10/31/2025
Best Security Cameras (Systems) for Condo, Condominium Building & HOA
We often hear people living in a condominium (condo) or gated community asking: Can I install security cameras in my condo? Can an HOA restrict security cameras? Is it legal to put surveillance cameras on HOA common areas/property? What’s condominium security camera policy or HOA security camera poli
10/31/2025
How to Choose, Select & Buy Best PoE Switch for IP Cameras
Every now and then, we are asked by consumers on how to choose, select and buy a PoE for their IP cameras. The questions always go like this: How to select a PoE switch for my IP cameras? Should I go for or Gigabit PoE network switch for my IP security cameras? Do you have any recommendation on a PoE switch for over 4 IP cameras ? So today, we share some insights
10/30/2025
How Many People Can View/Stream a Security Camera at the Same Time
A while ago, a friend of mine was setting up multiple Reolink cameras – Reolink Argus 3 Pro and Reolink RLC-810A PoE cameras around her house. Soon after getting all the cameras up and running, she came to me asking whether her husband could also view the cameras on his mobile phone. The a
10/30/2025
PC vs NVR for Camera Footage & Recording Storage
Many people are thinking about using their computer, laptop, or Mac to view and record their IP/CCTV camera and record their IP/CCTV security cameras to their PC, laptop, Mac or a spare computer instead of to a dedicated network video recorder (NVR)/digital video recorder (DVR). The question always pops up: should I record IP cameras to my computer or laptop or a dedicated NVR/DV
10/30/2025
What’s WDR, BLC or HLC in CCTV/IP Cameras
Very often, we saw part of an image taken by CCTV/IP security cameras extremely dark but another part is very bright so much so that you can’t see any detail. The question now is how could we do about it? Here is how technologies like wide dynamic range (WDR), backlight compensation (BLC),
10/30/2025
How to Connect a DVR/NVR to the Internet & Set Them Up for Remote Viewing
You have a digital video recorder (DVR) or network video recorder (NVR) recording and storing all your surveillance footage while you want to access their video recorder remotely over the internet from a mobile phone, web browsers or a computer at another location outside your home. So how do you connect NVR/DVR to the internet and set up or configure them for remote vie
10/30/2025
How to Activate, Monitor & Upgrade Existing Home Alarm Systems & Security Systems
In our previous post, we discuss what to do with existing home security alarm systems when moving into a house with hard-wired or wireless home alarm systems or security systems. Today we further our research and share some insights on how to activate, use, or upgrade existing home alarm systems and s
10/30/2025
What to Do with Existing/Wired Home Security/Alarm Systems
New homeowners are puzzled with whether they can use or upgrade the existing security system or wired alarm system kits when they move into a house with home security or alarm systems in place. "How can I monitor these systems myself on my phone? What should I be looking for if I decide to replace the existing security system like ADT?" Here we want to solve these problems. <h2 id