Cheapest NVR for tv/monitor streaming

[n0fx]

I wanted to know what would you guys would recommend for a the cheapest unit I can use to watch a RTSP stream on a TV/monitor with HDMI? I got some hikvision cameras hooked up and I want to stream it to a video source, so that I can watch it without any recording? I tried use a NVR to connect to the Hikvision cameras via the management port (8000) but it seems to freeze after a couple of weeks, so I ran it using low RTSP streams and that seemed to work but the NVR was a bit expensive (used the 7104NI-SL/W).

I tried the Android HDMI sticks using iVMS-4500 app but there is like a few second delay compared to watching it on the PC or on the NVR itself.

 

[Michelin Man]

If you search around here someone found a small ebay special 4 channel (I believe) NVR, it was about $50 and pretty small. Has VGA and HDMI output and they only wanted it to stream over a HDMI output.

I don't recall which thread exactly but hopefully your searches are more effective.

 

[n0fx]

If you search around here someone found a small ebay special 4 channel (I believe) NVR, it was about $50 and pretty small. Has VGA and HDMI output and they only wanted it to stream over a HDMI output.

I don't recall which thread exactly but hopefully your searches are more effective.

thanks, I'll search for it and post an update when I find it here for someone else.

 

[Michelin Man]

thanks, I'll search for it and post an update when I find it here for someone else.

If you haven't found it yet.

I can't seem to find the thread still but it was similar (maybe even the same) as this one: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mini-NVR-4CH-HD1080P-960P-720P-Network-Video-Recorder-IP-Cameras-Cloud-P2P-ONVIF-/321491628880

 

[n0fx]

If you haven't found it yet.

I can't seem to find the thread still but it was similar (maybe even the same) as this one: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mini-NVR-4CH-HD1080P-960P-720P-Network-Video-Recorder-IP-Cameras-Cloud-P2P-ONVIF-/321491628880

Thanks, I did try looking the other day but couldn't find the thread. I saw something similar on Amazon, looks exactly the same. I tried it once before in the past with some Hikvision cameras but it worked once but then stopped working. I just figured out recently that you can just pull the ONVIF streams from the cameras instead of using the Hikvision protocol. I might give this try again or I might go with the Windows 10 desktop I posted yesterday for $140. It's a full blown pc that can run iVMS-4200 I believe. I barely just came out, so I might buy one to try it once the dock gets in stock.

 

[Michelin Man]

Let us know how it goes when using them via ONVIF. Its fairly cheap under 50 aussie dollars. However if it's not worth it I might just put it towards a other camera.