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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 885815" data-attributes="member: 369937"><p>It still needs an DC or AC power supply to run the camera, so why not run a CAT 5 cable?</p><p></p><p>WIFI cameras are OK if you don't have a bunch of other stuff running on the same WIFI setup, if you do then they can be tricky to receive correctly after a power failure.</p><p></p><p>You can go with a better specked camera if you go with one that is hard wired, I have done lots of CCTV setups, and the ones that are hard wired to a central HD DVR recorder with a LAN connection work the best.</p><p></p><p>If you know what your doing you can even watch the setup from work or when your out on vacation, but most of the LAN camera/recorder setups need to use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 to watch them remotely, FireFox or Chrome (or others) will not work, this due to the DVR dll files needed to view then from a web page, they are not compatible with other browsers then IE 7 or 8, even IE 9 has problems with some of the DVR recorders, this due to the incompatibility of the viewing software. </p><p></p><p>So if your going with a DVR or IP camera setup be sure is compatible with your current IE version.</p><p></p><p>Also remember that the cheaper the system is, the higher your disappointment will be with the quality of the picture at night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 885815, member: 369937"] It still needs an DC or AC power supply to run the camera, so why not run a CAT 5 cable? WIFI cameras are OK if you don't have a bunch of other stuff running on the same WIFI setup, if you do then they can be tricky to receive correctly after a power failure. You can go with a better specked camera if you go with one that is hard wired, I have done lots of CCTV setups, and the ones that are hard wired to a central HD DVR recorder with a LAN connection work the best. If you know what your doing you can even watch the setup from work or when your out on vacation, but most of the LAN camera/recorder setups need to use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 to watch them remotely, FireFox or Chrome (or others) will not work, this due to the DVR dll files needed to view then from a web page, they are not compatible with other browsers then IE 7 or 8, even IE 9 has problems with some of the DVR recorders, this due to the incompatibility of the viewing software. So if your going with a DVR or IP camera setup be sure is compatible with your current IE version. Also remember that the cheaper the system is, the higher your disappointment will be with the quality of the picture at night. [/QUOTE]
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