Hi!
I currently have 2 Foscam FI9828P cameras at the front and rear of the house which are now pretty dated. The recordings are fired off to one of my NAS boxes. I have an EOP converter in the loft which sends the data to the router downstairs.
I’d like to simplify things a bit and get an NVR with POE cameras, although it’s a bit of a minefield out there.
Was almost ready to purchase some Reolink kit yesterday, but then stumbled across a US forum where they said to absolutely stay away from Reolink stuff, mainly due to the poor build quality and substandard night view footage quality.
Can someone recommend a good brand DVR and camera company? Won’t need more than 2/3 cameras so an 8 port would suffice, would like UHD 8/12MP, a 2TB HD would be ample for my needs. Although the Foscam cameras I have are PTZ, that wouldn’t be necessary, but would like a decent coverage area. I think they are currently at a height of 5.5m - 6m.
Have been looking at the M series Hikvision recently, although something I would like is Mac support and also a decent iOS app (iPad included if poss).
No specific budget, but something around £500-£600 for the DVR and 2 cameras would be roughly where I’d be aiming.
Thanks!
I currently have 2 Foscam FI9828P cameras at the front and rear of the house which are now pretty dated. The recordings are fired off to one of my NAS boxes. I have an EOP converter in the loft which sends the data to the router downstairs.
I’d like to simplify things a bit and get an NVR with POE cameras, although it’s a bit of a minefield out there.
Was almost ready to purchase some Reolink kit yesterday, but then stumbled across a US forum where they said to absolutely stay away from Reolink stuff, mainly due to the poor build quality and substandard night view footage quality.
Can someone recommend a good brand DVR and camera company? Won’t need more than 2/3 cameras so an 8 port would suffice, would like UHD 8/12MP, a 2TB HD would be ample for my needs. Although the Foscam cameras I have are PTZ, that wouldn’t be necessary, but would like a decent coverage area. I think they are currently at a height of 5.5m - 6m.
Have been looking at the M series Hikvision recently, although something I would like is Mac support and also a decent iOS app (iPad included if poss).
No specific budget, but something around £500-£600 for the DVR and 2 cameras would be roughly where I’d be aiming.
Thanks!
