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Lorex 16-Channel 2K Security DVR: w/ 8 4MP Color NightVision Bullet Cameras & 2TB HDD installed $400 + free s/h
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nevermind as well!
Mine was a wifi baby monitor camera. Never worked well. App is terrible, hasn't been updated in years.
likely promoted. marked as popular with 4TU :p
will defer to the SD camera gurus, but Lorex would not be my first choice
DVR= analog old style BNC cameras.
NVR= digital new style POE camera.
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There are more options for digital. I'm not trying to make a better/worse comparison here. This is a good package price and if you are a beginner, this would do well to start with 8 cameras and have room for expanding 8 more in the future.
Honestly, the most difficult part of ownership is routing your cables, keeping in mind you have to consider where you'll power your cameras from in selecting mounting positions. They provide 60ft data cables, so that should cover most homes but the only tricky part is deciding where the DVR will be centrally located, so all the cables reach it.
The biggest draw to POE is a single cable which provides power and data, which eliminates the need for consideration of power sources for your camera mounting points, because power is provided by a single point, the NVR. Keep in mind, you still have to break walls as necessary to route the cables to the NVR. It costs more.
If money is tight, this is a great package, IMHO.
Run cat 5E/cat 6 for camera wire.
You can convert the rj45 ends to BNC.
Why? So when you update to IP based cameras in future you already have the appropriate wire in places and just have to swap cameras and DVR with NVR.
If there are any flaws To this tip..I hope others chip in.
I also need 1-2 systems and been waiting on deals but they are nearly non existent.