dark-knight

lts doesn't sell to end user, even you are reseller, need setup account, call people. I like online shop better, I bought my ds-2cd2032 and ds-7608ni from www.DVRDeal.com, the price is lower than lts and ebay/amazon, and now they works great now.

UPNP may not work, because it only works for 60% of the network environment. if it works in your LAN, make sure your ports are open, check ports in www.yougetsignal.com. some DVR in the market has smarter function, they call P2P, means you scan use your phone, then connect to internet, or click the p2p button, then click your router p2p button at the back, it connected. my Q1C1 dvr does it.

No, you have to use unix's CMS to work with this DVR.

currently all IPC and NVR are lower thern version 2.2. means if you connect to different brands, there's only 24/7 recording. the worse one is version 2.0, it has problem with rtsp connections. when the onvif version 2.3 comes, this problem will be solved, motion recording and full function (change camera setting from nvr). i currently have tried brands dahua with Q1C1, acti with Q1C1, they works perfectly, perfect video, but just no motion recording.

those OEM distributors are LTS, Winnic, Hunt, Q1C1

AGREED, you are really clear for this market. but i would say aliexpress is no good. everything shipped from china, no warranty, and wait forever. security products are more about service. especially when something happen or when you need upgrade firmware.

I like dw from adi, but dahua and q1c1 are much cheaper and easier to use. i don't like hikvision, maybe i get used to other brands gui already.

that's because they don't have office is USA. all sales channel is via distributors. some distributor's service is very bad, i used to buy from hd security store from amazon, they are BAD, no respond to my email. when they do, they can't answer my questions, return instead. then i switched my 2nd project from TECH VIDEO in amazon, they give much better service and tech support. i had milestone system, they called me and walked me through. so from my experience, i love dahua products, but need pick the right vendor.

same as you, i bought this Q1C1 license plate camera as well http://q1c1.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=68_70&product_id=52 at initial time, i wasn't good to capture the plate numbers. i contacted their customer service, now after i zoom the lens in, and turned on the HLC function. the camera works very well. read literally all license plates passed by. i think the trick for this camera is the night vision, you need adjust it. day time is just plug and play.