Night Owl - Extreme HD 8-Channel, 8-Camera Wired 1TB DVR Surveillance System - Black/White

For months I've been looking for security cameras for our home but didn't want to spend 500 plus for some that I wasn't sure if they would meet my wants. But then I came across a black Friday deal for 200 bucks and figured eh what the heck I'd give them a try and i think they are really great for the price. The were kinda of a pain to hook up because of the wires but I wanted these because of that, I was of interference w the wireless ones. On top of that I love the idea that u can use ur phone or laptop to check the cameras anytime of the day or night which is great when were away from the house or even in bed not wanting to get up, definitely peace of mind. I would definitely recommend these to a friend wanting peace of mind. Also the night vision isn't bad at all eather I'm adding a picture so u can see that.

First purchased in April of 2017. Everything was ok until one day in December of same year we came in and there was no picture coming from the camera's. The Night Owl DVR showed power was going to it but no video feed was coming through. We plugged a different computer into our monitor to make sure that was not the issue, it wasn't. We plugged the Night Owl DVR into a different computer (to double check) still nothing. Called Night Owl and they had me try unplugging and re-plugging in of all cords, nothing worked. They said they think it was our network. Now mind you it did work for 9 months on this network without a problem. As this is a business, I could not be without a security system. I ordered another night owl December 26th 2017. About 4 months later it started giving us issues, Called night owl again and they had me do the same thing as the first call. It did start working again after my 2 hr phone call but could not pull up wirelessly on phone. Decided that was not a big deal and let it go. Now we have had the second night owl for 1 yr and 2 months and it has stopped working yet again. Night Owl informed me it was out of warranty and they would be happy to upgrade me to a different system, at MY expense. I don't usually write bad reviews as I think they are mostly written out of anger but this time I wanted to make others aware. Unless you want to be on the phone every 6 months for 1 plus hours of hold time and no help on their device, I would look elsewhere. If they would have, in any of the 3 times I had a problem told me, Let me get you a new DVR to see if that works I wouldn't be so upset. Instead they pretty much told me, sorry your problem. The cameras seemed to work ok when the DVR was working, Night vision worked pretty well also. That was why I purchased the second one in the first place. It doesn't hold much on the 1 TB HDD without us having to buy an additional Hard drive for storage. We always had a problem pulling up camera feed either live or past from away from the office. As a business owner, I can assure you this product is not worth the frustration and hours of phone calls it required to have it operate properly. I should also share that I have a Night Owl X at home for our home security, that one is wireless. I can't have a camera more than 15ft away from receiver or it can not connect. Putting it outside your house is next to impossible. Live feed on my phone doesn't work 1/2 the time with this Night Owl X neither. I am usually a pretty easy going person but at this point I can guarantee I will by a whole new system and re-wire everything before I would spend another dime on a Night Owl. Please read this as a product review, not a Complaint forum!

Simple to install and configure, wiring is basic, then just plug n play for internet.

I love that this camera system has so many different settings to truly customize it to your needs, for example you can set the motion activation to only certain parts of the screen if you want like I can set it for my driveway but to not go off for the street behind it. I can change the increments of length to record and what time of day to record or to not record or to record all day. There are so many features. I prefer wired over wireless anyday. Wireless has a tendency to have too many "things in the way" if the wind blows a certain way, it loses connection, you dont have all that with wired. The only issue I have with this system is that when I'm out and about it sometimes takes the system too long to connect to my phone for me to be able to see what's going on and sometimes if the system hasnt been rebooted in a long time, it wont come up at all.

The cameras look great. Night vision is awesome. The bad thing about this is the play back feature, you can't input certain times to search. You have to search through the scroll bar and it's difficult to actually pinpoint the start/end times. If you get this product, I'd recommend installing it yourself or not using the geek squad service. They left huge holes in my mortar and I had to buy mortar repair to close the holes. Other than that, the cameras are great, setup of the DVR is easy peasy.

I had an older 980H camera system that needed to be replaced. I choose this one for the price and being 1080p widescreen cameras. I was able to use my existing Analog wires for signal and power and just replace the cameras and DVR. The picture quality was significantly better than my old system. I am using a 27 inch 1080p monitor with HDMI and it looks great. Am using the Web app which works ok, but could use a little work; i only get a frame update every 10 seconds on the cameras when i look at individual views. I also added a few IR flood lights to help with night time brightness. I noticed that after 4 months of use, the cameras have lost their built in IR brightness

Bought this after a round of thefts in my neighborhood. Took about two hours to install and run all of the wiring. I have already caught a theft on these cameras and was able to turn the licence plate of the driver over to the police. Just last weekend I installed the same system in my neighbors home.

Most people are pushing to go for the wireless camera setup but I really do not want them to be interfering with my wifi bandwidth and i really like the reliability of a wired setup with a DVR. As I sit and write this review I view my cameras from my desk while snow is dumping from the sky on them. These cameras do not quit in bad weather and the app is great. I dont have to pay for a yearly or monthly subscription. If you are on the fence about these, just do it.