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I need up to eleven 4mp IP cameras with PoE, all wired (no wireless) and an NVR that I can access from Windows clients over the local network.
They will be bullet cameras, mounted on 6x6 posts. And, they should be NDAA compliant.
Fixed lens (28°) is OK, and I don't need PTZ.
I looked at some on the list from NDAA Compliant Cameras List: Your Complete Guide to Secure Surveillance Solutions
Bosch cameras are waayyy too pricy ($2000+)!!
Should I look for ONVIF-compliant as well?
 
We also need to view a combination of 4 cameras on each of three dedicated viewing monitors at separate locations.
We could configure the NVR local display output to show the 4 cameras, and send the video output off to the three monitors.
That would have to go over Cat5 or coax, since there is no HDMI cabling in the walls; the distances are too great for HDMI anyway.
 
NDAA complaint means cameras not made by Hikvision or Dahua.
Which doesn't solve anything against perceived risk of Chinese cameras spying when there's other China brands like Reolink, Uniview, TVT, Viewtron, Ray Sharp, Eufy, etc.
NDAA is for USA government facilities use of cameras. Not against private homes or businesses.
A bunch of politics banning the good Chinese CCTV brands and leaving the 'alright' ones. But Uniview may be next on the NDAA ban.

Chinese/Taiwanese NDAA compliant brands currently;
  • Luminys
  • Uniview
  • Lilin
  • TVT (Raysharp OEM)
  • Viewtron (Raysharp OEM)
  • Provision ISR (Raysharp OEM)
  • InVid (Raysharp OEM)
 
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wittaj said:
Do you need NDAA cameras? Where is it being installed?
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It's for multiple properties on a private road, at gates and various driveways. intersections and mail sheds.
We have existing analog cameras using passive baluns; each camera's signal is sent via one pair of Cat 5 conductors (4 cameras per Cat 5 cable), and an ancient Bosch DVR (18 years old?).
Distances are significant (some are 500 to 800+ feet away), resolution is poor, the signal is flaky, and the Windows client interface to the DVR is pathetic.
A neighbor outside our enclave was burgled a while back, and the images I supplied to the police for that event were embarrassingly crude.
I'm probably also just paranoid about malevolent influence, especially on security software.
 
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vhp said:
I need up to eleven 4mp IP cameras with PoE, all wired (no wireless) and an NVR that I can access from Windows clients over the local network.
They will be bullet cameras, mounted on 6x6 posts. And, they should be NDAA compliant.
Fixed lens (28°) is OK, and I don't need PTZ.
I looked at some on the list from NDAA Compliant Cameras List: Your Complete Guide to Secure Surveillance Solutions
Bosch cameras are waayyy too pricy ($2000+)!!
Should I look for ONVIF-compliant as well?
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Welcome @vhp

Requirement : "NDAA compliant"

Bosch cameras are waayyy too pricy ($2000+)!!

Ouch, no wonder most of us go with the Dahua OEM and Hikvision OEM versions .. and they're about to go up 20% due to ram prices going up

It's for multiple properties on a private road, at gates and various driveways. intersections and mail sheds.

Are you 100% certain they need to be NDAA compliant ?

Honestly, looks like most of us here ( based on the thread discussions ) have given up on that requirement for non-USA Government related locations.

We have existing analog cameras using passive baluns; each camera's signal is sent via one pair of Cat 5 conductors (4 cameras per Cat 5 cable)
Distances are significant (some are 500 to 800+ feet away)

Sounds like this will be a good amount of work anyway you look at this.
 
If this is for your private use, then don't worry about NDAA.

Many, if not most here, have completely isolated their cams from their network and the internet, which allows us to buy the best bang for the buck cameras instead of overpriced NDAA compliant that can still be hacked.....

Well known NDAA compliant companies have been hacked, thus showing that the ban and only using NDAA compliant devices like Verkada doesn't protect you if you give them internet access.

Sadly, too many companies have jumped on the NDAA bandwagon and sell subpar performing cameras and NVRs at a premium price all under the disguise of being secure, which they are not.

It is why we recommend DO NOT LET YOUR CAMERAS OR NVR TOUCH THE INTERNET. You isolate them via VLAN or dual NIC.
 
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