Outdoor network camera showing picture on TV, Tablet, Phone

[iamrcb]

Can anyone recommend some kit that would enable me to have an outdoor HD camera in the garden, with the picture showing on a TV and also on an Android phone/tablet.

The camera can be daytime only, connected to the house network, simpler the better. No need to record, no alerts etc. I don't mind the camera having permanent wired power/lan connections if that makes it work better.

I'd like the TV end to be as minimal as possible as its all got to fit behind a wall mounted TV with as few cables going to/from the TV as possible, perhaps some sort of HDMI/USB dongle. I'll have a Chromecast connected to the same TV too.

As few 'boxes' as possible along the whole system

Thanks

Edited by iamrcb on Saturday 30th April 20:51

[dmsims]

Does you TV have an Internet browser built in ?

[iamrcb]

No, It'll be a simple dumb TV

Having something that could work through a chromecast would be perfect

[anonymous-user]

Most standard IP cameras will do roughly what you want. The dumb tv bit is a problem, but you might be able to cast the stream from a smartphone to a chromecast and view it on the TV.

[iamrcb]

I could probably do all of this through a Chromecast, controlled by tablet/phone, which would help the wire situation too.

- Camera access
- Picture gallery
- Pushed TV/Video/YouTube content
- Content from our NAS drive

I'll have to plug my Raspberry Pi3 into it too, just for kitchen retro games

[iamrcb]

Slight re-think.

I'd like the camera to be as directly connected to the TV via the main HDMI input, rather than through the network/apps/cloud, so the picture shows up on the screen as soon as the TV is turned on rather than starting some app up.

There seem to be a lot of systems, cameras etc. They claim HD quality, but I've never looked into the picture quality before.

[Alucidnation]

I have just fitted a Swann kit with HD cameras and the quality is outstanding!

The cameras need to be plugged into their own DVR which can then plug into the TV via HDMI.

To view it on your phone, it will also need connecting to your home router.

Swann also do an app that lets you view, set up, record etc from your phone so once it is all up and running, it can be maintained remotely, wherever you have an internet connection.

Depends on your budget though...

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/swann-dvr4-4600-4-channe...

[iamrcb]

I've looked at the different systems available and there are some good quality bundled systems.

However these are way more than I need

I need the simplest way of connecting a 1080P camera to the simplest/cheapest decoder that outputs to HDMI.

There are plenty of DVR or NVR systems, but typical boxes are at least £80.

I don't need any control, or multiple cameras, just a live feed from one camera to one TV

Perhaps a Raspberry Pi project could do the job?

[dmsims]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-M1601-Nettop-Celeron...

[iamrcb]

I think I've solved it....

I've ordered a 1080p AHD camera and also a AHD to HDMI converter. So that's one camera, one power supply, one small box, all direct to TV. Not to bad on price either.

It'll be a while until it arrives (ebay chinapost special), so I won't know for sure until then

After many hours of research I now know all sorts of interesting guff about CCTV systems and standards!