Dahua NVR Question

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With @EMPIRETECANDY 's sale coming up, I'm finally going to add a central NVR to my setup. My problem is knowing which is the latest/best version though to support the AI and other features. I suspect it's the NVR52xx-xx-EI ones, the -El being the important bit. But is the NVR54XX-4kS2 worse or better? The 4KS2 is priced higher, and the 32 channel versions supports 4HDD instead of just 2 on the -EL.

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With @EMPIRETECANDY 's sale coming up, I'm finally going to add a central NVR to my setup. My problem is knowing which is the latest/best version though to support the AI and other features. I suspect it's the NVR52xx-xx-EI ones, the -El being the important bit. But is the NVR54XX-4kS2 worse or better? The 4KS2 is priced higher, and the 32 channel versions supports 4HDD instead of just 2 on the -EL.

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JG
I'd say that if you already own cameras without AI capabilities, the AI NVR would be a better to choice to add AI functions without replacing cameras.

If you're like @bigredfish and already own newer cam with the AI functions you're looking for, go with an NVR without AI.
 

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I had exactly the same question, what is the benefit of the new EI models. I currently have DHI-NVR5216-16P-4KS2E with 15x cameras connected to it, and was wondering if is worth "upgrading" to DHI-NVR5216-EI. Mainly to benefit from faster processor. @bigredfish wonder what is your take as you are using some pretty high resolution cameras
 

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ALMOST Same incoming bandwidth, (320MB vs 384MB) same PoE switch output, same capabilities. Its really purely a matter of on-board AI and how important that is to you

Om sticking with my NVR5216-16P-4KS2E (well 2 or 3 of them)
 

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I really wish there is more info about the processor. I don't care about the POE, as I am using POE switch to power all of my devices, I wish Dahua made something 1U or 2U rank mounting unit. The only one I can see is the 24port, which I can't get the details if the processor used is the same as the DHI-NVR5216-16P-4KS2E
 

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Hi could someone tell me if the EI versions support recording in 4k. the specs seem to only mention 1080p
 
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