Backup and Side View Cameras - Network IP Cam
Curious if anyone is using standard network ip cameras for backup, side view and even forward facing. I have a 43ft fifth wheel that I’d like to get a few really good camera angles. I hate to pay a $1...
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gmcsmoke wrote:rvexodus wrote:
I hate to pay a $1000 for a system with another screen to manage.
$1,000?? what are you looking at.
One of the more reputable solutions I’ve read about is from:
https://www.tadibrothers.com/products/7-monitor-with-1-built-in-wireless-mounted-rv-backup-cameras-and-two-side-cameras
These guys are over priced in my opinion. However, I did come across a couple other companies that also subscribe to truckers, bus drivers, and RVers and their prices were inline.
Tadi Brothers has a number of solutions in the $700+ range, this one being digital vs analogue which I personally wouldn’t drill holes in my rv for analogue equipment. If you were to pay someone to install it and do a good job you are looking at a couple hundred bucks on top of that.
Are there cheaper solutions. Sure. But with a 43ft fifth wheel, cheap o solutions would likely have transmitting issues. Simply I wouldn’t invest 70k in a 5th wheel and hope to rely on a $199 multi camera system :)
More in scope of this discussion is the desire to build a solution that can be used for towing as well as for security. Most common backup camera systems don’t allow you to view the cameras while you are at dinner in town and the RV is parked in the boondocks. Nor do most allow you to record all camera angles while you are towing in the event there is an accident. IP cameras do support all this and other than a slight lag are very ideal for this situation. Lag and form factor are the two key barriers from my perspective.
