I have both the UBNT and Grandstream cameras. Granted, my UBNT cams are the 1st Gen, the Grandstream ones perform very well. I would highly recommend them.
Regards, Chuck On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Gabriel Pike <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Monday, April 06, 2015 11:43 AM > > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Cameras again > > > > Probably 12-16 cameras. > > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Monday, April 06, 2015 10:32 AM > > *To:* Animal Farm <[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 <[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. > > >
