Advice: Buy NVR Hikvision

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Hello to all,
I have at home Three ip camera POE Hikvision, one ip camera Dohua poe, and, Two ip camera onvif other brand.

If I buy hikvison nvr DS-7608NI-E2/A POE work with all my camera?
Then there is app for android?

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Hello to all,
I have at home Three ip camera POE Hikvision, one ip camera Dohua poe, and, Two ip camera onvif other brand.

If I buy hikvison nvr DS-7608NI-E2/A POE work with all my camera?
Then there is app for android?

Thank you
HI Wifii75,

Best to consider Blue Iris with the different brands.
 

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But I don't have pc for this, It''s better nvr....
 
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yes but it needs a powerful computer and then the electric consumptions are different
 

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yes but it needs a powerful computer and then the electric consumptions are different
Not true... Depending on the amount of cameras you have, for example 4 -6 2mp IP cameras a $150 - $250 i5 Dell Optiplex Desktop (via eBay or Dell Refurbish) should handle this no problem.

As for electrical consumption these desktops have about a 200W PSU. But will only draw what is needed, be it 200w or 80w
 

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i3 cpu and 4GB ram it's enough ?
i3.. depends if a older one, not a good option. i5/i7 newer generations are better
8GB is what you should look for.
 

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No, it does not have windows OS on it, .. that will cost you extra.

You can try other VMS products.

The issue you have is that you've got a mix of Hikvision OEM, Dahua OEM, and other OEM cameras .. ONVIF is not yet strong enough of a standard to cover all that you may want to do with the cameras in terms of motion detection, and advanced features like line crossing, tripwire, intrusion detection,...
 

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hi OP

To answer your original question:

The hik NVR would likely support your Hik cameras fine, the dahua and others would have to be configured via onvif. In terms of video stream this should work fine, but motion you may find doesn't unless they have profile-S supported in the cameras. Onvif can be a bit of a lottery on that front and results can vary depending on which firmware is at each end. I ran onvif fine against my DS7608NI-E2 (non POE) with motion working on cameras that had the TTCellMotionEngine (reported via ODM), other cameras with a different motion engine didn't trigger motion on the NVR and if you find this then you'd have to set them to continuous recording as the only real workaround. I've since moved on to generic starvis cameras that support Hik protocol and they work just fine on this NVR.

For apps, yes iVMS4200 for the PC and iVMS4500 for the phone, best to do remote access using VPN connections and not open ports on the router to save grief later if your cameras/NVR get hacked.

edit: should add that the initial onvif cameras did work fine until later releases of hik NVR firmware where motion events stopped registering, so I downgraded firmware on the NVR back to a working release (3.4.62)
 
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hi OP

To answer your original question:

The hik NVR would likely support your Hik cameras fine, the dahua and others would have to be configured via onvif. In terms of video stream this should work fine, but motion you may find doesn't unless they have profile-S supported in the cameras. Onvif can be a bit of a lottery on that front and results can vary depending on which firmware is at each end. I ran onvif fine against my DS7608NI-E2 (non POE) with motion working on cameras that had the TTCellMotionEngine (reported via ODM), other cameras with a different motion engine didn't trigger motion on the NVR and if you find this then you'd have to set them to continuous recording as the only real workaround. I've since moved on to generic starvis cameras that support Hik protocol and they work just fine on this NVR.

For apps, yes iVMS4200 for the PC and iVMS4500 for the phone, best to do remote access using VPN connections and not open ports on the router to save grief later if your cameras/NVR get hacked.

edit: should add that the initial onvif cameras did work fine until later releases of hik NVR firmware where motion events stopped registering, so I downgraded firmware on the NVR back to a working release (3.4.62)

What do you think of this?

Hikvision DS-7608NI-E2/8P/A 8 Channel NVR, 8x PoE, 50Mbps, 5 Mpxl, with Alarm | eBay
 

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so long as its an official international model and not a "hacked to english" one then you'd be able to upgrade firmware if you need to. I don't know the Uk seller so best to check if they are authorized Hik resellers or you may find support a problem. The PoE ones have built in PSU with a fan which can make it noisy depending on where you plan to locate it. There's newer models out I believe, that might be a better choice in terms of future firmware support and faster data capture but I'm not familiar with those.
 

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so long as its an official international model and not a "hacked to english" one then you'd be able to upgrade firmware if you need to. I don't know the Uk seller so best to check if they are authorized Hik resellers or you may find support a problem. The PoE ones have built in PSU with a fan which can make it noisy depending on where you plan to locate it. There's newer models out I believe, that might be a better choice in terms of future firmware support and faster data capture but I'm not familiar with those.
what would you have bought?
 

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what would you have bought?
I bought the 7608NI-E2 non PoE which has an external power brick but no camera ports on the back - since I run mine distributed over local switches around the property and trunked back to the NVR over powerline. Works fine for my setup - but that said I purchased the NVR >3 years back and at that time it was a well regarded model. Tech has moved on since then but I've no good reason to upgrade it as it still meets my requirements well. As such I've not really looked at what the newer ones can do but I am aware that some later ones have better network data rate handling which could be advantageous as camera tech moves forward.
 

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Is there any reason why you would buy any other version other than the US version. Are HikVision cameras hard to purchase through a retail channel here in the US or UK?
 
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