wired home security camera

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livealittle

75 posts

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#306738 17-Aug-2023 10:46

Hi All

After recommendations for wired home security cameras please

After wired power supply so we don't have to worry about batteries.

Connection to network can be either wifi or ethernet. I would prefer inhouse hard drive with possibility of cloud base storage

Not after top of the line, happy with midrange that has decent resolution and able to do night recognition as well.

Thanks

duckDecoy

899 posts

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#3117077 17-Aug-2023 11:03

We went with REOLINK.

Definitely not top of the range but not too expensive. Bought 4 POE cameras and the NVR directly from REOLINK, would like to have purchased from a NZ store but at the time nobody was stocking the cameras with 2-way audio which is what I wanted. PBTech sell them, both individually and in 4-8 camera packages.

Set and forget is what we wanted and it does that fine. We intend to use it after the fact if there ever was an incident.

The real time notifications are unusable, you have the option do adjust sensitivity and blank out areas so it wont trigger things (like trees where no person will ever be) but it oscillates between either an itchy trigger figure where you get notifications constantly, or its asleep at the wheel and you get nothing. But I didnt want it for notifications so that's fine by us.

Interface on NVR is fine, has a phone app which is fine.

Has IR for night use and also switches on a light to help boost resolution if it detects something. EDIT: one of the camera models has the light on CONSTANTLY at night, no ability to disable it. I was luckily alerted to this before I bought it, so make sure you check for this (don't remember which one it was).

You may need to buy some (overpriced) junction boxes depending on where you want to install them.

mrgsm021

1472 posts

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#3117090 17-Aug-2023 11:27

+1 for Reolink.

I only bought their POE cameras and plug them into an existing POE switch (since no requirement to save any footage to NVR) and off they go on their mobile app.

BadCo

109 posts

Master Geek

#3117156 17-Aug-2023 13:24

I bought a Dahua DH-IPC-HDW2431TMP-AS-S2 elive.co.nz for $186,80+GST. I bought it for a baby camera as it had a mic and supported OVINF and has a home assistant integration and also works well with Frigate NVR, plus it is PoE. I avoided Reolink for the opposite reasons mentioned.

Two things I wish it did have:

A third substream at 1080p or 720p
2. A better aspect ratio then 16:9, it is just too narrow. Something along the lines of 16:10 or 3:2 would be preferred.

Other then those two preferences, it is a good camera.

Mehrts

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#3117158 17-Aug-2023 13:32

Also use Reolink here.

I've got the 4K turret camera and 8 channel NVR kit, its never missed a beat and the iOS phone app makes checking on things a breeze. Daytime quality is great, night is a bit blurry/ghosted, but that's what happens with cameras of this price-point.

It did take a bit of fine-tuning to adjust the sensitivity for the person/vehicle detection to avoid too many false notifications, but once set up, it's been running great for the past two years. Has captured events that I would have otherwise missed while away from home.

I have the NVR tucked away securely, and only access it via the app, or its IP address in a browser for updates. There is a PC/Mac client software, but I don't use that.

I've got the Reolink PoE doorbell, but yet to install it.

jonathan18

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#3117162 17-Aug-2023 13:39

I kinda regret purchasing Reolink to replace our Amcrest cameras; while I’d never recommend any brand of dome cameras (the Amcrests we had were nightmares for IR glare), I find Amcrest products are higher quality, and find their detection settings much more nuanced than Reolink. I’ve recently installed current model 4K Amcrests at my sister's place and they seem great.

MarkM536

309 posts

Ultimate Geek

#3117185 17-Aug-2023 14:16

I buy a brand that has better 3rd party camera support and offers a bigger range of camera specs.

Reolink is a home brand, with a great user friendly app, but lack quality in their products. Selling a 12MP camera with a 1/2.49" cmos sensor should be illegal, that imaging sensor is far too tiny to get any decent image of a moving subject in low light. Same deal with their 8MP (4K), at a tiny 1/2.7" cmos.... a far cry from the ideal 1/1.2" for 8MP.

But then a 1/1.2" 8MP camera is near $400 at international prices.... so I can understand why people think it's a bargain.

panther2

374 posts

Ultimate Geek

#3117227 17-Aug-2023 16:13

+ 1 for Reolink

Have 1 solar and 1 powered that records to synology station, Both send notifications but agree it can be hit and miss person detection during the day is great on the powered on disabled vehicle detection due to where the camera is.

Pc and mobile app seems to work OK.