Zmodo Surveillance System with 4 Weatherproof IR Cameras PKD-DK0863-NHD

Price : $139.99

Product Description

The kit PKD-DK0863-NHD includes an 8 CH H.264 standalone DVR and four indoor/outdoor night vision security cameras

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 8 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B006PTP7JY
• Item model number: PKD-DK0863
  

Technical Details

• 3G mobile live preview via mobile phone.
• Network access, motion detection, VGA video output, and USB2.0 backup
• 8 channel DVR H.264 Remote view access with 3G phone support + 4 outdoor cameras

 

Zmodo Surveillance System with 4 Weatherproof IR Cameras PKD-DK0863-NHD

 

Customer Reviews

Pros:
-Very inexpensive
-Comes with all you need to get started (4 cameras, you can add up to another 4)
-flexibly programmable for each channel: Framerate, motion alarms, privacy areas, schedules,more...
-Can be accessed on your local network or via internet if you have the network chops to config that.
-The DVR is the latest relase from the manufacturer, as of 2/2012
-Support is great, was willing to talk me through a few setup questions and workaround one bug I found in their firmware (see below)
Cons:
-Wires seem to be lacking a bit in shielding, they pick up a little intereference when run at full length through attic where other A/C wires are.
-Included cameras are not the sharpest image. Considering they are practically thrown in for free...
-Total supported framerate a bit on the low side, buy forgiveable at the current price point.
-Shipping from the manufacturer took a month. I noticed that after I put the order in, so shame on me, I'm spoiled.
For reference, I paid One Hundred and Thirty dollars in January '12. If you're handy enough to install your own hard drive, this might be one to get. Recommend a 500gb at least. Manufacturer told me not to go all the way to 2TB, they've run into problems with stability with that big a drive. Don't forget to make it an AV rated hard drive. I used a Western Digital Green Power 500gb, which worked fine!
Also, ran into one problem: you must use IE to view the box over the network. And, IE 9 has a glitch with setting up alarm areas per each channel. IE 8 works fine, or just go to the console to set it up there. Support is now aware of the problem.
So now its set up and running... I already used it to identify who masking-taped a flyer to the front of my house, just for fun.

This unit does not appear to have a hard drive to record to... other units similar state they have a hard drive and I imagine that is what the NHD stands for after the product nunber (No Hard Drive)