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    Camera to watch over garden

    This is the Tapo with battery and solar panel: https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wire-Free-Security-Starlight-Detection/dp/B0CJCGBXWG Does this thing 'phone home', or can it be set up entirely local? I have a similar application that it may cover - but need it to be self-contained for power.
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    These, apparently, have a very poor used resale value (which seems odd, given the many features). NOW ASKING $325. including shipping to standard USA addresses. That's nearly $100. less than new (when you include no tax).
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    Buying a used Dahua NVR - yes or no?

    My Empiretech/Dahua NVR8CH-8P-2AI is for sale ...
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    Need suggestions for cheap small cameras for owl house and squirrel house...

    Does this apply to the Tapo or Sercomm, please? Also, should the Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI work as well (without the cam needing to phone-home)?
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    No chance I go backwards to anything Microsoft. I count it as evidence of an incompetent coder when they can't (or are anti-competitive compromised when they're told not to) build a platform-neutral interface. Someone posted elsewhere about a Linux-based project on github ...
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    In Linux I've opened 12 low-resource use qutebrowser windows and displayed one camera in each. If a user just wants to view the feeds with no interaction - it's a trivial problem for them to solve.
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    It just occurred to me that an alternative to a 16 channel is to keep lower-value cams set up on the NVR - then swap them in for others as needed. That's definitely not optimal but would work. Meanwhile, I could display them, at home, another way ...
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI specifications: Max. decoding capability: 32 × 1080p@30 fps or 8 × 8MP@30 fps. Max. 384/384/384 Mbps incoming/recording/outgoing bandwidth Supports IP cameras with a resolution up to 32 MP Supports AcuPick with up to 8 channels Supports N+M cluster...
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    WTS Lightly used NVR8CH-8P-2AI NVR

    I need to upgrade my NVR8CH-8P-2AI to a NVR16CH-16P-2AI. I'm thinking $350. (no tax) including shipping to standard USA addresses. (New is $393.99, plus tax - maybe $30-35. more, but with free shipping. So, about $75. less than new.) Reasonable offers considered.
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    EmpireTech 2025 Spring Sales March.18th-23rd

    I need to upgrade my NVR8CH-8P-2AI to a NVR16CH-16P-2AI. Do you ever have the NVR16CH-16P-2AI as a refurb? Is there a good place to sell my lightly-used NVR8CH-8P-2AI?
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    I do recall, several years ago, seeing an open Walmart self-checkout machine - with a WinXP sticker inside. It's all so dumb since Linux is free and way more secure than any older version of MS.
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    I appreciate your detailed reply - but I'm wondering if it's a genuine show-stopper in this use case (a non-interactive display). If all a user is looking for is the display of the feed - with more than 4 windows (the actual video feed is a commonly-supported format across all OS's and...
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    UPDATE: It works with a microsoft version of windows and Pale Moon - but not with Linux and Pale Moon. Problem: It shows the menu items, but when one is selected, it insists that a plug-in be downloaded - one that only works with a ms version of windows. (It's broken for Linux.) @EMPIRETECANDY
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    That's unfortunate. Any chance someone may be looking at this - to make it properly browser-agnostic? That's a pretty important feature and there's a huge user base not using IE, Edge, or Pale moon. @EMPIRETECANDY
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    Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI Browser GUI only 4 cameras?

    I'm accessing our Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI using a browser in Linux. I cannot figure out how to get it to show more than 4 cameras at a time (Live mode) on the GUI (it shows many more on the direct-connect monitor). A family member searched and said he read that there's a plug-in that only...
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