What is the best security system cameras (best bang for the buck)? A lot of theft going on in my neighborhood and I want to be able to monitor by phone when away from house. Thanks.

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Posted by LsuFan_1955

Slidell, La

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 4/16/17 at 5:05 am to chadzthename

I've had good luck with Foscam IP cameras. There are better cameras out there but the price goes up accordingly. As with most IP cameras, if you are going to have more than three, don't use wireless, go with a hard wire/cabling plan. I have the Foscam POE cameras, 11 of them, and I run them off the Foscam labeled POE switch which I think is really a Netgear product. Works well.

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Posted by chadzthename

smalltown, la

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Posted on 4/16/17 at 6:43 am to LsuFan_1955

Thank you

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Posted by CubsFanBudMan

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Posted on 4/16/17 at 11:55 am to LsuFan_1955

The US distributor of Foscam is now labeled as Amcrest. I have an Amcrest NVR, which I'm happy with. My outdoor cams are Hikvision. I use a Foscam PTZ cam for a baby monitor (now 5 year old).

If you can run Cat6, a POE cam is highly recommended over wireless.

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Posted by Tigeralum2008

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Member since Apr 2012

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Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:03 am to CubsFanBudMan

I had an unused desktop which I turned into an NVR running Blue Iris

Bought a PoE switch and installed a wired PoE bullet cam myself

Total cost was $120

I like DIY projects but if you can spend the coin, the Amcrest set up as mentioned above is optimal.

Just make sure your system is ONVIF or you will struggle to get cameras from different manufacturers to work together/connect to your NVR.

This post was edited on 4/17/17 at 9:05 am

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