5MP Security Camera System, AI Human/Vehicle Detection, Color Night Vision, Wired 8CH NVR with 4pcs PoE IP Cameras, 24/7 Recording Surveillance for Home Security, Remote Access(Built-in 2TB HDD)

This human/car detecting DVR and camera system was attractive for the motion discrimination - being able to record or mark events where humans or vehicles entered and left the camera view is something I'd like. However, it doesn't have the ability to record only those events. Further, there is no masking. You can't 1) mask out areas to avoid motion event alerts or 2) mask out areas to never record for privacy reasons. This means that you have to aim the cameras so they don't see areas of high traffic OR turn off alerts for that camera. It also means you have to aim the cameras away from other homes as some court cases have succeeded in showing that an outdoor camera on your own property could be considered a privacy violation depending on where it's mounted and how it's aimed. Masking is meant to neatly handle both of those situations, and this system doesn't support that. The 60% price hike for human/car detection is largely rendered worthless by this, and this is only suitable for business 24/7 recording loop purposes where alerts are only on when the business is closed, and cameras are aimed so they only alert when someone is entering an area you always want an alert for. The one advantage to businesses is that this will trigger less frequently for animals and blowing trash, so you'll have to observe fewer events. So far as I can tell this is really only suited for a slight upgrade to a typical business 24/7 loop with alerts. For that it should work pretty well. It'll easily record 7 days before looping, and that's often long enough for major loss incidents to be detected and preserved. Additional storage can be attached for a longer loop if loss prevention requires it. The cameras aren't easy to get attached to other DVRs via onvif - it says that's what it uses but the configuration options seem limited. Perhaps there's a way, but at this price there are better options that are more standards compliant.

Oh, we bought these, then they went out of business, and there was no support for any other products. Their products are not compatible with any other products. Now they are back with new stuff that is…guess what…not compatible with any of the old Products either! They promised everybody lifetime support. Apparently, we will be waiting the rest of our lifetimes to get any support from these people. Within a year after buying our system, it was worthless and wouldn’t work with any other systems. No remote viewing, nothing. Just buy some thing else now, you’re gonna have to in a year anyway.

This is a great system. It was super easy to set up and really just worked right out of the box. I have not had any issues with it.

I tried to do some research on these before committing to the install, and thought I'd found a decent system (QSee had good reviews at some point) but I'm new to this technology and didn't really know what to expect. I eventually gave up after appearing to lose the functioning of two of the cameras, and being unable to figure out what had gone wrong--- maybe somebody smarter than me can take on the project and get this system running, but I don't feel secure with something that only sometimes kinda-sorta works, when it comes to security. Went with another brand, and will return to these when I have the time to commit to trouble-shooting and tech-support (and figuring out if the company is still around or not). Not giving up yet (hence 3 stars instead of 1) but definitely not thrilled with my experience so far.