2 IP Cam set up in & out door help

[barlew]

Hello

I’m in the process of installing data cables (CAT6) around my house and will be looking for 2 IP cameras to hook up to it.

1) The first will be an indoor baby monitor so we can watch our newborn at night from down stairs on the PC, also the grandparents can watch by login in from their house. This camera needs to see in the dark quite well, but won’t be used during the day. 1 way audio pickup would be a bonus

2) The other cam will monitor our front garden where the fence keeps getting kicking in. I will install the cam under the roof arch so it won’t need complete waterproofing. This one will also need to be able to pick out faces from about 22feet (5.5 metres) in darken light. The council have just put a big street light outside our house so it’s not in complete darkness. I will require PC software to control and record this over the Ethernet, I was looking at LuxRiot.

I’m not looking to buy a DVR or PVR as both will be accessed and operated via a PC. I’m also not looking to spend loads. Budget for baby monitor cam £40-80 and the outside up to £150

Any help or advice would be welcome as there are so many cams around I’m just getting lost!

 

[Phil]

Network Cameras for home; baby cam & garden

Hello Barlew,

Thanks for your query.

Unfortunately, there isn't anything in the ranges that we promote that's within your budget. We're trying hard to promote megapixel IP cameras and to deliver top quality images.

For the baby camera may I suggest manufacturers such as Vivotek, D-Link and Level One. I cannot recommend any particular camera, but know these manufacturers may have cameras in your budget range (use Google to checkout other user's experiences, I'm afraid that the old adage 'you get what you pay for' applies and I do see lots of help requests from users of these lower cost models).

For the outdoor application either checkout the above manufacturers again OR save up and buy an ACTi ACM-1231 megapixel outdoor bullet camera
(checkout the video clips from that product page, that's the level of performance you are going to need to get facial recognition evidence of intruders in your garden).