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I just had my whole front of the house redone with a new door and I’m planning to get a video doorbell. I’m a pretty technical person and I don’t like the idea of paying for subscriptions to use the doorbell and or store video etc. I’m looking for the following features.

1. Connect to the existing chime. I’m assuming that means that when they press the button it will bring a traditional wall mounted doorbell.

2. This is probably the most important, I want to be able to connect to some sort of NVR to store video. I also want the ability to have two-way audio communication on my phone with the NVR system. I’m not sure if the two-way audio communication is too much to ask without a subscription service. The software that seems to stick out that can do this is Blue Iris. I’ve read somewhere that the ring pro 2 supports NVR, but it also seems that you have to jump through hoops to get it to work and some features may not be supported. Not sure.

3. I’ve never set up an NVR before and I’m assuming this will be a dedicated small computer with a very large SSD and it will need to run 24/7. I have three wireless access points in the house, one on each floor and a signal does come out of the house. What’s the management overhead in having a NVR. Also, if I get this working I want to add three or four additional cameras on the outside of the house, potentially one that has pan capability.