^^^^^^ I see your first post from around September and I would have thought that you would have read this entire thread which would have given some information regarding brands and suppliers which are favoured here....? You can also note models of NVR's and cameras, and sample images, to give you some idea of their capability.
Typically that means Hikvision and AiExpress.
Of course there are risks when dealing with imports such as warranties etc but money savings can be considerable.
The NVR you noted seems pretty good with 64Mbps maximum recording capacity (mine is 40) and a 100w for the POE capacity.
With six IP cameras I manage to have just under 39Mbps for recording and around 36w usage at night with the infrared on for the cameras from the separate Netgear POE switch I use.
External lighting, as noted, is going to be a big deterrent as well as a necessity for any meaningful night images from your chosen cameras. The "meaningful" is about images that will be useful for the police in identification and then accepted by the courts to be useful to convict the scrotes.
As well as external lighting as a visible deterrent and a aid for your cameras I would look to additional infra red lighting to boost that of the cameras.
I would not be sure how well a Samsung NVR would work with all the features any Hikvision camera could offer and the NVR support it.....?
I record 24/7 on all six cameras (10TB of WD Purple HD's) with tagged motion events for easy review of VCA events, as they are called when using the Hikvision software.
Dues to the size of the building and land, as well as the low ambient light, I would not be too concerned about much recordable information at a distance but more bothered about what is recorded when you get to a "inner perimeter" of your buildings. Even in good daylight 3MP or 4MP Hikvision cameras at a high bitrate aren't going to be that useful over such a distance, and your ambient light (even supplemented) is also going to be low. Then as the intruders move closer the value of having anything over a 2.8mm, 4mm or 6mm lens diminishes and will work against you as they near the buildings. Also the light needed by the greater zoom will mean you will record shadows and silhouettes most of the time. It is always a trade off with the bitrate (inc VBR or constant), resolution, FPS, exposure time (around 1/25" or 1/50"), backilght, white balance, smoothing etc etc etc and the image quality, noise and artifacts at night to give you a good image free from such problems - but to do that and try and cover the land you own might need the advice of some security firms who deal with situations similar to your own..........
I would suggest getting a couple of quotes from some security companies to help you with ideas and to also see what they would recommend, considering the size of the property and it doesn't seem to be enclosed, with low ambient l
light at night. The solitude also could add to the security concerns.
Thanks for the response.
Regards to reading the whole of the thread, I did make the effort to try and gleam what info I could, but there are so many different cameras etc. that it still didn't quite help out in understanding what would be correct for our setup. Most of he IP cameras etc. are a few £££ so I didn't want to rush out and spend money on something I had no clear understanding on.
Looking at the NVR, would it be better to match HIKvision cameras with there own NVR kit? They seem to be slightly cheaper than the Samsung (and some slightly lower spec's) but if compatibility will be a question, I would rather avoid the hassle and match the kit up.
I've updated my image with the position of our existing external lighting.
1) The front right corner of the house has an LED flood light pointing towards the gate. The front door also has a smaller PIR light.
2) On the WW2 bunker at the front, there is a lamp post with 3x senor lights that come on (and stay on) at night.
There is also a large LED flood light pointing towards the lane (this is a private land approx. 50m to the main road which is only used by us and the two other owners of the fields and stable to the left of our house).
Last, but not least, there is a further large LED flood light on the left of the bunker facing towards the field but was setup before we had purchased this land so doesn't really light up that area.
3) There is a smaller LED flood light on the garage pointing towards the main gate.
4) Flood light (can't remember if LED) on the rear of the house facing the back garden.
No current lighting setup that over looks the field, though we will look to get a flood light in place.
Further to the setup at home, my father is also looking to replace an older CCTV setup at his restaurant (unfortunately the old kit was cheap unbranded Chinese kit that he had installed by some cowboy before I knew). It stopped working last year after the electric tripped so needs replacing. The shop had 4 internal dome cameras that covered the length of the shop, front door and till area. The HDD recorder was hidden in the false ceiling but another location would probably be better for a new system.
