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It's not the cheapest, but I have had very good luck with Synology. Works with almost every camera on the market, including everything that supports ONVIF or RTSP. Good client software for web, desktop, and mobile. Has tons of tweaks and features.
Synology make cameras?
Yeah they make a few cameras. They also work with a great many models (thousands of models) by other manufacturers.
Nice. I’ll have to check that out.
I second this. Good things to know include:
Each Synology NAS comes with Surveillance Station licenses for 2 cameras. You can use any 2 compatible cameras. You can switch out cameras for new ones, as long as it's just 2.
If you need more than 2 cameras you can buy additional license pack bundles to add different numbers of cameras. These additional licenses are tied to that Synology NAS box. My understanding is that you can't take them with you to a new NAS. This isn't a problem for most people (who are gonna use that NAS for 6-10 years), but it is good to be informed when you're making platform choices.
You can transfer licenses to a new NAS, as long as you have the license code. Just de-activate it on old box and activate it on new box.
See this link on their site for more info.
What you CAN'T do is split licenses. So if you buy the 8-pack, you can't put 4 on one NAS and 4 on another NAS.
You also CAN'T combine the built in license. So the NAS comes with 2 licenses- you can't remove those 2 from one NAS and apply them to another.
Ah, thanks! I misunderstood, and that's good to know. :) Useful to know for future upgrades as well.