good monitor camera for a business

[mikejc]

Hello everyone,

I would like good monitor cameras for a business. What I would like is something that allows multiple cameras to be viewed at one time on a screen and also to have a good searchable feature so that a person can find a specific date and time easily. I currently have ring cameras at ring.com and the online software isn't that very good at all.

Thanks for the help,
Mike

 

[Q™]

Mike, you need to start here: IP Cam Talk Wiki | IP Cam Talk

 

[SouthernYankee]

my standard welcome to the forum message.

Please read the cliff notes and other items in the wiki. The wiki is in the blue bar at the top of the page.

Read How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!) in the wiki also.

Quick start
1) Use Dahua starlight cameras or Hikvision darkfighter cameras or ICPT Night eye cameras (https://store.ipcamtalk.com/) if you need good low light cameras.
2) use a VPN to access home network (openVPN)
3) Do not use wifi cameras.
4) Do not use cloud storage
5) Do Not use uPNP, P2P, QR, do not open ports,
6) More megapixel is not necessarily better.
7) Avoid chinese hacked cameras (most ebay, amazon, aliexpress cameras(not all, but most))
8) Do not use reolink nest, ring cameras (they are junk)
9) If possible use a turret camera , bullet collect spiders, dome collect dirt and reflect light (IR)
10) Use only solid copper, AWG 23 or 24 ethernet wire. , no CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum)

Read,study,plan before spending money ..... plan plan plan

 

[tangent]

You don't need a special monitor. You need something that can record and display video from quality cameras.
In other words a computer running vms software like Blue Iris or an NVR. Then it's a matter of how you connect an ordinary TV or monitor to that, which can be as simple as an HDMI cable or more complicated depending on where devices are.