SANSCO 8 Channel 5MP Lite HD DVR for CCTV Camera System, Works with AHD/CVI/TVI/IP/CVBS Security Cameras, Email/App Notifications, No Hard Drive

This is a review mainly about the setting up of the DVR - I've only had it a week or two, so I can't comment on how long it will last etc. People find the setting up of DVRs to connect to phone apps / internet etc the hardest bit. I first did it with an old system 10 years ago when you had to mess about with port forwarding, DynDNS accounts etc etc. Thankfully there's none of that with this DVR. I got it set up, connected to my router and working using those weird, square QR codes that appear in the setup wizard. I used 192.168.0.3 to get it to connect to my network OK. I also had to install a QR reader app on my mobile first as my phone didn't seem to have one. If you have any problems getting the DVR online and connected to your phone, look for SanscoDirect on Youtube - the British guy has produced a whole series of simple step-by-step videos detailing exactly how to set it all up. I was able to get it to connect OK with the XMEye app on my android phone, plus set up email alerts too. I did need help configuring my Yahoo email account details, but Sansco Tech Services solved this for me, always replying to my emails within a day - really helpful. I know people complain about CCTV phone apps, but mine works fine, and I also get email alerts if I want them. The DVR doesn't attach photos to emails, like some boxes do, but that doesn't matter to me. So it's all set up and running. Some of the really useful features on this box include the obvious ones like playback from the XMEye app, phone and email alerts (which you can turn on and off individually for each camera). There's also a fairly loud buzzer, which I've set up on the camera covering my car - each camera can be set up in various alarm modes to monitor continuously or over whatever time period you put in, so if anyone goes near my car overnight, the DVR beeps. I've also set that up for the camera covering my front door, so I also get alerted about anyone coming up my driveway at night before they reach the door. The motion detection works fine - there are 7 levels of sensitivity - I found little night-time flies or moths trigger the highest setting, a cat triggers the middle level etc etc, so you should easily find the right level for each camera. Image quality depends mostly on which cameras you use - I couldn't get the Sansco DVR to reliably show video from my old cameras (only a very intermittant picture) but if you're going to put a CCTV system in, you might as well use decent 1080P cameras with it. But it looks a decent system for the money, the setup was fine, I can set the alarms / alerts I want for each camera and I can see them all remotely - very happy so far !

Excellent value for a home CCTV system, easy to install & set up, had this for a long time & still working fine, particularly like to function of viewing remotely if you are away from the property.

I RECEIVED AN ANSWER BUT NOT TO THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED I have recently installed one of these devices and found it to be easy to do. The only criticism I have is with the audio side of things. The instructions in this area are very poor TO THE POINT OF BEING NON-EXISTANT. It would be good if this were to be addressed ASAP and maybe highlighted in an additional booklet. Best Regards, I HAD ALREADY LOOKED ON LINE AND THERE IS NEXT TO ZERO ON THE AUDIO SIDE OF THINGS. Bob Sunny Jersey Follow on :- 23/01/2020 I STILL have not had my questions answered and I am getting very fed up.

I’ve been using Sansco CCTV systems for over six years and I have found them to be really reliable and great value for money. I upgraded to this DVR recently and have been impressed with the improvements in picture quality and also the new software features used to manage the CCTV system. This DVR has 8 channels, so I can see all the way around my property. I've customised the recording to always record at the front, but only record when movement is detected at the rear to save on disk space - so I always have over 2 weeks playback history on my 2TB hard disk drive (sold separately). I love the fact that I can filter out certain areas, like frequently moving bushes / trees, so that false alerts are not triggered. I can always access the footage either on my PC or remotely on my phone using an app called XMEye. The after sales support from Sansco has been amazing, and they always communicate quickly and solve any issue I have had. I am really pleased that I made this purchase, and I would highly recommend it to others.

This unit was bought by our community centre to handle eight CCTV units around the building. It replaced an older DVD based unit with very low res images. The new unit was a doddle to fit. Much smaller and completely compatible with existing cameras, which it turned out, were much higher res and better colour than the old unit was giving them due for. Old unit had very strangulated method of connecting with the web and nobody knew the password. New unit fired up XmEye in an instant and bright clear images appeared on my mobile and the centre managers and other trustees immediately. Setting up automatic emails to be sent on movement alarms during the times the centre was shut was very easy. The user interface was a bit old fashioned but worked perfectly well. Pretty intuitive so did not really need quite comprehensive manual which was available on line and in box. Finally, the price was brilliant. Much cheaper than having hive style subscription service. Unit plus 1Tb surveillance quality hard drive was under £100 and no subscription. This holds about twenty days of data for review which then revolves in a FIFO arrangement. Very pleased. Can recommend. PB Trustee Hogarth Community Centre