re: Best Home Security Camera

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More importantly, for those of us that are on limited bandwidth due to cutting the cord, how much data do security cams eat a month (on average as I realize this varies)?

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Yeah, it varies quite a bit. It can be anywhere from ZERO to 1gig+ per hour per camera. A few variables:

Camera resolution (SD/720/1080/5MP/10MP)
Video quality/compression
Framerate (1/3/5/10/30FPS)
Frequency of motion (zero/1/5/10/100 events per hour)

If you go low-end HD (720), low quality video (high compression), low framerate (3fps), only 1 hour of motion per day, and only 2 cameras... you're looking at about 5gigs per month. If you want somewhat usable video, double that to 10gigs. If you want higher-res cameras (1080), double it again to 20gigs. And obviously if you double the cameras double the gigs again. And if you want full motion video instead of only 3fps, then you have to multiply the gigs by 10.


Basically what I'm saying is, if your internet has a cap, you need to look into camera systems that store the video locally instead of to the cloud. That way you will only use data if you choose to review video remotely.