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    Camera 1 Bad guy 0

    Don't laugh. It's a Nest outdoor camera driven by a Verizon Jet Pack. It's aimed at our farm tool sheds. We're eight miles from town and are in the process of getting wifi installed so we can have a better setup. Got this guy on a Sunday night before midnight. Sheriffs got there in less than...
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    Geovision Opinion

    We have a farm in a rural area and no internet. We do have power in many locations. Lately there have been a lot of break ins and equipment and tools stolen. I wanted to set up a Wi-Fi router and add some Hikvisions around the premises. I've installed them at my house and vacation home and...
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    What's the difference in these cables?

    I'm getting ready to wire my house and want to put in a cable that will be upgradeable in the future. What would be the main difference? 350MHz vs 500MHz? And would either be the best to wire up for 2-4-5 mp cameras? Bulk Cat6 23AWG Solid UTP Riser-Rated (CMR) Ethernet Network Cable, 1000ft...
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    Package thief captured

    And the capture. SLOStringer - Timeline | Facebook
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    Difference between a WD4NPURX and a WD40PURX

    I'm going to order a system and was looking at the WD Purple hard drives. Noticed that there was two models in the 4TB specs. I'm looking at a 16-20 camera system. Is the N model more suited for this?
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    Doorbell camera scares off thug.

    It looks like he has a gun or something down the back of his pants. As soon as he sees the doorbell cam he bolts. This is local to me. My son lives a couple blocks away from where this happened. He goes to Cal Poly University and it's only a half mile away. He's wearing gloves and has what some...
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    Any difference in resolution between NVR with built in Poe or using a seperate Poe?

    I just installed a system with a Hikvision NVR with built in Poe. I'm going to install a second system at a vacation home and it really would work better wiring wise to seperate the Poe and NVR. Is there any reduction in resolution going this way. Any tips I need to know?
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    New system with no internet connection

    I'm going to install a Hikvision six camera system at our lake house. We don't have internet so all I was planning on doing was setting up motion record and if something happens I'll have video to look back on. After I hook them up using plug and play what else would I need to do if I'm not...
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    Changing Camera order on Hikvision NVR

    I have a system installed using plug and play. Don't have internet service other than air cards because I live in a rural area. So I didn't connect to them online. I have a couple of cameras I'd like to switch positions on the display. Mainly move a camera from the bottom up to the top row. Can...
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    HDMI splitter for Hikvision NVR

    Can I use a HDMI splitter to connect two HD televisions to a Hikvision NVR?. I'd like to be able to view the cameras in two different rooms. Or would a VGA to HDMI adapter work and still have high resolution? Rooms are twenty five feet apart with NVR in the middle.
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    Dome vs Turret for front entry?

    I'm going to install some cameras and have everything set except front entry. It's my folks house and they have a motion light on the front porch that gets quite bright when activated. So would a turret with the IR turned off be better than a dome? I'm using 4mp Hikvisions.
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    Remote Controls

    Anybody use a remote control for a Hikvision NVR and do they work? All I have is a mouse but want to be able to use a remote instead. Where would you buy one? I've looked and they don't seem readily available.
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    Hikvision vs. Dahua for new installs

    I'm going to install two systems. The first at a vacation home at a lake. It's a small manufactured home and six cameras will cover all the areas. So I was thinking about a eight channel NVR for this system. I could still add two more cameras if needed. The second is for my home on twenty acres...
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    Front entry camera.

    I'm building a system and I'm almost done. Just need to decide on which camera for front door entry way. It's ten foot wide and about eight foot deep. Eight foot tall. I'd like to have face recognition. What camera style and resolution and location would be the best. I was thinking 2.8mm in a...
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    Difference between DS-7616NI-E2/16P and DS-7716NI-SP/16

    Can anyone help on this?
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    Keep what I have or trade?

    I've been researching security systems for quite awhile. I understand that there are many variables. I decided the best for me was a packaged system. I have a home on twenty acres with a guest house and a horse barn. I'm going to end up with about sixteen cameras. I purchased the Q-See 16...
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    NVR or DVR or other

    I live out in the country where there's no hard wired internet. My only option is to use air cards which are data limited and rather slow. So I probably won't be using my internet unfortunately. I'm looking at building a system and I've been reading up on both. But it would really help if...
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    New member

    Found this site and see that there's a lot of very knowledgeable people on here. I'm looking at installing two systems - one at my residence and one at a small lake house. I'm reading and searching through the threads here trying to get up to speed on systems and cameras. When I get to a point...
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