Security cams and dvr

[vavet]

This is not for my garage or house. It’s for work. We use DVRs and cams to keep track of industrial equipment malfunctions, jams, etc. it helps us diagnose, adjust, repair, etc without having to watch it constantly.

I need to buy a new one for some additional equipment installations. Historically, we’ve used Q-see brand with separate power and BNC cables to the cams and had good service form this setup. I’m intrigued by the single PoE cams, mostly because it would allow me to easily make the cables the correct length without having a whole bunch of extra cable that. has to be wound and hung somewhere.
What are the other advantages of the RJ45 cams over the bnc/power cables? I’m not interested in wireless cams as they would eat up too much bandwidth and I’d be the most unpopular guy around if I slowed down the network because of 8 hd cams feeding video to a dvr. Any drawbacks?
Any brands you’d recommend or discourage?
I would like the ability to monitor remotely. Q-see systems give us that ability and it works well. I’d like 1080p minimum. Not sure anything higher resolution than that is necessary.

Thanks

 

[wyliesdiesels]

This is not for my garage or house. It’s for work. We use DVRs and cams to keep track of industrial equipment malfunctions, jams, etc. it helps us diagnose, adjust, repair, etc without having to watch it constantly.

I need to buy a new one for some additional equipment installations. Historically, we’ve used Q-see brand with separate power and BNC cables to the cams and had good service form this setup. I’m intrigued by the single PoE cams, mostly because it would allow me to easily make the cables the correct length without having a whole bunch of extra cable that. has to be wound and hung somewhere.
What are the other advantages of the RJ45 cams over the bnc/power cables? I’m not interested in wireless cams as they would eat up too much bandwidth and I’d be the most unpopular guy around if I slowed down the network because of 8 hd cams feeding video to a dvr. Any drawbacks?
Any brands you’d recommend or discourage?
I would like the ability to monitor remotely. Q-see systems give us that ability and it works well. I’d like 1080p minimum. Not sure anything higher resolution than that is necessary.

Thanks

IP cams are way better than analog cams.

But if youre gonna upgrade, you will need to buy a compatible NVR as a DVR will not work with IP cams.

Other advantages to using IP cams is that you can directly log into the cam and change settings and do troubleshooting.

The use of ethernet cable is the huge plus factor over siamese analog cable.

I have some customers with analog systems. Any new customers or systems i only do IP cams. analog is on its way out

 

[ssbtech]

I don't know what newer Q-See/Lorex type kits in a box from Costco are like these days, but my experience with them from a few years ago wasn't great.

I'd take a good look at Ubiquiti's camera lineup with the CloudKey Gen2 as the NVR.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

I don't know what newer Q-See/Lorex type kits in a box from Costco are like these days, but my experience with them from a few years ago wasn't great.

I'd take a good look at Ubiquiti's camera lineup with the CloudKey Gen2 as the NVR.

I have several clients with Lorex systems that they or I got from costco and they are all still working great. Both analog and IP....