Ring

[ucbruin]

We have the Ring device. I finally found out who was taking the whole bowl of halloween candy. You little monsters!

Good one....
Already paid for itself....

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Apparently the city will not permit a moat full of alligators.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Lorex System with a couple of hi-res 4K that can look up and down the street

All the Lorex systems I see have 4/8 cameras. Do they sell 2 camera systems?

 

[Digger88]

I wish I had gotten into the paranoia business 10 years ago.

I know people that are so scared of their own shadow that they have cameras recording to a cloud, ring doorbells, lights with motions detectors, multiple locks, and if that doesn't work, they have a house full of guns. And all are members of neighborhood apps where every person that they don't recognize gets their photo posted with an explanation of what they were doing wrong. lol. Usually their crime was walking around. Paranoia and fear sells. And the American people are buying.

you dont approve of people exercising their 2nd amendment rights?

 

[gregb]

you dont approve of people exercising their 2nd amendment rights?

Historically, the 1st amendment packs a bigger punch.

 

[RCA]

All the Lorex systems I see have 4/8 cameras. Do they sell 2 camera systems?

Online you get about 43% off on a lot of systems. I get the impression this equipment has a low cost .. and so 2 or 4 doesn't make much difference to them. They are good at replacing defective equipment and I recommend a 5 year extended warranty. So, to answer your question - 4 cameras is probably what makes sense. Here is one on sale, although it only has 1Terabyte of storage - you should probably have them upgrade it to 2T or more:

https://www.lorextechnology.com/hd-...cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_term=lorex+technology.

Once you get used to these, they are kind of nice. There is a bit of a learning curve. My office is upstairs in the back part of the house - and with the cameras, I always know what is going on in front - and don't have to go downstairs to find out.

1. The power to the cameras goes through the ethernet connection. So, you want to have the camera ethernet connected directly to the Lorex DVR or to an intermediate PoE switch (PoE switches deliver power as well as provide for the internet connection). So, if there is a large distance between the camera and the DVR, it may look like Camera ---- PoE Switch --- Router ---- Lorex DVR.
2. Using DHCP, IPs will be assigned to each Camera and to the DVR.
3. You will have to get some practice setting things up with the DVR, your computer, iPhone and optionally the cloud. Your computer and iPhone connect to the DVR via the cloud, yet cloud storage is separate from DVR storage. If you have a 2T DVR and 2 cameras you can store 3 weeks data. But you can plug in an auxiliary disk (say 12T if you have the money) and backup from the DVR to the storage.
4. Sometimes you need to take the cover off the camera and reset it. So, if you put it on top of a flagpole or your chimney - understand you may need to get to it once every two years or so.

 

[Evincere]

And, some still chase you down.Was doing a Liquidation/foreclosue appraisal last week, taking photos of Comps. Guy pulled up beside me and asked if I was taking a picture of his car??? I told him I was an appraiser taking pictures of house that had sold. He laughed and said OK. His damned car was more important than his house.

A few weeks ago I was early for an appointment and while waiting for the Realtor this guy comes running out of his house over to my truck which was parked on the swale.

He starts grilling me, Wanting to know what j was doing hanging around the neighborhood. And points to several cameras on his roof. Turns out he’d been in his house watching me on his video monitor and actually believed I was casing his house.

Paranoia is becoming rampant. Be careful out there. A kook like that is liable to shoot first and claim the he “felt” threatened defense

 

[ucbruin]

Maybe it's an appraiser's right of passage to have someone call the cops on them.....

10 years as an appraiser in SoCal and not once had cop called on me....
1st 10 years as an appraiser in SE MA had cops called on me 3 times....
I guess I blended in more in diverse SoCal than in homogeneous SE MA....

Past 10 years no cop calls....
Senior citizen....

 

[RCA]

A few weeks ago I was early for an appointment and while waiting for the Realtor this guy comes running out of his house over to my truck which was parked on the swale.

He starts grilling me, Wanting to know what j was doing hanging around the neighborhood. And points to several cameras on his roof. Turns out he’d been in his house watching me on his video monitor and actually believed I was casing his house.

Paranoia is becoming rampant. Be careful out there. A kook like that is liable to shoot first and claim the he “felt” threatened defense

Now you seriously need to consider putting that "Shotgun Appraiser" logo on your truck - well, pun intended, in any case - the name of your appraisal company. I can very well imagine these old retired people (like myself when I don't have anything better to do) intently watching their cameras for some intruder into their "domain". Natural instincts ..... In the worst case, open the door and let the dogs out ....

 

[chad hampton]

you dont approve of people exercising their 2nd amendment rights?

To join a militia? We have a standing army now.