Not sure if this has been asked in this forum before. I have been in the search for this for a good time now (almost a year). I am trying to define a solution for my home consumer clients who are looking for a basic surveillance system to monitor their homes and have a 24/7 recording. I supply my clients with Foscam IP Cameras and have been in the search for a suitable budgetary NVR for a while now. We have supplied our clients with Synology and Qnap, where we have good understanding of both and the way they function. However, both brands offer overkill solutions in terms of cost/price and features that are unnecessary for the purpose.
Basically, this is the need the clients often look for:
- Continuous recording
- Remote View/Access (this can be done from the cameras directly - if the NVR does not offer the same)
- Local Display Monitor for the Cameras live feed (hence a VGA or HDMI output ports)
- 2 Channels, 4 Channels & 8 Channels solutions
- Day and Night View (Camera features of course)
Alarm features were not requested often, so this is not a necessity.
We work with the following models of Foscam:
INDOOR:
- FI9821W V2
- FI9821P
- FI9821P
OUTDOOR:
- FI9804W
- FI9805P
- FI9805E
Appreciate if you can recommend a budgetary NVR fulfilling the needs above within the price range of $50 - $200 that has been tested and known to be a good product.
