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Discussion on: DIY Home Security Camera System

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Dave Wavery • Edited

You can purchase a DVR board ( i can only find them at Walmart,com from China) instal it in any plastic container, then simply plug in HDD, cameras, power, etc. About $40 for the board depending on which you want, wireless,wired, number of cameras capability. It's simple, cheap, plug an play and same quality video, internet, recording as any store CCTV home security systems

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Paul J. Lucas

I've not heard of DVR boards, but after a cursory search, many want direct video input. Some accept ethernet, but those have to support ONVIF cameras. But you still need a hard drive to store the video to. It's not clear how that's done. Also, what video monitoring software do you run? And where? On the board directly? And how can you run an app to access video from your phone?

If you still need a computer either to attach a hard drive to or run video software, I don't see how a DVR board helps. You'd need to specify exactly what the set-up looks like.