seems cheaper and easier to put in multiple cameras, or to use a high res camera with “digital” PTZ, i.e. the ability to zoom in on a portion of the image without actually changing the camera orientation. Also it seems the manufacturers are coming out with more varifocal lens options that you can set up to cover exactly the area you want rather than just putting in a wide angle and hoping for the best. For example http://www.balticnetworks.com/grandstream-outdoor-day-night-ip-camera-gxv3674-fhd-vf.html The other thing about mechanical PTZ, you can’t use it after the fact. From: Chuck McCown <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] OT Cameras again Once again, I am searching for good surveillance and monitoring cameras and system. What I have is pretty poor quality. I have used axis before and they are good. Like a low cost DVR type of thing though. Are there any decent open source DVRS etc etc. Outdoors we want IR. Like to have PTZ on some of the stuff.
