Nope thats not the case. I can see the SD card there and I can format it. But I am 100 % sure that I had a drop-down menu somewhere, so that I could choose if the video should be stored on the SD card or computer.
I an on my work and trying to setup this Hikvision ds-2cd2041g1-idw1 camera. The first time I had a drop-down menu where I could choose to save the video on SD card or computer. But I cant remember if it was on the software of the camera ( local ip 192.168.1.64) or some of the hikvision ivms...