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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
We are not that rural, but it would be very atypical that anyone would be down our road. Dead end dirt road that leads only to our compound and a private equestrian farm. We have some toys out at the property, and I've started to notice a few of the package delivery guys having some wandering eyes.
I'm hoping for rolling surveillance that will "auto" purge after a certain period of time unless I intervene to save. Is that a week? A day? Dunno.
Also want cameras that will turn on motion lights if movement is detected. I've read of some that have human detection so as to not go nuts for the frequent deer or turkey or bear.
This is more the reason for not wanting WiFi, so I think I misspoke. It's not that I'm against WiFi cameras and someone "hacking" into it (although I would sleep easier knowing some perv isn't hacking into my daughter's room), I really just do not want to be reliant on someone else's servers, the "cloud", and being forced into a perpetual monthly obligation for something I can just manage locally. A WiFi base may even be preferred so that I can easily send it to TV(s) in the house, but I still think I'd rather have wired cameras.
I've seen a few repeat manufacturer names in the thread. Any reason to go for one over the other for a "kit" to get things going with the option to expand to more cameras at a later date? Maybe something that comes with 4-6 cameras, but option to bump up to 10+.
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The good systems/cameras will support universal encoding protocols where you can integrate the camera into other systems. You may not get unified management where you can configure everything under one GUI. But you'll be able to send all video output to a central storage location. I opted to stay with Hikvisioin for everything including an NVR. Found it just nice to be able to manage everything from the NVR. I know there are others here that use a software called Blue IRIS which can run on a NAS. I've been meaning to try it out but haven't gotten around to do it. Been told the ability for human/facial recognition is very good with this software allowing you to pinpoint relevant situations to trigger alerts and begin recording.
Going WiFi doesn't automatically mean the device is cloud managed. I have a couple of the Hikvision "Cube" indoor cameras that can run wired or wireless that are not cloud managed.