New system help please

[nebo]

Long story, but just this week in one big chunk, my bank gave me about $600 worth of reward points I could use at Amazon or Best Buy.

I have an iPhone, and am considering using the rewards for an iPad Air 2. Would it work for this camera system or should I use a pc to configure these switches, midspan's, camera's and NVR that I am going to install?(I have a leftover large computer monitor I plan to connect to the NVR) My outdated 8 year old laptop may not be powerful enough, and I use a very old small tablet to score my daughters sports. Would like to have a bigger faster tablet for that too so it could pull double duty. Thanks for the input.

 

[nayr]

Tablet software is typically orientated around live view and playback, rarely are tablets capable of configuration setting up... many cameras require plugins and whatnot, I would not get a tablet for setup.

Your existing laptop should work fine, they dont have to be anything fancy.. personally for live view and playback I'd say a 32inch TV for your NVR would be better than a 10" tablet... cheaper, and you can use it to watch sports/weather/movies if ever the desire presents its self.. oh yeah its big!

 

[nebo]

That's what I needed @nayr. Thanks for the insight. I was given a 24" Lenovo monitor I plan to connect to the NVR for viewing or maybe a cable to the tv in bedroom. Glad to hear the laptop would do what I need. Thanks!