Andy's NVR vs Blue Iris?

[richtj99]

Hi

I have been using blue iris for a number of years. I have a nas which is where I save my videos. I am running close to 64 cameras - mainly because I can't seem to stop buying cameras.

I do get a ton of false alerts in Blueiris and am comfortable with it overall but was curious about what the pros/cons would be upgrading to Andy's NVR?

Would I need a 64 channel one? Do the empire tech ai cameras work better with this NVR vs Blue?

Thanks
Rich

 

[Revo2Maxx]

I have Bi and I have loads of NVRs.. Like you I like cameras. I have more then my fair share. I have mostly Amcrest NVRs and DVRs with some Hikvision OEM DVRs that I use as well. I personally like NVRs and DVRs over Bi because of the easy setup and my need to reset my recorders often. I do this because I do not because I have to.. Anyway I have older 5232E-16P, 4216E-AI, 4216-E1, 4108E-HS, 4108-A2, 4116E-HS, 2108E-HS, 16ch Alibi POE Ai NVR and use 3 main Amcrest DVRs all using AI tech and up to 4k cameras. with a mix of Analog to 8mp cameras and my Hikvision OEM DVRs are 2mp to 5mp on 5mp DVRs.. I can Reset a DVR and have setup for my needs in less then 20min. NVR I can Reset and setup in most cases in less then 30 min and when it comes to Bi if I remove and add back cameras, I have to fine tune them to meet my needs at times forgetting a step and I find out nothing recorded as I had wished it would. But with DVR and NVRs when I setup in that time they are and always record as expected. So for the Ease of use NVR would be the way to go. For better tune ability over time Bi works best but for some cameras with AI tech it is best to use the Ai NVR..

If I wanted 64 cameras to work, I would personally use more then 1 recorder. I mean I have more then 1 lol Not the reason why I would just to make them run better for me..

 

[wittaj]

Oh boy here we go LOL

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Are you using BI motion detection or the camera AI?

The camera AI can be used to trigger alerts for BI and turn BI motion off, then it is the same trigger whether it is BI or an NVR.

But in general, the same brand camera and NVR should result in more functionality.

 

[bigredfish]

Recommend BI for you

 

[H. Swanson]

I've never used BI before but I considered it when I got into the camera game. I ended up using Andy's NVR and i love the simplicity and resilience. The only thing I regretted was that animal detection didn't exist on the S3 cameras when I installed everything, but since animal detection was implemented on the camera AI, I've never had a need to switch at least for my needs.