ZMODO PKD-DK0863-NHD 8 CH CCTV Surveillance DVR Outdoor Camera System (HD Sold Separately) ZMODO PKD-DK0863-NHD 8 CH CCTV Surveillance DVR Outdoor Camera System (HD Sold Separately)

Pros: Nice unit, small, better overall to my older Zmodo that this was intended to replace.

Cons: Would not format the Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive that I bought along with it. I tried EVERYTHING, including online research and tech support there was no solution to be found. It recommends DVR/Surveillance rated HDs that spin at 5400 rmp. Those are kinda hard to find. Got an RMA from Newegg and back it went.

Other Thoughts: Would be a nice option if not for the HD format issue.

Pros: Had a SVAT 4 camera system that died after 2 years. Decided to change to a 8 camera system. Placed a 1TB hard drive from my windows pc (extra) in the case and it formatted quickly. With high quality resolution it gave 28 days of recording time for 4 cameras. Up and running by just plugging in the cameras from old SVAT dvr into the first 4 ports. They look as good as they did on the SVAT system. Internet was easier to connect than SVAT as you only need to open the media port and the mobile phone port on your router. I suggest changing the port from the defaults so that bots have a more difficult time of finding your cameras. Software was much easier to use than the SVAT. Happy with dvr and its software.

Cons: On the Con side, all 4 cameras that came with the Zmodo product are blurry and show more on the blue side of the color scheme than true colors. The top of each camera has a rain/dust hood cover. There is no screw to hold the cover in place, it is just rested there. When you turn off the lights and view the camera in infrared mode, everything is blurred so much you can barely tell what you are looking at. If you are using the product to simply see if there is movement somewhere or if there might be a person walking in your yard, then this is fine. To tell who the person is, impossible.

Other Thoughts: As the dvr is the main item in this, even if you toss the cameras and purchase better ones, you will most likely come out ahead. Using the system with the included cameras, not worth the time to set it up. I am a techie and this system was a piece of cake to setup. The 3rd party KMEYE4 and KMEYEsuper for the iPhone/iPad are really nice. Open the app, enter the ip, port and name/password and it hooks you up instantly. Very nice.

Pros: The system was easy to set up, just a matter of 2 plugs per camera, installing the hard drive (piece of cake) and installing the software. Cameras are decent for what they are, budget. The Zmodo system has several choices for recording, all of which work fine.

Cons: If you don't have even a moderate working background with computer program and internet access you may want to pass on this. The instructions are in, what I can only surmise, are English as translated through perhaps an internet translation program from Chinese, in other words they are a joke. Nor is it clear how to access your system through an internet access, that required about an hour of fiddling with IP addresses and port access numbers before I hit in the magic numbers.

Other Thoughts: Look, for $150 you would be hard pressed to find a system that includes 4 cameras, a DVR system, all of the wiring AND the capability of accessing your cameras from a smart phone. I am quite happy with this purchase.

Pros: i like viewing area and capacity, has a nice zoom in feature, able to view all cameras hooked up, has 1, 4, 6, 9(8) camera viewing table, hdd and camera installation was ok, can turn brightness up and down as needed, ability to name cameras

Cons: manual for setup is incomplete, zoom in feature is all scraggly but it is a cheap piece of technology, screwing in the hdd and the cover on was a pain, nightvision support?, no auto camera settings for day and night, needs better android app capability

Other Thoughts: needs to have a better manual and actually tell you how to install and what you need to know to when your knowledge of security cameras isnt there, there was too gibberish much for security camera dont know hows

Pros: PRICE! For the money, not much can touch this. And image quality at d1 is fantastic. This box can do just about anything.

Cons: Takes about a day to get running for mere mortals. You have to take about a day to get everything set up. After that, you have to tweak the image in the software, but it works great.

Other Thoughts: This system is not easy. If you don't have the manual, you are going to be lost. It took me a long time to get this set up right. But after I was done, whoa, this thing is really super. It has tons of options. I got the bare bones version that I had to add my own drive and Cams. That was good. Should of got an 8 channel one now that I think about it. But, really, this is one nice unit. Fit and finish are about right for the price point. And on the board, it has a place to power a small fan. I used a 10k Raptor drive to see how it works. Funny, it said in the manual that you need to use a DVR rated harddrive or it will fail in a short time. (LOL) Great Nice thing is that it can be used with a large 12V battery in line with the power supply as a back up. WORKS GREAT! Image quality at D1 is Magic. Web interface works great. But you have to set IE security settings to low, so IE complains like mad.

Pros: Even do the cameras are standart it dosent mean they dont work they aree perfect for small places like offices not good for long distances

Cons: the mouse is poor easy fix replace with another one

Other Thoughts: strong and difficulty to get to save data

Pros: the price couldn't be beat, top service, fast shipping. very happy

Cons: no cons, is just as described

Pros: none

Cons: it's model D9108BH, which exhibits the fatal flaw: after the power was turned down and up, the hard drive was not recognized any more, not even available for formatting. Back it goes to Newegg.

Pros: cheap entry level price

Cons: costs add up if you add decent cameras
software is the worst
unable to add hard drive comes up format failure
tech support 45 minute wait then hangs up

Pros: Good for the price, dvr is okay but you have to purcahse a SATA hard drive seperately which adds to the price, using a 500 GB HD been working good, gives me about close to seven days of record time on constant on all eight camera and it overwites it self.

Cons: Cameras are ok during day time. The color is off try adjusting and still can't get it right. At night time it's very hard to see even if you adjust contrast etc., if you going to buy this unit sugest buying the 65 ft. IR there a bit better. Currently using Zmodo PKC-S12316SV 420 camera and they work better at night. The cameras that come with this system are only good for night even with lights.

Other Thoughts: The wires are fragile, one broke on the inside while installation and it was even pulled hard, was being careful, because resarch product. Upgrade your cameras, the ones that it comes with are not good ones. I would have used a 1 TB hard drive for more record time.