"Shell out for Hikvision"?
Hikvision has generally been low cost equipment with decent performance.
The main issue with Hikvision is that they are funded and controlled by the Chinese government, and have had countless major vulnerabilities over the years.
Then there is Dahua, which is basically Hikvision Junior. Reolink is somewhat in the middle, in the past they have OEM'd products from Dahua, and others. It can be difficult to know who actually manufactures a lot of the Chinese surveillance cameras, as the companies often go to great lengths to obscure the details.
Then there is Dahua, which is basically Hikvision Junior. Reolink is somewhat in the middle, in the past they have OEM'd products from Dahua, and others. It can be difficult to know who actually manufactures a lot of the Chinese surveillance cameras, as the companies often go to great lengths to obscure the details.