In need of a new Hybrid/Tribrid DVR, recommendations?

Hello,

First off ill start with a little background on my current situation and setup:

I currently have a 4 ch analog DVR system. Over the winter we had someone try and break into our house and we got it all on camera. The bad part is, the camera quality was not good enough to identify facial features, and because we had our motion sensing lights off, we could not tell the colors of cloths either due to the IR night vision black and white.

Anyways, my city has been having a large increase in crime lately. From B&Es, robberys, vandalism etc. So after our winter scare, I want more cameras up.

I want to get an 8 or 16ch DVR, and start by adding 2 or 3 more cameras for now. I want to go with a Hybrid or Tribrid DVR because I want to keep the functionality of my current 4 cameras for cost reasons. However, the new cameras I wan't to be high quality HDTVI/HDCVI or IP.

Most of the tribrid IP DVRs that I have found, only support 2 IP cameras regardless if they are 8 or even 16ch DVRs. WHY? Why only 2 IP cams?

Can anyone recommend a good Hybrid/Tribrid DVR for me that is around $300 or less? Hard drive doesn't matter, I can supply that.

I need it to have all of the networking capabilities. I currently have mine setup with a DDNS so that I can view them from anywhere. I also have it set up on motion schedules and it sends me emails with pictures every time an event is triggered. I would need the new DVR to also have those features.

Ok no answers?

Here is another question.

Lets say I narrowed my search down to a tribrid DVR such as this dahua:

http://www.amazon.com/Dahua-HCVR5208A-Channel-Tribrid-Analog/dp/B00TI52SRQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435436157&sr=8-2&keywords=dahua+tribrid

Everything about this DVR seems good. It will allow me to use my old analog camera and new HD-CVI and IP cams. But it doesn't allow realtime 1080p 30fps recording.

Now it is my understanding that most of these DVRs are limited to a total amount of fps that is divided between the channels. So with 8 1080p cameras hooked up, you would only get 15fps. But lets say I only have 4 old 700TVL analog cameras, and 1 or 2 new 1080p HDCVI camers, could I then set those to 1080p @ 30fps recording since im hardly using any of the DVR's processing power? or does it not work like that?

For instance if the DVR supports 8 ch of 1080 at 15fps, that would be a total of 120 FPS. Now lets say I only have two cameras at 1080p, that would be 60 per camera so it should be able to handle 30 fps?

I really want to get 1080p realtime without spending tons of money

Ok no answers?

 

 

Here is another question.

Lets say I narrowed my search down to a tribrid DVR such as this dahua:

http://www.amazon.com/Dahua-HCVR5208A-Channel-Tribrid-Analog/dp/B00TI52SRQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435436157&sr=8-2&keywords=dahua+tribrid

 

 

Everything about this DVR seems good. It will allow me to use my old analog camera and new HD-CVI and IP cams. But it doesn't allow realtime 1080p 30fps recording.

 

Now it is my understanding that most of these DVRs are limited to a total amount of fps that is divided between the channels. So with 8 1080p cameras hooked up, you would only get 15fps. But lets say I only have 4 old 700TVL analog cameras, and 1 or 2 new 1080p HDCVI camers, could I then set those to 1080p @ 30fps recording since im hardly using any of the DVR's processing power? or does it not work like that?

 

 

For instance if the DVR supports 8 ch of 1080 at 15fps, that would be a total of 120 FPS. Now lets say I only have two cameras at 1080p, that would be 60 per camera so it should be able to handle 30 fps?

 

I really want to get 1080p realtime without spending tons of money

Doesnt matter..you dont need 30fps...15 is more than sufficient unless you are running a casino. Watch the youtube videos comparing the two.....since your analog cameras are essentially worthless, you might simply consider replacing the entire system with ip.

Here is a good start..this is a rebranded dahua system

http://www.costco.com/Lorex-8-Channel-HD-NVR-Security-System-with-2TB-HDD-and-4-1080p-Cameras.product.100153164.html

Or if your budget is really tight and you dont want to rewire, just go to hd over analog..

http://www.costco.com/Lorex-8-Channel-HD-1080p-Security-System-with-2TB-HDD-and-8-1080p-Cameras-.product.100218592.html

(the description says it will support standard analog cams as well)..

Doesnt matter..you dont need 30fps...15 is more than sufficient unless you are running a casino. Watch the youtube videos comparing the two.....since your analog cameras are essentially worthless, you might simply consider replacing the entire system with ip.

Here is a good start..this is a rebranded dahua system

http://www.costco.com/Lorex-8-Channel-HD-NVR-Security-System-with-2TB-HDD-and-4-1080p-Cameras.product.100153164.html

 

Or if your budget is really tight and you dont want to rewire, just go to hd over analog..

http://www.costco.com/Lorex-8-Channel-HD-1080p-Security-System-with-2TB-HDD-and-8-1080p-Cameras-.product.100218592.html

(the description says it will support standard analog cams as well)..

Thanks,

Ok so 1080p at 15 fps doesn't look as bad as I thought it would.

My situation is this, I may or may not be going out of town for work in the near future so I wan't to be able to do some upgrades to my system before then for my wife. My house is a two story and I don't really want to take all my old wires out and run all new CAT5e wires, I also don't know if I would have time to do all of that. So that plus the cost factor is why I ruled out a full IP system all together.

My current analog cameras aren't totally useless. 700TVL, they aren't great by any means, but they can still detect people and send alerts. I figured I can replace them as time goes by, but not all at once. I don't have a large budget.

That is why I thought a tribrid would be nice. It would allow me to add new HD cameras (wether IP or HDCVI) while also replacing my old analog cameras (over time not right away) without running new wires.

I was looking at this DVR:

http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/hcvr510451085116h-s2-866.html

Looks like I can get it for around $160. I would get a 4tb Hard Drive for it, and probably pick up just 2 1080p HDCVI cameras for now. I want to replace one of my analog cameras and the other one to a new spot on the house. This would leave me with 3 more empty channels for future growth.

Is that a good DVR?

8ch HDCVI/Analog with possible 2 IP. 720P all channel full-time recording, 1080p all channel 15fps recording.

Thanks again

It should be fine for your needs...