Excuse me guys !
This is going to be a long thread - yes ?
So !
my recommendation is some cloud based recording ( like Mangocam ) as it’s relatively cheap ( though yearly cost ) . Some basic outdoor poe camera’s . Swann is like the smart car of cctv . Hikvision are good and have a broad range of products at different prices .
Failing all that - for its *simplicity * an analogue camera and a Betamax video recorder .