Customer Reviews for Night Owl - 12 Channel 8 Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wired 2K 2TB DVR Security System with 2-way Audio - Black/White
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Donot buy
on September 22, 2026
Posted by: Fnightowl
from Dfw
Gender:Male
Donot buy any of the nightowl cameras, DVR doesn’t work it says no hdd where there is 2Tb harddisk. Not once but twice i will never suggest anyone to buy.
Great solution for my office. Didn't want audio A+
on December 15, 2025
Posted by: DrewFinance
from Omaha, NE
Gender:Male
Was looking for a system that wouldn't record audio as my clients talk about personal matters and share sensitive information about retirement and investments. Did want video for security and as a deterent from break-ins though. This is a great balance. If I need audio in reception or other area I can always add it with Wi-Fi camera per Night Owl.
Just purchased these cameras NVR was bad sent it back they sent me a replacement and that unit was from 2024. Keep getting false alerts they do not work as intended!
I bought this one in March of 2024. It was easy to set up and worked great till July of 2025. The hard Drive went out and was making a low tone noise. I thought I had upgraded but it went out way too soon.
I am disappointed that FTD4-81-8L does not support single channel viewing sequentially through active channels. Not being able to view channels sequentially on FTD4-81-8L is a letdown. I wish FTD4-81-8L had a function that allowed for single channel viewing in a sequential order.
Positives of this product are that the color and picture clarity is good. Easy to install, connects to both monitor and phone app. Negatives of this product is that video relay to screen is a little delayed and the wide angle distortion starts to far from the camera for our needs.
Machine is great and easy to setup. The app is not easy to setup also would like to see the app available for smart tv so the view is large. When interface the phone to tgg by e tv the pi’s is small like on the phone