Night Owl DVR-FTD4-81 Digital Video Recorder

Great product and great delivery, it arrived a day early too.

The DVR is working great. Only have one negative comment. The unit supports 10 cameras. I am using 6. I cannot find a way to disable the other 4 unused cameras and they fill one third of the TV screen with unused blank camera spaces. Other than that a good security system.

I needed a security camera system that would provide me with local storage in case of internet outage. This system provided what I was looking for. The wired installation was also easy to install and provided me with not needing a/c or battery power at each location.

This Is My 2nd Night Owl System. I Live In The Sticker Patch Where Temperatures Reach Over 110 Degrees In The Shade, My First System Has Worked Flawlessly For Over 6 Years 24/7/365. I Bought The 2nd 8 Channel System To Replace My Aging 4 Channel System.

CAMERAS ARE JUST GREAT-CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET NOT SO GREAT. I HAVE SEVERAL SYSTEMS AND NIGHT OWL CANNOT BE BEAT. JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER! THE SPOT LIGHT IS A GREAT IDEA TOO! I TRIED CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET AND JUST GAVE UP. I'LL WORK WITHOUT IT AND BE OKAY, IF I DO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD, I'LL GET MY GRANDSON TO CONNECT IT !

I am glad I purchased the Night Owl security set. After researching a dozen other systems, and meticulously reading all the features and pros/cons (and taking advantage of the holiday discount), I new this was the right choice. I had a friend help with the wired install (with 6 cameras with light and voice) took a good part of a whole day), and after loading the app was in business! Next is the doorbell. Also, I had a question on the shipment and Night Owl answered my email within 2 hours! Now that's service.

I have been using Night Owl security systems for 15 years. My first unit was a 8 camera wired dvr, my second was a 16 a camera wired unit. This is my third unit, a 16 camera wired unit with the option to add four additional wifi cameras. I hope that it performs as well as the first two, my only worry is that it runs hot as it does not have an internal fan as my first two systems did. This may shorten the lifespan of the unit.

Very complicated to set up and can't monitor it with my MacBook Pro have to use my iPhone. I was told I needed 4 new cameras because the old ones wouldn't work with the new system. I worked on whole day trying to replace the cameras without success so decided to try the old cameras and everything works fine.

I have not been able to fully set the unit up because it requires an Ethernet connection. My modem is too far away to connect with an Ethernet cable and it does not have wifi. I am unable to make adjustments to the display on connect remotely.

I never received the order. It was delivered on March 4th but I never received it.