Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought the Night Owl NVR10-441 from Best Buy with a price match from Home Depot. It does not come with many instructions, but if you can plug in your cell phone charger, you'll be fine. As for the actual physical installation, if you want a clean professional look, either hire it done or bear the heat of the attic and do it yourself. I'm not a pro by any means, and did not have any troubles doing it myself. More about the install in a bit. I would recommend the NVR10 over others, specifically for the network interface. After I finished the install, I called tech support and waited on the phone for about 30 minutes (15th in que). Tech support (Los Angeles area) was helpful and within about 20 minutes with them, set up my laptop so I could access the full interface and make changes through Internet Explorer. A fast internet connection is a must...> 10 MBps. The other option would be to have a dedicated monitor at the DVR. The NVR10 comes with a wireless mouse for accessing the interface through the monitor if you wish. Before actually drilling holes under my eves, I hooked a camera to the DVR and scanned the QR code with the NightOwl HD app on my iPad and set up the wireless and stood on a ladder holding the camera in one hand and my wife holding the iPad to look at the positioning. I'm glad we did, because we made some minor changes to where we installed them. I used a 15/16" paddle bit to drill the holes under the eves. I stuck the connector up the hole and screwed the camera under the eve. I climbed into the attic expecting to be able to reach and make the connection with the Cat 5e cable...wrong! I climbed back down and then unscrewed the camera. Yours may be easier, but this worked for me after my first try: drill the hole and then stick about a 4 foot stiff wire with a small hook on the end up the hole with some sticking outside. In the attic, more easily wrap the Cat 5 cable to the wire hook and then from the outside, pull the fish wire back out and connect to the camera and then screw the camera on. I really do like that the cable to the camera is hidden within the bracket...it's a nice clean installed look. I also drilled holes from my attic to the closet where my internet connection and router are. I also bought a 30' HDMI cable and ran it from the NVR to my living room TV so we could view from inside on a bigger screen. For the tech support help, your laptop and NVR must be connected to the router with a cable (not over wireless). I have the NightOwl HD app set up on my iPhone, iPad and my wife's iPhone also. From the setup on my laptop, you can adjust the motion detect areas. We have several trees, so I blocked out those areas so we would not get a push notification every time the wind blew. These cameras are very motion sensitive, so we have changed the motion sensitivity all the way down to 2. At 8, we were getting notifications of dust floating in front of the lens. At 6, we would get notified of a fly or wasp flying through. After a month of having this, I am very happy with it. It has been flawless. 1080p HD quality when I zoom in to live view or recorded notification is outstanding compared to my neighbors whose is 720p and the others at SAMs Club or Costco that are 960H or 720p or the Samsung with 1080p that has a horrible app. Definitely recommend.

I couldn't be happier. The power over Ethernet hookup is so easy. The HD and night vision are the sharpest camera images I have ever seen.

Very good product. Easy to install and would recommend.