[4CH] Crystal Vision CVT9604E-3010W All-in-One True HD Wireless Surveillance System NVR CCTV w/ 2TB HDD, Built-in Monitor & Router, Camera Auto Pair

This is the full package for your home or office security.I actually have two of these systems, and intentionally left them off my home network because I wanted to record an event and they performed flawlessly. I could see all 4 cameras on each system using the included monitor and the recordings were saved to the internal hard drive. Only after the event did I reposition the location of the cameras and then plugged the monitor/base station into my home router so that I could check in while away from home. All that was required was finding the IP address of my home router and then typing that into the setup prompts on the monitor/ base station.I have been using both systems for 1-year (all 8 cameras mounted outdoors) and I can't say enough good about this system. The cameras have worked perfectly in the rain and throughout the cold winter when the outside temp got down to -17 F (Minnesota winter...). It is a completely stand alone system that works right out of the box. No confusing system jargon to slog through, no initializing. I saw another reviewer who gave this one star - we must have received completely different products, because all I did was inbox it, plugged in the cameras and base station to power, connected the camera antennas, and turned it on. No LAN lines were ever unpackaged and I had 4 live, streaming video feeds pop up on the monitor.The system comes ready for 2 LAN connections. One is from the central processor (the box with the monitor, hard drive and antennas) that plugs into your home network. The second is an optional connection from the cameras to the central processor. You can either use this to create a "wired" setup or choose to not use this and your cameras will communicate wirelessly to the central processor. On a positive note- the central processor has its own independent wireless router, so that means you are not consuming bandwidth on your home wifi router just to push video. Only when you are viewing your cameras through the IP Pro software will you be using your home wifi.There are many options for each camera. You can name each camera something meaningful, you can adjust the sensitivity of the motion detection, as well as define the area in the field of view that has motion sensing triggers by selecting to turn on/off a grid work of squares (about 20 x 30 squares on the 10.1" monitor), as well as set the duration of time that motion must occur before recording starts. You can set it up to perform one or any combination of actions after an event triggers recording: send an email to up to 2 recipients, send an alert through the IP Pro app, sound a buzzer on the monitor-hard drive unit and/or sound an external alarm. I haven't played with all of these yet, but I did get the app alert to work one day. I turned the app alert off because I hadn't dialed in the sensitivity nor the active zones on each camera.You can set up to 4 record timers that will record regardless of motion or not (just regular, uninterrupted video) and then search for any recorded events, timed or motion triggered, using an intuitive, color coded playback feature. If needed, you can find, then save a backup copy of video events to any USB connected device (thumb drive, external hard drive, etc).Like I said, I'm really impressed with these devices. It is very easy to setup and they auto-pair with the home device, so connecting it was as simple as plug and play. Now that we have these two systems running, we've gotten a little bit of a camera bug. We are thinking of different applications and setups. I would easily buy another system. This could be used as a portable monitoring system straight out of the box. All you would need are a set of four tripods to mount each camera and power running to each.I did not receive any discount, offer or any form of compensation for this review. I believe good products deserve good reviews, and this is one great product!--------------------------------------------------------------UPDATE - JUNE 9 2018--------------------------------------------------------------Just wanted to leave a note about the system. It has been nearly 2 years (and 2 winters) that I have been using these systems. They are still working perfectly. The only issue I had was one camera had some sort of power issue and would not appear on the base station. The way I have my cameras setup is with some overlap, meaning that I have at least one camera that can see at least one other camera. The camera with the power issue could be seen "flashing" the IR lights during night use. I unplugged the camera and let sit a few months. I thought I would need to replace it, but on a whim I plugged it back in and now it's working fine. Don't know what that issue was...Still very happy with my purchase and considering buying another system. Just have to choose between the 4-channel or e 8-channel.————————————————————UPDATE: October 2021————————————————————Oct 2021 - one of the two systems has failed and I cannot seem to revive it. The base station powers/boots up, but has lost the signal from the 4 wireless cameras. All 4 cameras went dark at the same time (they are on different circuits and various distances away from the base station) right after a solar storm. I wonder if the solar storm messed up the transmitters…Looks like it might be time to purchase a replacement system. Definitely got my money’s worth… technology lasted 5 years in an outdoor northern MN setting. Last two winters got to -34F.

Got this for our foaling barn. was easy to set up and is working ok. occassionally has issues connecting but seems to be good enough. Wished it more cameras and also wished it works on Chrome not just IE.. Also not happy that description said it zoomed and found out that doesn't work yet.Update: I liked this system up until the beginning of 2020. Now one system of 8 cameras can only been seen on my phone when I'm attached to the same wifi that the cameras are. I have sent emails to support and even talked to them on the phone and they have no idea whats wrong. In the beginning I could watch these cameras from the caribbean when on vacation now can't connect outside the door when off that wifi.

THIS IS A GOOD SYSTEM, BUT ITS NOT WITHOUT ITS WIERD LIL ISSUES.1ST, VERY EASY TO GET UP AND RUNNING, IT IS TRULY A PLUG IT IN AND GO TYPE ARRANGEMENT. THE ABILITY VIA HDMI CONNECTION, TO RUN IT ON A DEDICATED LARGE SCREEN TV IS VERY NICE AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE BOUGHT THIS SET.CAMERAS ARE VERY CLEAR, VERY CLEAN IMAGES. IR / NIGHT TIME USE IS EQUALLY AS GOOD, EXCELLENT DETAIL IN THE IMAGES. CLICK TO ZOOM IS ALSO A PLUS, BUT IT IS SET TO A SINGLE ZOOM LEVEL (NOT ADJUSTABLE OR DYNAMIC).CAM FIELD OF VIEW ISNT THE GREATEST AND THERE IS NO ABILITY TO ADJUST THAT EITHER, FOR THE PRICE POINT, BOTH ISSUES ARE AS EXPECTED, JUST KNOW IF THE CAM IS SET TOO CLOSE TO THE AREA YOU WISH TO MONITOR, THE FOV WILL BE TOO TIGHT AND THE ONLY WAY TO ADJUST THAT IS BY RELOCATIONG THE CAM ITSELF.RIGHT CLICKING OF THE MOUSE, OPENS UP A SMALL MENU OF SORTS, READING THAT HOWEVER IS NOT FOR THE FAR SIGHTED, AS ITS VERY SMALL TEXT/WINDOW AND RATHER HARD TO READ. SOME OF THE FEATURES LISTED ON THE MENU, SUCH AS 'VOLUME" DO NOT WORK AND ONE HAS TO WONDER WHY THEY ARE THERE, AS THE SYSTEM HAS NO SOUND AND APPARENTLY NO WAY TO ADD MIC/SOUND(??)INSTRUCTIONS ANYWHERE ARE VERY MINIMAL. *YOU WILL NEED TO GO ONLINE TO CHRYSTAL VISIONS WEB SITE FOR THE FULL MANUAL, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE FOUND STATED ANYWHERE ON THE MENU OR IN THE TINY INSTRUCTION SET UP GUIDE..., JUST HAPPENED TO STUMBLE INTO IT WHILE TRYING TO FIND ANSWERES FOR ANOTHER ISSUE WE HAVE, WHICH IS; SOMETIMES ON JUST 1 CAM, WE EXPERIENCE SERIOUSLY DELAYED FEEDBACK ON THE MONITOR, UP TO 45-50 SECONDS ON JUST 1 OF THE 4 CAMERAS IN OUR SET. ITS NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT MOST TIMES. DISTANCE TO BASE STATION IS LSS THAN 40 FT AND THRU ONLY 1 INTERIOR WALL...OTHER CAMS ARE OK AND SIMILARLY MOUNTED. WE TRIED THE ADD ON ATTENNA EXTENSION, IT WAS JUNK AND MADE MATTERS EVEN WORSE. :(OVERALL A GOOD ALL AROUND SET, FOR THE PRICE IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND A BETTER MORE COMPLETE SET-UP, BUT WITH A FEW MINOR TWEEKS FROM THE MANF, THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME SET.