DIY remote home security

[00tec]

Blue Iris and IP cameras, iSpy and some IP cameras, or UBNT NVR and cameras will do what you want.

Blue Iris and iSpy require a computer on each premise that is running at all times. You also have to figure out handling potential power outages.

The UBNT system also requires their NVR on each premise, and power outages are also sort of an issue.

As suggested above, the Nest camera system is pretty straightforward, and gives all the items you want. It comes back automatically after a power outage.

I personally run my own stand alone cameras and NVR's, but that's because I am a nerd. For simplicity, I would run the Nest system.

I havent got my system up and fully running yet (havent closed on house- i have a camera sitting on a table watching the parrot), but I modeled it after a friends setup. All ebay stuff (mine is Jooan off of amazon, and it runs fine. 720p cameras, running iSpy on the PC, but with a stand-alone DVR for redundancy. In the event of a power outage, the DVR boots right back up, and provides separated storage in case the PC gets ripped off.

I can remote access both the DVR directly, and the PC. The DVR and iSpy can even send video clips to an offsite machine via FTP if you have the alerts configured properly.

DVR was like $75, cameras are $45ish each with the power supply and passive POE inserters. I can run up to 16 camers on the DVR, and a whole lot more on iSpy