Pros: Works right out of the box

Cons: Died after a year and a half, so basically just out of warranty.

Overall Review: You get what you pay for -- the remote works better than I expected it to. I can't say if I love or hate anything about it. It's a MCE remote. It was used daily for over a year. Eventually the wireless receiver gave out. It performed as well as one could expect. I'm only deducting a point as I wasn't wow'd it's not really 5 star, but a solid 4. Lasted longer than I expected, really. It was used and abused, moved around, knocked over, etc.

Pros: -Packaged well -Looks nice -- although your security DVR isn't really something you should want people looking at. -Network setup is very simple -Android app works well -PC based remote monitoring works well -Q-See provides a DNS redirect service that works with the DVR so you can remotely access it from your own unique subdomain. -Has alarm/sensor inputs in addition to cameras. -Stays very cool

Cons: The biggest con for this unit is that it does not support ONVIF compliant IP cameras as advertised. Rather, I was given a list by Q-See customer support of cameras they do support: http://qsee.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2233 So, the issue I ran into was that it would not record on motion sensing. Without that, this is a brick. It does, however, connect and work with the cameras just fine. Which is very strange. My very limited understanding of how ONVIF works would tell me if it connects and displays the picture, motion sensing should work. Some other annoyances: -It has a buzzer that you can't shut off. If someone steals a camera - it starts beeping and won't stop until the camera is removed from the configuration. If someone is stealing my cameras, I do not want to tell them where to find the DVR! -The interface is very clunky. -You can not attach a keyboard, so you type with the mouse and on-screen keyboard. -When you tell the DVR to shut down, it will not power off all of the way. A giant sticker on top says NEVER to power it off directly. But, there is no other way. -Firmware updates are another example of the 'unpolished' work behind the curtain. In the firmware update I attempted - it showed that is was installing, then said it was rebooting, then went to a black screen and the fans never turned off or video come back on. So, I gave it overnight to see if magic would happen. Still a brick in the morning, I gave it a hard reset - despite the giant warning sticker... and it came back up and the firmware update was applied. A firmware update which fixed a lot of issues I was having -- actually. Initially, out of the box, the cameras connected and all was well but the main 'multi-view' screen would not show the camera pictures. Also, it would randomly drop the camera picture even if you were on the single view screen. After the update, many of those things work -- which makes me think this is just a very unpolished product.

Overall Review: Bottom line, I won't trust Q-See products again. If they don't support all ONVIF standards compliant cameras, they shouldn't be advertising that their products do.