portolan 0 Posted July 12, 2022 I recently bought a new EPcom DVR to start upgrading my ancient home system. I bought an EV-4016Turbo-D(C) DVR because it had H.265+ compression and was 4mp compliant. After setting it up I realized it was indeed compliant with recording at 4mp-lite, not full 4mp. The dealer is offering me 4mp Hikvision cameras for just a small amount, $5 or so more for each than 1080P Epcom cameras. I need 8 to 10 of them. What I can't figure out is whether or not 4mp cameras recording at 4mp lite would be any better than 1080p cameras recording at full 1080p? I can't find a comparison of 1080p and 4mp lite. From what I can figure they will record at almost exactly the same resolution. Am I incorrect? If there an appreciable difference? I find this "lite" reference a bit confusing. I would appreciate your thoughts and counsel for the purchase of cameras to go with this 4mp lite dvr. Thanks so much. I searched through the forum using the search tool and did not find information regarding 4mp lite. Is this something new? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 187 Posted July 12, 2022 Hi. The EV-4016Turbo-D will only take 4mp lite so no point going 4mp the EV-4016Turbo-D is a rebrand hikvision with an extra $100 put on top 4mp lite is confusing but that’s hikvision for you I would not bother with 4mp with that dvr and just go 3mp it will help your DVRs stability if your running 8 and over cameras Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
