DS-7616NI-Q2/16P H.265 16 Channel PoE 4K 8MP Network Video Recorder NVR, Plug & Play, International Original English Version, Compatible with Hik Vision Hik-Connect, Hard Drive Not Included

The Equipment works well. The most important things is Technical Support. So often tech products can get bad reviews because customers don't understand the software etc and leave unfair ratings. Tech Support is responsive and actually answers the phone or gets back to you. Jay was the most professional, Tolerant of someone not fluid in NVR's and very considerate walking me thru setup. I will be buying another unit for another location based on the Quality of service from this company.

We've ordered from this supplier multiple times now and we've only had 1 incident where a package was marked delivered by the carrier but never received. The vendor contacted us promptly and resolved the situation. We will continue to order from them in the future.

Exelente NVR PoE, sistema resistente, fácil de operar. Instalación simple y rápida.En mi 20 años de experiencia como instalados de cámaras de seguridad este equipo es el valance perfecto entre precio y calidad.

This recorder works as intended and it beyond. It does work well with non Hikvision cameras.

Just what I needed. Had to install my own hard drive but still a great product.

Version 1:Real HD (also known as CCTV Supply Inc) offers bundles with cameras and hard drives, but the XVR device I received is just the bare minimum. Setting it up is not easy for beginners, but manageable for experienced users. There is no documentation provided, and finding information online can be challenging. However, if you use analog devices and follow their instructions, it should work fine. Just be aware that customization may require some extra effort.

I've been looking to upgrade from my old four camera system, two an eight camera system for quite a while now. I saw this box and figured why not.It does work as is, it just does not allow you to use the recording feature. There is no internal memory, no HDD tip. This is really no problem, I already had a four camera system here, that has more than enough memory. It can record four cameras for 99 hours a piece, before having to Loop and reuse any space. Space is kind of limited, in a way, but not really. 45 days is a long time before looping. Especially, for a home surveillance system, not for a store. If something happens and I need to pull the video, I will know about it before 45 days are up. And if not, oh well.I could have bought a new hdd, but mine was very easy to remove. After opening the case on my old DVR, I saw that the HDD was in the same spot, and the same shape of the place in the new box where it goes. It pulls right out, kind of like a SD card. And, it slipped right into the space on the new box. Very easy to switch over, and now I have memory to record with.Overall, this is a nice dvr, meant for recording up to eight surveillance cameras at once. You just have to bring your own memory. Still not bad, especially if you are into DIY.

While Real HD (aka CCTV supply Inc) has bundles that include cameras and pre-installed hard drives, this item (at least the version I got) is the bare XVR device. Don’t get this unless you know what it is and what you are doing. As will become obvious from my review, setting up this device is not for casual users, but not too bad for an experienced user. It comes with no documentation, and finding information online is not trivial. It is all part of the fun of being a no-cloud-service rebel and using cheap Chinese devices as well. To be fair, if you use all analog devices and just plug them in and add a HDD and use their apps and trust their software, it will just work. You’ll just never know what it is doing behind the scenes, and customization takes a little more work.Hardware-wise it merely meh, 8 analog channels with VGA and HDMI video out, audio in/out, physical ethernet (NO wifi), and a fan-free and reasonably small form factor. The specific hardware is a generic brand BNV-3708, which is repackaged by many different companies from Hikvision to Dahua. Video is compressed using H.264, and it supports eSATA drives up to 4TB (I’ve seen 6TB but don’t trust the spec sources). I’m using a 14 year old 500GB eSATA drive at the moment for testing, no problems. You can plug in a USB drive, but only for making backups (a nice feature), it can’t record to it. Aside from the 8 BNC channels, it can also stream from IP cameras via RTSD or ONVIF, and is in fact very good at scanning for devices (though too dumb to prompt you for passwords, you have to edit the config after adding).Despite looking good both locally and via web interface, the firmware is very antiquated in some ways and no updates are available—the web interface only supports video playback using an old IE plugin (netsdkplayer-plugin) so it does not work in Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox (or indeed, anything but IE), see my screenshot. It does support RTSP (URL shown in the config UI), so integration into 3rd party viewers is possible. The web interface can be used for configuration even if the video isn’t viewable in a modern browser (see my screenshot of adding an IPCam), so it can be remotely administered. I’ve got no confidence in its security though, so I wouldn’t put it on an insecure network. The app is Guard Viewer, which works well enough on the local network even without creating an account. If you create an account with star4live, you can get remote access to your cameras from mobile devices. However, I trust star4live not at all; it is seemingly free, which is unlikely, so I’m not sure how they make their money—which usually means they’re selling me somehow. It is P2P software also, meaning you have to install some potentially untrustworthy software to use it. Better off figuring out VPNs and accessing your feeds that way. Other software and apps might work (ie Univision) because other vendors sell identical hardware, but I didn’t try them.I keep my setups 100% local and trust no cloud services, so I spent some time configuring this device for my needs. Unfortunately I cannot find a way to access the recorded stream from RTSP (only has a live URL), so this thing has limited use if you want to trust all the parts of your system (assuming you trust the device on your network at all, which with some router config can be made reasonable). The EZStation software from Univision works with this device and actually is very nice, but again you’re installing untrusted 3rd party software on your machine. I use a VM to sandbox it as best I can. See my screenshot of EZStation viewing a couple of feeds from the device.