Drew sorry if that isn't what I heard or how it is spelt.. Anyway I got my NV4216E-AI yesterday and I thought I would mention a few things.. One your getting false alerts on your AI setup because by default the Detected size is really small. When your setting up Trip wire remember to make some adjustment to the size of what you want detected. Out of the box I seen it is So small that a Cat or Dog could set it off and even maybe a bird or some other thing.. Not sure really what set off yours.. With in the next week I will or should have a Good enough time to make a Video or 2 about some of the setup features of the NVR... Also I bought the AI DVR and I am waiting for that to still get here as they were bought at different times because I wasn't sure I was going to get the 7108-AI when the 4216E-AI shipped...
I have a ring pro doorbell and 2 ring solar-powered stick up cams. They are both wireless and not awesome quality. We rarely get an incident where I need the cameras, but I've definitely thought about getting something of higher quality (and not pay for Ring Protect to save footage). I don't think this is my solution, though. I haven't yet explored many options (I've taken note when you did the Wyze cam reviews), but do appreciate seeing your reviews. We'll "see" what the future holds with my security camera choice 😀
There's so many choices out there it's hard to decide what to pull the trigger on. The answer is different for everyone. The more tinkering/setup required usually means the more secure and robust it will be. 🤷
@@TaylorTech I don't mind doing some tinkering, but I don't need overkill. I'd also like it to play well with Alexa/Google/SmartThings, and I will at some point set up Action Tiles. I also need to have a plan for running Ethernet to the locations I want cameras.
@@briancrounse7473 You will want to make sure to do some Research on the Cables your going to use.. Not all cat cable is what it used to be.. Now days you will have people selling junk cable that will Fry a camera in an instant... POE while it is Great to have only 1 cable for power and video if you don't use the right cable it can cost you dearly.. CCA is Junk stay away and even Cat6 can have CCA cables and they too are JUNK... Also any camera that you get that comes with a short cable most times they are not much better as I have seen a lot marked 30v and they too will fry a POE camera so don't even try to test with Junk cables the cost of a Good camera is to costly for these little mistakes..
@@revo2maxx thanks. I definitely will do lots of research prior to purchase. To you have a particular brand/merchant that sells quality cables? I remember the day when cat6 came out.... now, I see cat8?? Definitely need to refamiliarize myself with what's out there. My electrician wired half the house with cat6, half with cat5 🙄 I'll be running new wires for cameras, for sure.
That is huge? Check out a Dahua PTZ camera, it is 12" tall. That is what I have in front of the house, with auto tracking. I also have two the eye ball cameras(these bullets are big) by the garage door and one that is set up only for licence plates. That is much bigger camera as well(12x optical zoom). I don't care about size, size is a deterrent as well. Avoid dome cameras for outsize. You will get a bunch of IR reflection, and the dome will deteriorate from the sunlight. Amcrest is pretty much a Dahua camera, that is rebranded. If you want good night images, forget about 4k. Thieves come usually at night.
Heya, As someone who worked in the CCTV security sector I have to say. NVR's are generally one of the WORST systems. They are extremely underpowered and features like raid (so you don't loose al your footage when your drive fails) are very unreliable. You would be surprised how often I had to respond to an incident where the user was unable to get the video after something happened, just because the NVR had stopped recording half a year ago and no one was checking up on it. In general, you are always better off using a computer/nas with dedicated VMS (video management software) like milestone, genetec or even motioneyeos. As they are better at alerting you when something goes wrong.
Thanks for the info Rob. All I can speak on is my experience, and compared to using blue iris (windows pc program) this is much more seamless and more reliable. Time will tell for this particular setup.
That's like saying "cars" are generally the worst. An NVR is a type of recorder for IP video. There are tons of varieties and options all the way from economical systems to NVRs costing thousands. DVRs on the other hand are typically for analog video or video where the camera hooks up directly to the recorder. There are also hybrid systems which combine both digital and analog cameras.
Drew sorry if that isn't what I heard or how it is spelt.. Anyway I got my NV4216E-AI yesterday and I thought I would mention a few things.. One your getting false alerts on your AI setup because by default the Detected size is really small. When your setting up Trip wire remember to make some adjustment to the size of what you want detected. Out of the box I seen it is So small that a Cat or Dog could set it off and even maybe a bird or some other thing.. Not sure really what set off yours.. With in the next week I will or should have a Good enough time to make a Video or 2 about some of the setup features of the NVR... Also I bought the AI DVR and I am waiting for that to still get here as they were bought at different times because I wasn't sure I was going to get the 7108-AI when the 4216E-AI shipped...
I have a ring pro doorbell and 2 ring solar-powered stick up cams. They are both wireless and not awesome quality. We rarely get an incident where I need the cameras, but I've definitely thought about getting something of higher quality (and not pay for Ring Protect to save footage).
I don't think this is my solution, though. I haven't yet explored many options (I've taken note when you did the Wyze cam reviews), but do appreciate seeing your reviews.
We'll "see" what the future holds with my security camera choice 😀
There's so many choices out there it's hard to decide what to pull the trigger on. The answer is different for everyone. The more tinkering/setup required usually means the more secure and robust it will be. 🤷
@@TaylorTech I don't mind doing some tinkering, but I don't need overkill. I'd also like it to play well with Alexa/Google/SmartThings, and I will at some point set up Action Tiles.
I also need to have a plan for running Ethernet to the locations I want cameras.
I would, at the very least, make sure you do some sort of PoE cams. So good plan there
@@briancrounse7473 You will want to make sure to do some Research on the Cables your going to use.. Not all cat cable is what it used to be.. Now days you will have people selling junk cable that will Fry a camera in an instant... POE while it is Great to have only 1 cable for power and video if you don't use the right cable it can cost you dearly.. CCA is Junk stay away and even Cat6 can have CCA cables and they too are JUNK... Also any camera that you get that comes with a short cable most times they are not much better as I have seen a lot marked 30v and they too will fry a POE camera so don't even try to test with Junk cables the cost of a Good camera is to costly for these little mistakes..
@@revo2maxx thanks. I definitely will do lots of research prior to purchase. To you have a particular brand/merchant that sells quality cables? I remember the day when cat6 came out.... now, I see cat8?? Definitely need to refamiliarize myself with what's out there. My electrician wired half the house with cat6, half with cat5 🙄 I'll be running new wires for cameras, for sure.
That is huge? Check out a Dahua PTZ camera, it is 12" tall. That is what I have in front of the house, with auto tracking. I also have two the eye ball cameras(these bullets are big) by the garage door and one that is set up only for licence plates. That is much bigger camera as well(12x optical zoom). I don't care about size, size is a deterrent as well. Avoid dome cameras for outsize. You will get a bunch of IR reflection, and the dome will deteriorate from the sunlight.
Amcrest is pretty much a Dahua camera, that is rebranded. If you want good night images, forget about 4k. Thieves come usually at night.
Heya,
As someone who worked in the CCTV security sector I have to say. NVR's are generally one of the WORST systems. They are extremely underpowered and features like raid (so you don't loose al your footage when your drive fails) are very unreliable. You would be surprised how often I had to respond to an incident where the user was unable to get the video after something happened, just because the NVR had stopped recording half a year ago and no one was checking up on it.
In general, you are always better off using a computer/nas with dedicated VMS (video management software) like milestone, genetec or even motioneyeos. As they are better at alerting you when something goes wrong.
Thanks for the info Rob. All I can speak on is my experience, and compared to using blue iris (windows pc program) this is much more seamless and more reliable. Time will tell for this particular setup.
That's like saying "cars" are generally the worst. An NVR is a type of recorder for IP video. There are tons of varieties and options all the way from economical systems to NVRs costing thousands. DVRs on the other hand are typically for analog video or video where the camera hooks up directly to the recorder. There are also hybrid systems which combine both digital and analog cameras.