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Originally Posted by ishoot308
So is there a interactive wireless system you can recommend with easy setup, no monthly monitoring, quality night vision camera that can be used outside??
Dan
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Absolutely, how much do you want to spend, and what do you want to get out of it?
Night vision (technically IR illumination in these cases) is almost always going to come in the form of an external IR illuminator, not some set of cheap LEDs sprinkled around the camera lens. A decent IR illuminator starts at about $250 and goes up from there, which gives you about the same light as a single 60 watt floodlight. So, think about how much "night vision" you really want
Also, do you want to record the video, and if so for how long?
The *easiest* system is probably a cheap DVR with an Ethernet port, and a few decent quality cameras with IR cut filters. The entire kit would be somewhere around $600ish for a 4 camera system. You'd have several weeks of storage, easy remote access, and decent resolution.
Stay away from the stuff you see at Sams Club, Home Depot, etc. Those all-in-one systems are always very poor performance for the money.
If you want to get into a scenario that has real video analytics (eg: not just false-alarm-generating "motion detection"), then you're going to be spending about $1000/channel and up.
"Real" nightvision is going to be a thermal IR camera (it sees heat instead of light), and is going to start around $5000/channel. This video shows some clips from a FLIR thermal IR camera mounted at the top of my driveway:
http://www.youtube.com/NotoriousBRK#p/u/1/OILdUH6-efw