The sheer range of hardware choices available when setting up a new system can be daunting. For this reason, we've devised three comprehensive example scenarios that you can use as a starting point for your own system.

Budget

This system uses analogue cameras and one or more quad processors to keep the overall cost extremely low.

Home or small business

A flexible system based around up to twenty-five network cameras.

Professional

Also a network camera system, but with high-end camera recommendations and advice on scaling the system to an indefinitely large number of cameras.