WiFi NVR and 4 WiFi Cameras. The kit comes with a little wired mouse for control and configuration of the NVR (no keyboard is needed for anything). An Ethernet cable is supplied (so you can connect to your router if you want it hardwired; not needed if you don’t want to connect, or want to use WiFi to connect). An HDMI cable is also supplied (you will need to connect to a monitor or TV to setup the NVR). The back of the NVR also has a VGA connection (but there is no cable) if you want to use that instead of HDMI. Each camera came with everything you need to mount it (screws, plugs, a stick-on drilling template etc.), as well as its own 12v power adapter. I replaced a 3 year old (3 MP) system I had (a different brand). The NVR software on the new one seems like it was derived from the same roots, but is definitely a lot cleaner to use. Capability-wise you can control many things (like whether to use the white or infrared LEDs at night, whether to send an alarm when a humanoid is detected, how that alarm is handled (flash lights, run siren, send an email, or notify on the app), and a bunch of other things. The “humanoid detection” (on its initial, default settings) isn’t perfect. It generally does seem to detect people, but will also trigger with moving bushes etc. I haven’t played with the sensitivity settings, so maybe this can be improved. I did use the masking feature it has that allows you to configure certain parts of the image (e.g. where you have trees and bushes) to be ignored for motion detection. Note that all of these settings are per camera – so you can use different settings for each camera. Cameras are actually 2880x1620 Resolution (which is a little under 5MP, but close enough). Like a lot of other Wifi security system cameras, FPS (frames per second) is 15. Cameras have 2 way voice (so microphone and small speaker built in), and a huge number of LEDs (white and infrared), which is nice. As configured out of the box, the 1 TB hard drive records a little over 3 weeks of video with 4 cameras (before it starts to overwrite the oldest stuff). Opening the box to replace the harddrive (with a bigger one) is pretty easy, but it does look like you can have only one harddrive (i.e. you cannot ‘add’ another - you have to replace the existing one). The NVR runs its own WiFi network, specifically just for the cameras (so they don’t appear on your own home network). Things are a bit more secure this way. The cameras were all pre-configured , so connected automatically to the associated NVR when powered up. I believe that cameras and their network are 2.4 and 5.8Ghz frequency – which is good, many cameras are just 2.4 ghz. Quality-wise I had no issues. Everything was obviously new and properly packaged. The cameras seem well made. The white parts (body, base, connecting arms) are all metal (except for the small speaker, underneath), and the black piece at the front may be metal also (I couldn’t really tell). Initial setup of the NVR software was pretty quick and painless. However, afterwards I noticed the network region had defaulted to MKK (should be FCC for Canada). I didn’t like that the app seems to steer you towards buying cloud storage. One of the reasons I got this kit is that I don’t want to depend on (or pay for) cloud storage. Still, you can just ignore those options. Other than that, the app seemed to work just fine for remotely accessing my cameras. Note that if you don’t want to use the app (i.e. you will access all video recording through the screen/TV physically attached to the NVR), then you don’t have to connect your NVR to your home network (and the internet), thus making it even more secure. Considering the system’s capabilities, this kit is very inexpensive. Pleased with it so far.
