First and foremost, my golden rule is: nothing says "Fuck Off" like good lighting.
Let me be the one to inject some common sense about the real world. Nobody is going to have the balls to come near a well hung surveillance system that just dangles off the property saying, "You want these balls you're gonna have to deal with cack first!" And I've done four different marijuana dispensaries catered specifically to the state laws in which they have additional surveillance details that are immaterial to helping you, but nobody fucks with these places either because the Internet connection in the place is sending live footage to an app on your smartphone.
I installed another at my GF's parents which have the side stalker benefit of knowing if anyone big and black slinks out of the property and into a blacked out escalade with a lakers sticker reminding me I probably should have retitled camera three to WHORE SLUT IM OUT. If of course this event transpires.
Honestly, get a Hikvision NVR, 4 channel. PoE (power over Ethernet) which means one internet cable powers an entire camera freeing it from that old analog shit I abhor and gives you free range to hang wherever.
Do not use wifi cameras, that's just asking to get your ass whipped. Shit is gayer than a rainbow painted dick candy cane. Don't be that guy.
Hikvision is professional grade. The only other camera if not pro grade, the good shit I use, means it's consumer grade. Don't use it or I will disown you. It's all that shit garbage at Walmart, Costco, and seems like a good deal but has a wifi sticker on it that tricks dipshits into using substandard gear I wouldn't offend a trash can with its shameful chance at being in a garbage can, it needs disposed of only out of a moving car at a high speed and the winds of nature will take it away for good. Pro grade takes a beating and the shit lasts. Authorized distributors can get you the stuff cheap -at cost- but you need a guy like me to have the ability to walk into ADI and buy it cash, keep it in mind. Like most I t has great smartphone remote viewing live and tape review, but very refined and easy to use. Beef up your password or installers like me will add you to the queue of places I've installed that have no clue I have eyes on but just have ethics enough to not abuse it.
My fave is reviewing "event footage". Essentially shit that was motion heavy enough to begin recording (btw you can dial event footage up to max quality so when it counts, you are going full resolution full fps and full octane any time a dog walks by or a goon with a rape mask and a ten inch penis sneaks up on your girlfriends car to gravy cake her seats if she left a window down, it happens.
Or if you got money, use Axis or Avigilon like I run. Alarm, just use a 2gig panel they rock.
Who's your daddy brotha
PS: yes, anyone that wants to bad enough can theoretically break in and take your NVR but I deal in the real world, not muffin mountain on phallus island
