Night Owl 12 Channel 8 Wired 4 Wi-Fi 2K DVR Security System with 2TB Hard Drive

Bought this because of neighborhood trouble and the first unit I picked up had a defect. Swapped out for a new one and it works great. The App however does not work at all so regardless you will not be able to access all the functions due to a bad app created for this product. Cameras work great and are easy to install. Good quality images.

I am so happy with these cameras

Connecting equipment is straight forward. Depending on home construction, running the cables will be easy or challenging! Programming the camera settings (sensitivity, detection area, notifications) is a major challenge as detailed instructions are virtually nonexistent. After a week, l am still trying to get what I want. EG: moving leaves, even spiders, trigger motion events. Using low sensitivity causes no detection. Even with a Master's and 30-yrs working with computers, the setup is still challenging for me!

I bought this about 2 weeks ago to replace a NightOwl system that was several years old and the cameras stopped working. 6 cameras are nice and the added feature of adding 4 wireless cameras is a nice plus. The new cameras have one drawback, namely they are hard to position; they do not have the mobility of the previous cameras. In order to get an upright video I needed to create several wooden bases in order for camera to point in the correct direction. The images are great at 1080. The verbal command (optional) is poor quality--a very scratchy "Smile, you're being recorded"; difficult to understand. The remote viewing app for my phone and ipad works well once you get used to it. I had some trouble getting it to work. It occasionally lost connection and I needed to log out then log back in, but overall it works well. I like the new, improved software for identifying saved clips and playing them back. This works better on phone/ipad than on the DVD from my monitor. Overall a very good system and much improved over my previous NightOwl system. I was able to use my existing BNC cable which made installation much easier.

Works very well, just wish it came with the wi-fi cameras.

Positives of this product are that the color and picture clarity is good. Easy to install, connects to both monitor and phone app. Negatives of this product is that video relay to screen is a little delayed and the wide angle distortion starts to far from the camera for our needs.

The cameras have very good quality but the get stuck on night mode all the time. The only way to get them to go back to normal is to unplug the power supply and plug them back in.

The software is in desperate need of improvement. These are the areas I have noted (all in remote view): 1. Growing time lag. I have four cameras and there are different time lags after a while, for all 4 cameras, in live view. They are at times out of sync by 10s of seconds. It gets worse the longer the view is up. 2. The view of one or more cameras randomly drops out (the red dot selection on the right than turns off and that quadrant for the channel turns black). I then have to close live view and re-open it. 3. The "Favorite View" setting does not work; it does not remember the view setup the next time you open live view. Please, please, please, Night Owl, fix your software. Feel free to contact me with any questions and suggestions.

4 out of 8 cameras are no good. Won't exchange or refund. Won't honor any warranty or in store credit to purchase something that does work properly for longer than 90 days.

Too many wires, and they alll have to be plugged in to a wall and the dvr!