Yeah so the drops were a tussle - "way more than we had discussed" via the builder. Plus cost wise for the cameras I get decent coverage and I can adjust angles to fine tune. Was not really a privacy issue just a what can I get away with without a lot of noise.
Agreed on the mount high - but some areas not much choice unless I want them hanging off a wall, which I think would look bad. I currently have 4 cameras mounted up about 40 feet at my townhouse - it's a set and forget type deal without a sectional.
So the electrician pulled Cat6 so that is good. I can deal with the switches later. I did not budget for $10k in LAN/Security gear and $10k for speaker/sound gear - so that may be a baby step thing. LAN first, obviously.
This Ring camera has been hanging tough - literally with a massive icicle on it. I need to find a away to defeat the icicle without it tearing down the camera. It is about 35 feet-ish up
And this one - massive. Hopefully the gutter hangs on.
Right - my initial concern was the cable if CAT 5/6 is capable regardless of power demand.
I will have to calculate for the switch - again, was trying to carve out wiring for the electrician since they want inspections done, insulation, then drywall. I need to figure out fireplaces and cabinets next.
So good research on the TV - I still ran cable to them but will check the specs. Likely a 90" for the family room and slightly smaller for the bedroom. I need to figure out motion/refresh rates for TV's that size. The 75" Samsung I got last year is ok - not great for sports/racing etc. Movies are fine in 4k so might not be the TV's fault.
I just need to get motivated to tidy these projects up before they head west. Dreaming about a heated/cooled garage with endless space/lifts for projects won't get things done now. Weather is **** here so moving stuff around is hard - and the garage is packed. I did set an internal rule for myself in terms of all vehicles need to be driven west vs. trailer even the FZ6
so that is motivating.
You can always add another switch right? Do they fail? Wonder if they will do the Superbowl in 4k, I think they did last year?
Yes have 4 of them - using the memory cards also helps IMO. I do reboot them every once in a while since I don't feel they are good on that on their own without a power down or they pick inopportune times to reboot - when they start getting squirrely its time for a reboot.
I might look into the Google TV device.
In other news the battle of the "Snowcrete" continues almost two weeks later. I am on the HOA board and folks are getting heated.
In our neighborhood part of it is VDOT snow removal and part is private contractor. VDOT never showed up. People don't understand that in a once in a 10 year storm VDOT are trying to keep major arteries open. I drove from Leesburg VA to DC the other day and it is sketch, everywhere. 3 lanes at 70MPH suddenly reduce to 1 single file trail that looked like a 5 year shoveled - be patient. Conditions are still bad all over. You can't move this stuff with a plow you need heavy equipment, even Bobcats with treads are having a tough time.
Issue is/was it snowed about 8-10" in most areas, some got a foot or more but the tail end of the storm was ice - like 3 to 4 inches of ice which made it concrete to move, then temps never budged.
@cccoltsicehockey was looking at your plow pics and wondering how your setup would have worked here?
I was out shoveling (still) this past weekend and talked with this guy for a bit. Hard to tell in the picture but he had a wad of tissue stuffed up his nose and still bleeding. He said he had the cab window cracked for air and a piece of ice flew in and smacked him on the face. Whole cab was ****** but he soldiered on. He had been working double shifts for 10 days.
Poor guy was like "can you just tell your HOA we are doing the best we can - I know there are tons of complaints and it falls on us"
Yes! I can do that -
Anyway the Karen's are rampaging - temps here never got above freezing since the storm hit and lows in the single digits, schools closed for 8 days - even this week all/most schools on a two hour delay for the rest of the week.
