AmcrestNV2108-HS 4K 8CH NVR 4K Network Video Recorder, 8-Channels, No PoE Ports, Supports 8 x 8MP IP Cameras, Supports up to 6TB HDD (Not Included)

This looks and feels like my old cheap Chinese knockoff NVR but that’s where the similarities end. Where this NVR shines is the software. The user interface on this DVR is fantastic. I had this setup in 5 minutes. This DVR found my 3 Sricam WiFi cameras and automatically connected to them via the onvif protocol, the DVR didn’t even ask for the password for the cameras which is only slightly concerning...lol. My old NVR would glitch up when something moved passed the cameras and the mobile apps was complete garbage. This NVR doesn’t glitch and the mobile app is easy to setup and works fantastic.

I've been using this for just shy of a year now and I am very happy with it. It has performed like a champ and given me no trouble so far. It is easy to set up and very easy to program and maintain. I am using it with 4 of Amcrest's wireless indoor cameras and all works well. The only thing I would like to see change is that when you have an SD card in the camera and then purchase this unit and set it up to record on the hard drive, the SD cards stop recording and ONLY the NVR hard drive is recorded to. Not a big deal, but if I ever needed a recording off one of the cameras, it would be way easier to pop out the SD card and view it than to have to go through the hassle of pulling a recording off the hard drive. But as I said, not a real big deal. I have been using an older Amcrest DVR analog system in conjunction with this system on the outside of my house (8 cameras) for over 2 years and it has performed incredibly well and that is why I got this NVR from them. For the price and the performance, their stuff is hard to beat. And their Customer Service is pretty good as well IF YOU CAN EVER GET A HOLD OF THEM! Their phone in system totally sucks. All but impossible to get a hold of them on the phone but when you do, they are very helpful. (Fortunately I have only had to call them twice.) If you email them however they will respond in a day or 2 and they are usually very helpful then. Overall I would recommend the Amcrest products without hesitation. I have been an electronics technician for 45 years and have done many very large professional camera designs and installations at my job at a major University where I worked and I know these systems very well. The systems I worked with are VERY expensive and are made to be absolutely high end. These Amcrest systems actually do a pretty comparable job and when you consider the difference in price (which is a fraction of the high end stuff) they are quite impressive. You can't go wrong with the Amcrest stuff (And NO, I am not paid or given ANY free stuff or any kind of compensation to write this. This is a legit rating from an actual user and a VERY experienced Electronics Technician.) I think you will be happy with the Amcrest line.

NelsonI am running 3 older 1080p cameras that will only run on a 2.4 Ghz WIFI. I initially ran these years ago off my pc. However, due to the amount of programs that run continuously, this became burdensome and the cameras would work intermittently. Thus, I bought this NVR to run the cameras strictly wirelessly.I was having difficulty connecting the cameras wirelessly. I called Amcrest support and spoke to someone (don't remember her name) and she suggested that since my modem was both 2.4 and 5 Ghz, that I may have difficulty connecting. So, I called my ISP and she created a dedicated 2.4 Ghz network. Once that was completed. I called Amcrest back and got Nelson. We initially connected each camera via ethernet cable to add them to the software and network (creating a third network just for the cameras and nvr). Afterward, they all worked flawlessly. GREAT JOB AMCREST SUPPORT!!!

After installing and getting the cameras installed everything is working well. The NVR will scan the network and find the cameras, then you just have to edit a few details.Working around the GUI is not hard, but after working with it you get the feel where all the specific config parts are and it is easy to setup multiple cameras.The only issue I have is the OSD/Overlay just simply does not work. I turned on the overlay at the camera.Just an FYI, the NVR does have a "magic" ability to change the config of some cameras. Specifically it would disable NTP Time updates on my cameras, which was annoying. To overcome that, I removed the PASSWORD from the camera setup in the NVR, which keeps the NVR from logging into the camera to make changes. The Video stream still works as expected.Email setup was a little quirky, but I even got it working with gmail. Be warned, you CANT have spaces in passwords for the login password for the email account.The other totally suck thing about it is the device FORCES you to use a strong password. While this protects the common idiot, when you have it internal to your network, with P2P turned off and no connection to the outside world, this is just not needed. Make it where you can say "yes I accept a weak password".Hope that helps everyone.

There's nothing I dislike about this product. I'm recording from a bunch of Amcrest 4K PoE cameras, and it works fine. Make sure your network is up to the challenge of supporting streaming video, and you'll get very clear recordings with smooth motion. I got a 2TB FireCuda Hybrid drive, works well enough although I'd rather have been able to go with a full SSD.I like that setup is so easy and intuitive. I like that in playback mode you can click on an icon and get a time/date list of all motion events for one or more cameras. I like that all you need is a mouse and an HDMI monitor to do it all.What I don't like is that I went through so much junk that didn't meet my expectations before I found the Amcrest NVR. This product, I love.