Upgrading 8 year old NVR and Cameras

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Mark Peasley

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In 2018 I bought a Dahua NVR4208-8P-4KS2 with Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-ZE turret cameras. It's been helpful over the years, especially when my neighbor's house got broken it. It provided decent nighttime pictures of the perps walking up to the side gate.

I'm looking to upgrade to get better nighttime performance and more crisp daytime video. What camera would you recommend to replace my 5231 cameras? Also, should I upgrade my NVR or is my current one still good enough to handle modern cameras?

When I ordered my cameras in 2018 and I got them direct from China from Empire Andy. With the current tariffs and trade tensions with China, what is the best way to order now?

Thanks!
 
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Still can order from Andy

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Recommend generally upgrading to the 5442 series (Andy part# 54IR series)

Would think about updating the NVR more because of increased bandwidth than anything.
I'm running many of the latest Dahua cameras, 4MP and some 4K on a 5216-16P-4KS2E - very similar to yours but with more bandwidth capacity

The cameras do 99% of the work
 
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bigredfish said:
Still can order from Andy

EmpireTech | Security Protection | Security Cameras & NVRs

Building security systems for home and business offices. Protecting customers' personal safety and property security. All the security cameras and NVRs we sell are of great quality and at affordable prices.
empiretech01.com empiretech01.com

Recommend generally upgrading to the 5442 series (Andy part# 54IR series)

Would think about updating the NVR more because of increased bandwidth than anything.
I'm running many of the latest Dahua cameras, 4MP and some 4K on a 5216-16P-4KS2E - very similar to yours but with more bandwidth capacity

The cameras do 99% of the work sports games
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Good point about the cameras doing most of the work. I’m still running older 2MP Dahuas myself and the jump in low-light quality on the newer 5442 models looks pretty huge from the sample videos I’ve seen here.
Do you think the newer Color4K/TiOC models are worth considering too, or do you still prefer the 5442 series overall for balanced night performance?
 
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It all depends on the scene.

I have a lot of 5442's, including 2 of the Z4 models for tight longer distance choke point ID.
I have 2 of the 4K-T/X that are awesome, but they are both in scenes where I can run the white LED's all night to get color. (No IR and can't see IR)
I have one of the TIOC PRO (3449H-AS-PV-PRO or a 54PR) as its great for an entrance door where you dont want to or can't run full time white LED's all night but you get the benefit of them activating and thus color when tripped and still run IR until detection
 
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I too have a similar question/concern: As a USA based customer, should I order an NVR and/or cameras from Andy what percentage tariff(s) will I pay (10%, 50%, 100%)? Will the delivery process be painless or should I expect a trip to customs to get my order?
 
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Narcissus said:
I too have a similar question/concern: As a USA based customer, should I order an NVR and/or cameras from Andy what percentage tariff(s) will I pay (10%, 50%, 100%)? Will the delivery process be painless or should I expect a trip to customs to get my order?
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He has a stash already loaded in warehouses in the US prior to all that crap. Buy now as Andy has been holding prices and only increasing as he restocks at the higher prices he had to pay.
 
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Mark Peasley said:
In 2018 I bought a Dahua NVR4208-8P-4KS2 with Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-ZE turret cameras. It's been helpful over the years, especially when my neighbor's house got broken it. It provided decent nighttime pictures of the perps walking up to the side gate.

I'm looking to upgrade to get better nighttime performance and more crisp daytime video. What camera would you recommend to replace my 5231 cameras? Also, should I upgrade my NVR or is my current one still good enough to handle modern cameras?

When I ordered my cameras in 2018 and I got them direct from China from Empire Andy. With the current tariffs and trade tensions with China, what is the best way to order now?

Thanks!
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Hey Mark,

If you are on a budget, I would just add some of the 4MP 1/1.8" sensor model cameras to your mix in locations you need better performance.

2018 .. your current cameras and NVR are 8 year old, which imho I would start to expect some failures.

For example a typical HDD in an enterprise setting is expected to last 3-5 years

Now, that stated I do have old PCs that are ancient and still running ..

NVR replacement, I would consider it. I think an 8 year old NVR has lived a good life.

too bad HDDs and SSDs are so crazy expensive now
 
I'd chime in about how my 8 year old NVR is still going strong but I don't want to jinx myself. After a few years of no camera failures I had one last week with one of the 8-year-olds, somebody chewed through the camera pigtail. Fortunately I had a saved pigtail from a same model camera that failed years ago, and the 8-year-old is back running and shooting for another 8 years. I run BI in parallel with the NVR and the NVR has been relegated to backup duty, but it doesn't know that and keeps chugging full steam ahead.
 
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