Hello internet,
I was in the market for a security system. I purchased one with no hard drive. A cheapo of amazon. 169$ 8 cams 720p reso. Not bad quality.
The reason for this is because I reasoned it ineffective if a break in. A smart bugler would simply take the dvr with the HD and all the evidence.
Not that it matters much because a smart one would also be wearing a mask. But at least security footage may help...
I quickly realized after hookup that this one will not let me save to the could
I looked around the net and couldnt really find any that would. The only solution that i have really seen is to buy IP cams and run them through Ispy. However this renders my current system useless.
Another option i considered was purchasing a video capture card. I could simply record the feed to the cloud or something. Well that was a no go as they are pricey as all hell. So i dont know what to do now. My last option was to purchase a cheap IP camera and see if i could somehow film the DVR monitor with all the cams, Anolog re-routing the video feed through ISP to upload to the cloud.
Major problems with this also, including not as clear as id like. Latency. And at night the infareds turn on rendering the Analog screen viewing sequence useless.
Any advice would be great. I may just be screwed here. May end up just using the system as a visual redundancy . Let me know what you think. Would love to figure out something to get recording and get to cloud.
Kindest regards,
I think camera's are great I personally use them, but most systems tend to have local storage... so if truly broken into not sure it is the best thing to catch it happening, or even alert you. I actually have been looking into upgrading my camera system to IP based camera's myself. Still early in the process though not really a big urge as my current camera's work fine... but some IP based ones would be nice when I do finally upgrade. Depending on what your looking at it can get pricey.
I think you need to decide if your trying to catch video for after it happens, or if goal is to prevent it. If goal is to prevent it I think a standard security system is what you are really looking for I use one and it is much better then just having camera's in my opinion. You can set it and actually have a real security service alert authorities if something is happening when you are gone.
So camera system is nice to be able to log into remotely and see what's happening. But I think a traditional security system is better then most camera system's. But it is going to be hard to justify the price and monthly service cost for most. I think camera's alone could possibly provide a false sense of security in a lot of cases.
