Hi!
So I've read a lot of posts and discussions about the topic, lived in China and agree that selecting the cheapest NVR on Aliexpress is probably not a great idea (don't get me wrong, I thought about it ;-) )
Now I initially bought 2 Reolink wifi cameras a while ago to put inside the house as we needed to record things. I used my Synology NAS to manage the streams and all, and it was working fine... until I realized it was not a great idea to use my NAS for NVR purpose if my NAS is also used for backups (not great for the disks).
Then I got a few more cameras for here and there not thinking about the whole picture. So most of them are Reolink as I was happy (more than?) with the image quality and either Synology or Reolink mobile app.
Now I need to consolidate everything and a NVR would be nice. Reolink is out of the question, cheap Chinese NVR too. I also only use Linux at home, so BlueIris will not be ok for me.
And finally I have opted to buy locally rather than import whatever is "the best solution". I have limited choices which I don't really know about.
So I would need a 8 channel NVR (i think 8 is enough for me) and I can chose between Hikvision and Dahua. Possible choices I can see now are:
My cams all have video and sound. I like the ability to zoom on the live image (i check on my parrots). Of course should you have different suggestions please do not hesitate. Watashi seems to be available but can't find much about this brand (I have one camera from them). Pricing of the above is between $80 and $150 (I guess with no HDD).
I hope I gave enough details, if not please ask.
Thank you very much for your help.
Fred
So I've read a lot of posts and discussions about the topic, lived in China and agree that selecting the cheapest NVR on Aliexpress is probably not a great idea (don't get me wrong, I thought about it ;-) )
Now I initially bought 2 Reolink wifi cameras a while ago to put inside the house as we needed to record things. I used my Synology NAS to manage the streams and all, and it was working fine... until I realized it was not a great idea to use my NAS for NVR purpose if my NAS is also used for backups (not great for the disks).
Then I got a few more cameras for here and there not thinking about the whole picture. So most of them are Reolink as I was happy (more than?) with the image quality and either Synology or Reolink mobile app.
Now I need to consolidate everything and a NVR would be nice. Reolink is out of the question, cheap Chinese NVR too. I also only use Linux at home, so BlueIris will not be ok for me.
And finally I have opted to buy locally rather than import whatever is "the best solution". I have limited choices which I don't really know about.
So I would need a 8 channel NVR (i think 8 is enough for me) and I can chose between Hikvision and Dahua. Possible choices I can see now are:
- NVR Hikvision DS-7616NI-K2
- NVR Hikvision DS-7608NI-K1
- NVR Hikvision DS-7616NI-K1
- Dahua: the model descriptions I have are a bit confusing.
My cams all have video and sound. I like the ability to zoom on the live image (i check on my parrots). Of course should you have different suggestions please do not hesitate. Watashi seems to be available but can't find much about this brand (I have one camera from them). Pricing of the above is between $80 and $150 (I guess with no HDD).
I hope I gave enough details, if not please ask.
Thank you very much for your help.
Fred