Questions about wired security cameras

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I'm new to the world of home security cameras but have watched many videos and read lots of threads. My internet connection is not reliable do want to go with a wired system & dvr. I can't find information on the following however, can someone advise me if these requirements are possible?

Wired security system (2 - 3) cameras for residential house

1) I want to be able to use push notifications or similar so that I can receive notification on phone when away from house (but don't want wireless cameras).

2) The ability to turn off the cameras through an app on the phone or desktop

3) The ability to setup the camera to only turn on when an event occurs, do I have to have 24x7 monitoring or do they have some type of motion sensing in wired cameras.

4) I do not want a subscription service, but curious what others think if you had a break-in and someone stole your dvr what options are there if any for a backup.

5) outside of the cameras, dvr, wires, monitor, keyboard, mouse, router is there other equipment needed?

 

[rss334]

After doing some research for a fews days, I did look @ amcrest, lorex, reolink, eufy, and a few other amazon brands. Since I was new to this and it was my first system I was looking for something less pricey but still with good features and reviews. Ended up going with reolink cx410 cameras and doorbell all hardwires poe to the nvr.

Could not be happier, the color night quality is really good and even though daytime is 2K it's still good and picking up everything I need for my house. For someone that had a larger area to cover past 30 feet I'd say they may want 4K or higher cameras but the 2K are adequate for me.

For anyone who may read this in the future, I was a little concerned about what impact 4 cameras, doorbell, and nvr would have on my electric bill but happy to report I don't even notice an increase - so the electricity usage is nominal.

Thanks for replying George, I'm sure someone will come across this in the future and may find your recommendations useful.

 

[TechTalk]

I'm glad to hear you're happy with the Reolink setup. Their stuff seems like a really solid option for most homes. Out of curiosity, have you tried using their mobile app much? Wondering how user friendly it is for viewing live feeds and videos away from home. Congrats on the new security piece of mind!

 

[rss334]

I'm glad to hear you're happy with the Reolink setup. Their stuff seems like a really solid option for most homes. Out of curiosity, have you tried using their mobile app much? Wondering how user friendly it is for viewing live feeds and videos away from home. Congrats on the new security piece of mind!

Thanks, I've only used the NVR for setting the cameras but yes I do have it setup to do push notifications to the mobile - it works well but the video quality has to be set pretty low otherwise there is too great of a delay in the video feed. The notifications to mobile happen very fast and the delay when talking on the doorbell is minimal. You can set the video quality to be higher to the mobile phone but then you increase the delay in the actual video feed.