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Who has what? Where did you get it? Did you install yourself? If so was it difficult? How reliable is it?
Hi, the main consensus around here is to use supercircuits.com for surveillance equipment. I checked them out, found what I wanted then I went to eBay and bought the same items for 30% to 50% LESS.
I am running this DVR:
SuperCircuits and
eBay
with (4) Sony 1/3" IR dome cameras
LINK I have all major entry points covered with the cameras, and one aiming down the driveway. The IR works pretty well, but I changed the lighting on the outside to motion activated, for everything!. If someone even steps close to the house, the light are on, and the cameras are catching them in full color, not b/w IR.
I installed everything and cleaned up the wiring in about 6 hours one Saturday. I have the DVR in a closet in a Sentry document firesafe bolted to the floor. I drilled a few vent holes in the sides of the safe so the DVR doesn't overheat, and it stays nice and cool.
Oh, and FYI, you can go to Super Circuits and D/L the manuals for the DVR's to see how easy or difficult they are to setup and use. I knew NOTHING about security cameras, and I had this up and running with all wires ran and tied off in one Saturday.
Also, since I live in the country, I have Satellite TV, so when I wired the house, I ran a Cat-5 to each TV location. I tapped into an unused pair of the Cat-5 wires at my sub panel, and I can watch the cameras at any TV in the house a video input channel.