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115 of 126 people found the following review helpful.
A long time Q-see user discovers their most recent product
By HMMWV
I purchased my introductory q-see DVR (digital video recorder) in regards to 3 years ago right here on amazon.com. It was known as a “PENTAPLEX” which meant you could do 5 things at the same time – record live video from multiple channels, backup the hard disk, view video remotely over the internet, view video locally on a TV set, and search through recordings to find out who took your recycle bin full of cans. Pentaplex and Triplex are names given as to how a lot of activenesses the unit may do simultaneously.
16 of 17 persons found the following review helpful.
Excellent product, top value.
By B. Forooghi
I just installed this in my home with my 5 existent cameras and I will have to say that I am exceedingly impressed with this sub $200 system. It even has a great deal of features I wouldn’t suppose it to have. Specifically, FOUR audio in ports. Thats just unheard of even in much more highpriced systems. Usually they only have one or two audio ins.
Support for ALL smart phone operating schemes is EXCELLENT. QSee has written a committed app “Meye” for each phone (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, sorry no WP7) It’s VERY fast at streaming to my Android. It all went together so without apparent effort I just couldn’t believe it. I purchased this expecting to have to hack it here and there to get it to do what I want.
As the very diligent reviewer above said, this is not a $3k security system, but it is more than a great deal for any little to medium sized area. You’re not getting HD quality bank security footage with this thing, but man does it beat getting up to go see who’s at the front door…or anyplace else around the house for that matter. All I do is flip to channel 3 on any of my TV’s or hit the Meye app on my phone (its almost instant!).
A note:
Setup was easy for me because I’m moderately tech savvy. For network viewing, I had to fiddle with my network configuration due to the limitation on the DVR’s IP address configs. If you want to use a static IP it needs to have all 12 digits for a great deal of reason. I couldn’t get it to work with something like 192.168.1.5 (it needs like 192.168.100.005). Consider using a static IP for widgets that broadcast such as this one to ascertain you don’t loose signal because your router decisive to reset…
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Good buy, but missing an essential feature.
By Campboss
The Q-See QS408-5 8 Channel H.264 Smart Recording DVR with Pre-Installed 500GB is a good buy. The only disappointment so far is that when the display is in the 8 panel mode (showing all 8 camera views), it doesn’t go to full screen when a camera detects motion. I haven’t set up the Internet access yet, but it looks like a similar setup for the SVAT dvr that i just sent back for repairs.
I’ve submitted an inquiry to Q-See with regards to the full screen mode and I’m hoping I will be capable to come back here and rectify my criticism.
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