I have been researching and wanting to buy something for at least a year now and have not been able to pull the trigger on anything. It seems like whatever system you are looking at be it wireless IP (cloud) camera's or the complete (wired) system with DVR recording there are just about as many good reviews as are bad reviews. Problems range from complaints about system setup, buggy software, poor picture quality be it day or night vision, poor support, online or phone. Lack of firmware updates for known problems.
I am looking for something simple, maybe need 4 camera's or so couple outside (front door, back door) couple inside (den, living room). Mostly want to see who is at the door when I am not expecting anyone (I dislike door to door peddlers) and I would love to peek in on the dogs every now and then to see what they are up to (via iPhone app or Web app) 2 way voice would be cool as I could tell the dogs to knock it off! LOL. Or the peddler we don't any any thank you.....
HD recording would mean a better PQ but I hear they use up a LOT of your bandwidth sending stuff to the cloud all the time and we don't have all that much bandwidth (5Mb DSL).....
Don't want to spend an arm and a leg but want a good/great system that works well. We don't live in a high crime area but more and more you see folks that have these systems in the big city and they seem to pay off big time every now and then so I would like to get one going that will work well and maybe be expandable down the road in case I want to add a couple more camera's in the future. I have a pitched rook attic so could run wired but, that said, it seems all the runs for camera's outside would go to the eaves making it pretty (not) fun to crawl over to the edge on your hands, knees, stomach all the while trying NOT to fall through the ceiling!
Any help with the decision making process would be very much appreciated!
I am looking for something simple, maybe need 4 camera's or so couple outside (front door, back door) couple inside (den, living room). Mostly want to see who is at the door when I am not expecting anyone (I dislike door to door peddlers) and I would love to peek in on the dogs every now and then to see what they are up to (via iPhone app or Web app) 2 way voice would be cool as I could tell the dogs to knock it off! LOL. Or the peddler we don't any any thank you.....
HD recording would mean a better PQ but I hear they use up a LOT of your bandwidth sending stuff to the cloud all the time and we don't have all that much bandwidth (5Mb DSL).....
Don't want to spend an arm and a leg but want a good/great system that works well. We don't live in a high crime area but more and more you see folks that have these systems in the big city and they seem to pay off big time every now and then so I would like to get one going that will work well and maybe be expandable down the road in case I want to add a couple more camera's in the future. I have a pitched rook attic so could run wired but, that said, it seems all the runs for camera's outside would go to the eaves making it pretty (not) fun to crawl over to the edge on your hands, knees, stomach all the while trying NOT to fall through the ceiling!
Any help with the decision making process would be very much appreciated!