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cctv analog or ip

  • 26-06-2020 10:51pm
    #1
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭


    Hi There,

    Im currently looking into getting a 4 cam cctv system installed, my question is whether to put in an IP system or an analog,
    i currently have 4 cat5e cables ran to 4 seperate location all coming back to a central point in the house beside my router and there is also a gigabit switch there but is there a massive lag using ip cameras over analog as i could use balun to connect analog instead


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  • #2
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    IP is better but there is still a good picture off HD.


  • #3
    olestoepoke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭olestoepoke


    I installed 2 Swann cameras HD from curries. Cheap and cheerful at 180 and easy to install. Pic is great but the app is dreadful, I foolishly didn't look into their app beforehand and only found out afterwards that its terrible, won't load half the time, crashes when it does.


  • #4
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Tommiekly84


    Is there a lag with the nvr with ip cameras compared to DVR with analog


  • #5
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Tommiekly84 wrote: »
    Is there a lag with the nvr with ip cameras compared to DVR with analog

    A lag when? Do you mean when accessing via a network or the NVR?


  • #6
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Tommiekly84


    I was told that when using up cameras that when you aceess the footage over WiFi the footage appears to be jumping all over the place


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  • #7
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Tommiekly84 wrote: »
    I was told that when using up cameras that when you aceess the footage over WiFi the footage appears to be jumping all over the place

    That totally depends on your broadband and that still happens over a HD system aswell. The minimum upload you would need for remote viewing without getting stutter/lag would be around 2mbs.

    I have 3 1080p HD cameras on my parents house and their internet connection has less than 2mbs upload (rural broadband) yet the remote viewing still works. In this instance there is lag but it is still viewable.

    Check your upload speed on your network and you will know for sure then.


  • #8
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Tommiekly84


    Cheers my upload is super quick. My isp is virrgin. So i shouldn't haveA problem


  • #9
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Tommiekly84 wrote: »
    Cheers my upload is super quick. My isp is virrgin. So i shouldn't haveA problem

    Nope you shouldn't. HD is good but IP is better. If you have the money to put in IP i would. It is pretty much all we install these days unless the customer insists on a HD system which of course would be cheaper.


  • #10
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Tommiekly84


    I'd say I'd go with ip. You hardly have any recommendations as for which system to go for.


  • #11
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Tommiekly84 wrote: »
    I'd say I'd go with ip. You hardly have any recommendations as for which system to go for.

    HIKvision would be very good.


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  • #12
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Tommiekly84


    Thanks for that. I was looking into annke but have been told hikvision or dahua would be a better job altogether


  • #13
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Tommiekly84 wrote: »
    Thanks for that. I was looking into annke but have been told hikvision or dahua would be a better job altogether

    100% they would.


  • #14
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Tommiekly84


    I got quoted these earlier,

    https://www.freetv.ie/4-way-nvr/
    https://www.freetv.ie/turret-network-cameras/,

    Would they be up to it or should I get something better

    Thanks


  • #15
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Tommiekly84 wrote: »
    I got quoted these earlier,

    https://www.freetv.ie/4-way-nvr/
    https://www.freetv.ie/turret-network-cameras/,

    Would they be up to it or should I get something better

    Thanks

    Yeah they are a good system. I have a dahua system in the parents place and my brothers place. No issues with them at all.

    The app for remote viewing is easy to use and reliable.


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