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So my present home DVR security system is getting long in the tooth. I've seen the new camera systems in the stores and I've been really impressed at the image quality these systems have. Our present Q-See system is 7 years old and the images remind me of those cop car chase scenes on TV. The user interface is difficult, written in techinese, possibly with Google Translate.
I'm looking for a new system, but our house is wired with old school coaxial RG59 cable for the cameras. It is also wired with Cat5, but those lines terminate at indoor locations mainly suitable for communication, not for cameras. The house is larger than average and pretty spread out that Wi-Fi signals from some camera locations may not be strong enough especially at high resolution. We now have 8 wired cameras and plan to add at least 4 more.
Now I'm looking for a new system and have been impressed with the new NVR systems quality. Any recommendations of what brands or company that make hybrid DVR/NVR systems? I would like to keep using some of the old coaxial network at some locations in the house, but for crucial locations like entrances, we'll have to grin and bear the Cat5 rewire costs.
It seems that the systems available at major retail stores are only pure DVR or pure NVR based. If I look at security camera specialty websites, they seem to sell hybrid systems with no-name brand. I seem to recall a few years ago, there was an obscure Asian brand that people spoke highly of, but they were sold only at specialty CCTV shops and probably took a hardware engineer to configure and maintain.
Suggestions, please?
I'm looking for a new system, but our house is wired with old school coaxial RG59 cable for the cameras. It is also wired with Cat5, but those lines terminate at indoor locations mainly suitable for communication, not for cameras. The house is larger than average and pretty spread out that Wi-Fi signals from some camera locations may not be strong enough especially at high resolution. We now have 8 wired cameras and plan to add at least 4 more.
Now I'm looking for a new system and have been impressed with the new NVR systems quality. Any recommendations of what brands or company that make hybrid DVR/NVR systems? I would like to keep using some of the old coaxial network at some locations in the house, but for crucial locations like entrances, we'll have to grin and bear the Cat5 rewire costs.
It seems that the systems available at major retail stores are only pure DVR or pure NVR based. If I look at security camera specialty websites, they seem to sell hybrid systems with no-name brand. I seem to recall a few years ago, there was an obscure Asian brand that people spoke highly of, but they were sold only at specialty CCTV shops and probably took a hardware engineer to configure and maintain.
Suggestions, please?
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