I fully understand. When I first started, I too looked at NVRs. They are very convenient. Then I found IPCamTalk The guys here have helped me spend my money, LOL, ok, ok, it was me drooling over their setups, haha, anyway I have helped a friend install some cameras at a business and he needed me to setup them on their NVR, it was very easy. I even have a LaView NVR here that I was going to have my son use but talked him into running BI on an old PC. He now has more CAMs than meVery true... which is why I assigned the Reolink DB Port Three... as it was already named Doorbell because it's where my old YouSee doorbell was assigned. I still have 3 cameras in boxes that need to be installed, cables run etc, Years ago I was planning on going with Blue Iris but walking thru Costco one day I got a deal that was too good to pass up... It was an open box Lorex "display" piece. 16 Channels, 8TB storage 12 Cameras - Two PTZ, Two w Optical Zoom all of 12 of them 4K... twelve 100 foot rolls of Cat 5. The Lorex app (although not the slickest interface, allows me to monitor all the cameras and get alerts to my phone, I can even view the cameras on our Alexa Show "Alexa show me camera two" etc ... Yes. I know its cheesy but the entire bundle had been marked down multiple times. When I stumbled across it the price was $425 out the door. Figure it wasn;t selling becasue it wasn't much to look... at all this assorted stuff haphazardly packed in some beat up Lorex boxes but they said I could return it if it didn't work. I grabbed it thinking it was worth it for the 12 cameras alone. Its now a little almost 5 years old but working too well to consider replacing. Looks like I need to knock down the spider webs obscuring Camera 7.. Camera 3 the Reolink DB has yet to be installed... wanted to make sure I had it up and running first.
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Is there any firmware or software updates for your NVR that will allow CAM Web access? In the future, you could always find an used NVR, now a days they include AI. BI does have a learning curve, I am still playing with it, huge amount of options, probably why it is the best NVR software out.
Can I replace my lorex nvr with a dahua nvr? (and still use my lorex cameras)
I just found out dahua purchased lorex. I currently have a lorex system, to be honest, I am not crazy about the NVR software. Am I able to purchase a dahua nvr and replace my current lorex NVR (and still use my lorex camera's?) I have the NR9082 NVR I have two types of cam's... 1. LNB4421B 2...
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Once you get the ReoLink installed you will see why we are all bragging about this DB.