CCTV - Best place to buy?Best type of cameras?

[jig]

Hi Im hoping to get cctv installed. I am hoping to buy four external Day/night cameras and two internal cameras with DVR. What is the best make and model of cameras?Where is the best place to buy from?

Thanks in advance for all help and advice

Cheers
Jig

 

[offroader]

Hi Im hoping to get cctv installed. I am hoping to buy four external Day/night cameras and two internal cameras with DVR. What is the best make and model of cameras?Where is the best place to buy from?

Thanks in advance for all help and advice

Cheers
Jig

How much do you wanna spend? You generally get what you pay for.

Vista do some nice Vandal resistant day/night domes for around £200 each, works out cheaper than statics and housings.

Samsaug do some fantastic internal domes, or theres Vista again, depends on what you want really, Borsatic have some good kit.

You'll also need a PSU, I'd def recomment one with more than one output, Dantec do a nice little 4A 8 way (500mA per output, generally enough for most 12v cameras). I've come across so many sites with a 3A PSU running 10 cameras off one output, and when one camera goes down they all do.

As for DVR's, DM do a 9 way 320gb mux with CD writer for about £1000, I think.

Again there are lots of options, some good kit avilable, and some crap.

As for where to get it, not too sure over your way, we buy direct as trade, but I'm sure theres some good traders locally.

 

[jig]

Hi Im hoping to get cctv installed. I am hoping to buy four external Day/night cameras and two internal cameras with DVR. What is the best make and model of cameras?Where is the best place to buy from?

Thanks in advance for all help and advice

Cheers
Jig

How much do you wanna spend? You generally get what you pay for.

Vista do some nice Vandal resistant day/night domes for around £200 each, works out cheaper than statics and housings.

Samsaug do some fantastic internal domes, or theres Vista again, depends on what you want really, Borsatic have some good kit.

You'll also need a PSU, I'd def recomment one with more than one output, Dantec do a nice little 4A 8 way (500mA per output, generally enough for most 12v cameras). I've come across so many sites with a 3A PSU running 10 cameras off one output, and when one camera goes down they all do.

As for DVR's, DM do a 9 way 320gb mux with CD writer for about £1000, I think.

Again there are lots of options, some good kit avilable, and some rubbish.

As for where to get it, not too sure over your way, we buy direct as trade, but I'm sure theres some good traders locally.

Whereabouts are you based?I could give you the job? im looking to spend about £200 each on the cameras but do not need to be vandal prrof but waterproof. DVR seems expensive!(is there a cheaper option?)

Cheers
Jig

 

[plugwash]

I've come across so many sites with a 3A PSU running 10 cameras off one output, and when one camera goes down they all do.

a few polyswitches mounted on a bit of stripboard should prevent anything nasty happening on one output from having too much effect on the others.

 

[jig]

What are the Day/Night Cameras like? Do the LEDS fail after a while?Is it best to get a seperate IR Lamp?

Who is best to buy from?(online/retail suppliers?)

Thanks
jig

 

[Pensdown]

Have you looked at IP CCTV? The cost has come right down and with most of them you can view over the internet, send e-mail alarms, record to hard disk

 

[jig]

Have you looked at IP CCTV? The cost has come right down and with most of them you can view over the internet, send e-mail alarms, record to hard disk

What is IP CCTV?Does it cost more?Does it require specialist cameras/equipment?

 

[jimbox]

Do the LEDS fail after a while?

Don't know about cameras specifically, but LEDs last pretty much forever.

 

[Pensdown]

I'm not sure of your home setup but if you have a small network and hub, the IP cameras connect to your network like a pc, they also come wireless You can then view it via a PC or you install some free DNS software (works without a fixed IP address), you can view your cam from anywhere that has an internet connection. Have a look on e-bay, I know there is one company that sells a full pan tilt and 10x optical zoom camera and they have a demo site that lets you logon and play with it (the cam that is).

Loads of benefits for going IP and in the last few years I've not seen a commercial installation thats not IP based

 

[kendor]

some info and ideas here:

http://www.simplyautomate.co.uk/GuideToCCTV.asp?Cat1=29