Comments on: How do I know if it’s a decent outdoor surveillance system? http://smartnightvision.com/how-do-i-know-if-its-a-decent-outdoor-surveillance-system A blog on night vision products. Ultimate night vision products resource on the net. Upto date info on latest night vision technology worldwide Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:34:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Little Dog http://smartnightvision.com/how-do-i-know-if-its-a-decent-outdoor-surveillance-system/comment-page-1#comment-129 Little Dog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:23:45 +0000 http://smartnightvision.com/?p=647#comment-129 I would start with a reputable retailer. Fry's Electronics and bhphotovideo will have "normal" pricing. If the eBay prices are way less, then expect "issues". From an analog camera, low-end consumer grade, nightvision, outdoor rated, wired, perspective, I would consider a 4-channel DVR from Lorex or Clover with a hard drive at about $450, and 4 outdoor rated high resolution cameras at about $125 each... Then what do you want to monitor with? If you connect to your existing TV, no more $. And the labor to install - I guess that would be you... Yes, reduce the price with lower resolution cameras or black and white only cameras. From an IP network based, wireless, outdoor rated, camera... start at about $400 per camera and you would need to leave a computer on all the time for monitoring plus video uses lots of space, so if you want to record, then you will need another hard drive in (or connected to the computer)... and you will probably have to run power to wherever you have the camera installed (wireless means wireless video - it still needs power)... So... in my opinion, start with a budget of about $1,000 and work your way up with better resolution video, features, network connections, power, etc... anything less than that is probably a waste. I would start with a reputable retailer.

Fry’s Electronics and bhphotovideo will have “normal” pricing. If the eBay prices are way less, then expect “issues”.

From an analog camera, low-end consumer grade, nightvision, outdoor rated, wired, perspective, I would consider a 4-channel DVR from Lorex or Clover with a hard drive at about $450, and 4 outdoor rated high resolution cameras at about $125 each… Then what do you want to monitor with? If you connect to your existing TV, no more $. And the labor to install – I guess that would be you… Yes, reduce the price with lower resolution cameras or black and white only cameras.

From an IP network based, wireless, outdoor rated, camera… start at about $400 per camera and you would need to leave a computer on all the time for monitoring plus video uses lots of space, so if you want to record, then you will need another hard drive in (or connected to the computer)… and you will probably have to run power to wherever you have the camera installed (wireless means wireless video – it still needs power)…

So… in my opinion, start with a budget of about $1,000 and work your way up with better resolution video, features, network connections, power, etc… anything less than that is probably a waste.

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