01-16-2017, 01:49 PM
I do have the Frontpoint cameras. They work well enough, although I wish they had a better frame rate - I think it's 5 frames/second. It's best to install the cameras so people approach them vs. walk across the frame. Our cameras would allow us to provide a description to police, but they aren't gonna see things like scars, birthmarks, etc. They're HD... it's just that frame rate matters if people aren't standing still. I will send you a link to sample video.
Be prepared for 3rd party to not integrate into your system. You may not care about it, but I'm willing to bet your wife is going to be mildly annoyed at all the different interfaces. I personally think it's worth it because all my security stuff is in a single app/website and I can set camera rules based on system events.
I do NOT recommend not hard wiring for power. Solar isn't reliable during the winter months and you're not going to want to deal with struggling to find backups, replace batteries, etc. If you care enough to install cameras, do it right and hire an electrician. I could see it if you were gonna move in a year or two, but you just moved into that house.
I pay Frontpoint $5/month for all the upgrades. This includes the ability to use home automation and a touchscreen panel. It's a flat fee, regardless of devices, so you're going to pay the $5/month regardless if you want to eventually get the touchscreen.
Be prepared for 3rd party to not integrate into your system. You may not care about it, but I'm willing to bet your wife is going to be mildly annoyed at all the different interfaces. I personally think it's worth it because all my security stuff is in a single app/website and I can set camera rules based on system events.
I do NOT recommend not hard wiring for power. Solar isn't reliable during the winter months and you're not going to want to deal with struggling to find backups, replace batteries, etc. If you care enough to install cameras, do it right and hire an electrician. I could see it if you were gonna move in a year or two, but you just moved into that house.
I pay Frontpoint $5/month for all the upgrades. This includes the ability to use home automation and a touchscreen panel. It's a flat fee, regardless of devices, so you're going to pay the $5/month regardless if you want to eventually get the touchscreen.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth