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Installing security cameras -
Posted on 1/12/16 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 1/12/16 at 5:32 pm
I am looking at buying a 4 camera security system from bestbuy This one and was wondering how hard would it be to make all 4 channels visible on all three tv's in my house?
I currently have directv on all three tv's and I don't know why but I feel like there is a way to feed the cameras through it. The dvr for the security camera has one hdmi out and one vga out. On 2 of my 3 tv's I am tapped out on hdmi inputs so I don't know how I can connect the cameras. Let me know if I'm leaving something very important out or if I'm just dreaming and it will be too difficult or expensive. Also, if anybody knows of a better system that is around the same price range that I'm looking at please share.
Any help you can give would be much appreciated.
I currently have directv on all three tv's and I don't know why but I feel like there is a way to feed the cameras through it. The dvr for the security camera has one hdmi out and one vga out. On 2 of my 3 tv's I am tapped out on hdmi inputs so I don't know how I can connect the cameras. Let me know if I'm leaving something very important out or if I'm just dreaming and it will be too difficult or expensive. Also, if anybody knows of a better system that is around the same price range that I'm looking at please share.
Any help you can give would be much appreciated.
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Posted on 1/12/16 at 7:55 pm to gatorhater08
You would have to run HDMI, VGA, or cat5/6 to each tv you want the cameras on plus you need a splitter. HDMI baluns if you use cat 5/6.
That systems is junk too.
That systems is junk too.
This post was edited on 1/12/16 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:12 pm to gatorhater08
Posted on 1/12/16 at 8:27 pm to TigerWise
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That systems is junk too.
Can you please educate me? I don't need anything special. 4 cameras and 1tb hard drive seems sufficient.
Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:18 pm to TigerWise
So what system would you recommend?
Posted on 1/12/16 at 9:34 pm to tigereye1760
Those bundled packages you can buy at Best Buy, Sam's, etc aren't good. Sure they are better than nothing but 9 times out of 10 people end up upgrading to better equipment. I would look at the Hikvision TVI stuff.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:03 am to TigerWise
Hikvision is cheap Chinese crap, if you ask me. Find a security house that'll sell you some Canon or Axis, preferably Canon.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 6:24 am to HubbaBubba
2 years ago cheap Chinese crap with the HD over coax CVI and TVI technology flooded the CCTV market. I agree with you in buying something better preferably something Korean made but for a small residential application the Hikvision is good. I've been in the industry for awhile now and I can tell you all of the security houses sell a cheap Chinese product too. Sure they still have more robust products for bigger commercial applications but the cheap Chinese stuff is a huge part of the market share. It's like a race to zero. It sucks.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 7:20 am to TigerWise
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for a small residential application the Hikvision is good
Agreed. I've been in the industry for 15+ years now and installed a Hikivision system last year at my house. 8 cameras that are crystal clear and a 2TB hard drive. I am very happy with it and bought the system for about $800 from my supplier.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 7:44 am to shawnlsu
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Posted on 1/13/16 at 8:03 am to shawnlsu
Roughly how many days of footage will a 1tb drive store?
Posted on 1/13/16 at 9:02 am to CroTigerXIII
quote:The answer here will be extremely "rough" because it depends on so many things. 1TB can store anywhere from 10 hours to 10 years of footage (or even much, much more).
Roughly how many days of footage will a 1tb drive store?
Besides the obvious question of how many cameras, there are many other factors that determine how much footage 1TB can store:
What resolution are you recording at? 1080p requires twice as much space as 720p. Or, you can record at sub-HD resolution, or even higher than 1080p. Tweaking resolution can change the storage requirements by a factor of 20 or more.
How much are you compressing the video? High quality or high compression? This can change the storage requirements by a factor of 5 or so.
What framerate do you want? 30fps is excessive for security video, but hey some like it. 10fps is more than adequate, but you might even want to drop down to 1fps or less. This can obviously change the storage requirements by a factor of 30 or more.
Are you only recording on motion, and if so how much motion do you expect each camera to see? Some cameras might only record a few minutes a day, while others might record almost a full 24 hours. This can obviously change the storage requirements by a factor of 100 or more.
So, do you have some rough answers to these questions?
Posted on 1/13/16 at 9:05 am to gatorhater08
Slightly related question but can I simply use 2 Nest Dropcams as baby monitors for the next 1-2 years and then morph those to security cameras? Any dads out there that might have experience with this. Just an idea I have now that I'm about to have a 2nd.
I already have the wink hub and all that good stuff.
I already have the wink hub and all that good stuff.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 9:27 am to DoubleDown
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Dropcams as baby monitors for the next 1-2 years and then morph those to security cameras?
Most likely they won't make good security cameras but it would really depend on their location and what you are trying to view. Looking at your baby in the crib is a much easier shot than say a driveway at night with a shiny car parked in it.
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