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Only at Best Buy Monitor your home or office with this Swann Professional HD digital video recorder. Four cameras capture activity in real time for monitoring directly from your smartphone, and the 500GB hard drive lets you record and save video for viewing later. This Swann professional HD digital video recorder provides up to 15 days of continuous recording.
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Good Product, Gets the Job Done
on December 10, 2016
Posted by: SpiralSam
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This is a good product for the value, although I had one camera have the IR Filter issue being stuck, I contacted Swann and they had the product RMA'd rather rapidly. For me, the product has already paid for itself. The first night after installation, I captured evidence of individuals trying to break into several of my vehicles and the video evidence gathered from the Swann video camera was quickly sent over to the authorities. The process of extracting the recorded video from the DVR to a USB drive was very simple and quick. I set the DVR to record at the highest possible resolution and the individuals were easily identifiable.
I installed the product myself and it took a weekend and a 1-man crew to install all 8 cameras in the exterior of the house and the wiring. The cameras are enclosed in a plastic, water-sealed case that seems to do well for protecting the internals from the elements. I opted not to mount them in direct sunlight the best I could.
The DVR interface takes a little getting used to but once you're over that hump, it's smooth sailing from there. It comes with a 500GB hard drive but is upgradeable to a 4TB capacity.
Overall, this is a good product for the price, especially if you got it on sale or as a Black Friday deal. The only issues I ran into were the included wires not being of adequate length, I had to buy my own, and after the first night, one of the cameras IR filters would not switch off so it was recording in night-vision all day long.
I installed the product myself and it took a weekend and a 1-man crew to install all 8 cameras in the exterior of the house and the wiring. The cameras are enclosed in a plastic, water-sealed case that seems to do well for protecting the internals from the elements. I opted not to mount them in direct sunlight the best I could.
The DVR interface takes a little getting used to but once you're over that hump, it's smooth sailing from there. It comes with a 500GB hard drive but is upgradeable to a 4TB capacity.
Overall, this is a good product for the price, especially if you got it on sale or as a Black Friday deal. The only issues I ran into were the included wires not being of adequate length, I had to buy my own, and after the first night, one of the cameras IR filters would not switch off so it was recording in night-vision all day long.
My Best Buy number: 4238818659
My Best Buy number: 4238818659
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Only at Best Buy Monitor your home or office with this Swann Professional HD digital video recorder. Four cameras capture activity in real time for monitoring directly from your smartphone, and the 500GB hard drive lets you record and save video for viewing later. This Swann professional HD digital video recorder provides up to 15 days of continuous recording.
Only at Best Buy Monitor your home or office with this Swann Professional HD digital video recorder. Four cameras capture activity in real time for monitoring directly from your smartphone, and the 500GB hard drive lets you record and save video for viewing later. This Swann professional HD digital video recorder provides up to 15 days of continuous recording.