Recent content by PlaidSheep

Doooood... you are seriously down the rabbit hole.  Impressive.   So per your later post, I'm more than fine running network cables into a router located in my office.  Check.   What's hot in cable these days?  I've used Bluejeanscable over the years (Audiophilus Deafasaurus), and they've an...

  Sorry for the blackout.  Life snuck up from behind and pantsed me.   Seems I mistyped when I wrote "new construction."  My wife and I found our current home 95% complete.  We moved in shortly after the wrapper came off.  Someday, I'd love to build a home.  Maybe if one of my Wile E. Coyote...

  I definitely want IR capable cameras, but I don't think I need to worry about low temperature functionality.  To be sure though, what's considered 'low'?  I'm thinking of fixed view cams, domes &/or bullets.  Also, assuming a quality cable, at what length should one consider injectors?  If a...

  Good point about the temperature rating.  I had a vent fan put in, but it will still reach 120 F up there.  What switch do you use?  I suppose I could always have longer cable runs and put the switch in my office.   My QNAP box is a TVS-671, which shows the same frame rates you listed, so that...

The house: New construction, 1500 sq ft ranch Your basic rectangle, short sides are the front and back 10 ft ceilings indoors The plan: My initial thinking is a camera on all four corners Camera views crossed slightly inward No views down the long walls between neighbors The hardware: I'm...