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Why is hikvision an issue is it the software? Which manufacturer would you suggest please?

Happy to go to around 3 to 400. As you say the cables have not lasted. As an aside where di the cables usually fail? Are they prone to failings the ends of at any random place?

Currently 6 cameras intending to use 8 The analogue cables are slowly dying off in that they are simply failing. Annoyingly I spent time routing them through the fabrixk of the house when I was putting up new fascias etc. The best I can hope for is that I can use them to pull through new. Also the DVR looks to have turned up its toes. The system is a Sannce dl81b with 720 cameras. The resolution isn't great. It can't for example pick up car registrations. The idea of using an old laptop as an NVR appeals to me as I was hoping to save some cash on the NVR side of things. I have a plethora of old laptops.

Thanks but what else do I need to do? I would need a step by step guide to the complete set up please? What hardware do I need? What software? How do I go about it? Can I use my current cameras for now and upgrade later or do I need to go for new Hikvision cameras now? My cables seem to be pants so possibly updating with cat 5? If I do this do I need a separate power supply for the cameras? Many thanks

I searched the Internet and came up with a YouTube video on this. Problem is I can understand the first minuit or so of this but the guy becomes impossible to understand. I think he is using a Hikvision box of sorts with a number of channels and an external drive suitable for video recording. My ailing system needs to be replace. To go the whole hog on a Hixvision system will cost. So I was hoping to use an old acer laptop with Windows 10 installed. The laptop has been very reliable to date.

Hi Can anyone help me with how to save footage onto a flash drive on a DVR DL81B please? Thanks

Well its been a while. I ended up running the cables through the house to the dvr. The dvr is in the study with the monitor etc. Turns out I have 2 unused flat screen monitors. One is now a spare for this. I will have 6 cameras in the eves of the house. Just need to decide where to put the other 2 to get eye level footage

Amazing that I have found and managed to use an old crt monitor to test it out! It's all I could locate. I think I have a flat screen monitor somewhere but I don't know where. Until I can get one cheap I think I'll use this....

Also looking to adjust the zoom on the camera / recorded image if at all possible?

Thanks I'm super thick. So any step by step detail would be very much appreciated. Essentially I want a monitor in the house and be able to control the dvr from inside the house while the dvr resides in the loft Thanks again

Hi I am in the UK I have just bought a Sannce DL81B DVR (8 channel) along with 8 cameras for my house Most of the cameras will be installed just below the roofline of the house, which means that the cables will come into the loft. Rather than run all 8 cables down two floors into my study down to the box, I am thinking of installing the whole system in the loft. I have power up there so that wouldnt be a problem. However I wouldnt want to go up into the loft to view it etc. So if I went for this option I would need remote control from a different location in the house. What are the options here please, both wired and wireless? Also, rather than buy a monitor for this i was thinking of using an old laptop to view and set up. Is this feasable pleas and if so how? Thanks