Opinions please

[vector18 1]

What do you guys think of this DVR? Any negatives about it to change my mind? My friend has 4 existing cameras

with siamese wires already run. We plan on upgrading those to effio 700tvl's and than running cat5 to about

4 more 1080P cameras for now and more IP's later on.

 

> 16 channel IP and 4/8/16 channel Effio 960H 2U Hybrid DVR

> Dual-core CPU presents the powerful preview, recording, playback and network performance

> Up to 20/24/32 channel with1080P realtime live view

> H.264/MPEG-4 decoding & H.264 dual-stream encoding

> IP: 16 channel @D1, 8 channel @720P, 4 channel @1080P realtime recording

> Analog: 4/8/16 channel @960H(960*576/960*480) realtime recording

> HDMI / VGA / TV/Spot(BNC) synchronous video output

> All channel simultaneous realtime playback, GRID interface & smart search

> Support Multi-brand network cameras such as: Dahua, Arecont Vision, AXIS, Canon, Dynacolor, Panasonic, SAMSUNG, SANYO, SONY and ONVIF

> IP Search feature to auto discover network cameras

> Smart video detection: MD, camera blank, video loss

> Easy backup: USB/eSATA devices, CD/DVD-RW & network download

> Alarm triggering screen tips, buzzer, PTZ, e-mail & FTP upload

> Support 8 SATA HDDs up to 24TB, 1 eSATA up to 12TB, 4 USB2.0

> Built-in web server, CMS(DSS/PSS) & DMSS

[tomcctv 187]

running cat5 to about

4 more 1080P cameras for now and more IP's later on.

 

 

 

if your looking to upgrade then that unit is not for you......... its 16 way so called hybrid is maxed out with you just using 4 of 2mp cameras................. so you cant add any later

[vector18 1]

Tom, I just realized that. Thanks. That's not a problem. I'm guessing this person will be fine with 8 720p cameras,

or 1 1080p and 3 or 4 720p's. We will be able to have 8 700tvl cameras recording at 960H even if we want. It's

not a big house so that should be suffecient amount of video security. All he wants right now is to upgrade his

existing 4 crappy cameras and his crappy dvr that he is even unable to view from his smart phone right now.

I know this guy, I'm pretty sure he would even be happy with the 8 additional 720p's.