BTG 8CH 5MP 4 Cameras PoE Security Camera System 4K NVR Built-in PoE with Outdoor 5MP Surveillance IP PoE 4 Bullet Cameras HD 2592 x 1944 IR CCTV System H265 1TB HDD

This was our first experience with security cameras. After doing some research, we concluded there were several preferred features that we wanted and this BTG by Bolide series had them. These included: 1) Minimum of 5 mega-pixel cameras that are ONVIF compliant (meaning other ONVIF cameras can be used with this system so you are not required to use only BTG cameras). 2) Ability to record locally (we did not want to pay for cloud service). 3) H.265 coding, which stores twice as much video (compared to H.264) and remote streaming will be more efficient. 4) POE – Power Over Ethernet, meaning one ethernet cable (per camera) will provide power to the camera as well as the signal. Any camera would require a power wire and a wired connection for the signal is more reliable than wireless. Although not given in the description, this package comes with 100-foot ethernet cables for each camera, which is excellent. 5) Alarm, playback, and remote access features. We can monitor from anywhere with our PC, tablet, and/or phones. You can set an alarm to notify you of movement and it will send you a picture of the trigger event (via email only, not through the app). Bugs can trigger an alarm, so you will want to adjust the area and sensitivity of the trigger. You can go back in time and playback the video in detail as required. 6) Reasonable price.Other observations: In general, the interface of the NVR, which you must use to set-up the system, is user friendly assuming you have basic PC (and preferably some networking) skills. The infra-red (IR) lighting provides very decent night vision, as we live in the woods and it is very dark at night yet we can see reasonably for at least 50 feet. The remote monitoring using the app (we have iPhones) has worked very well (others have indicated that the Android app did not?).The only possible “complaint” might be the limited documentation, although the supplied mini-DVD (which we did not view because our PCs no longer have DVD players and we didn’t want to watch on TV) may have more details. Installation of the cameras and basic set-up of the system is quite easy, as they are pretty much plug-and-play. However, setting up various features, such as alarms and notifications, requires some patience and is a bit of trial-and-error without instructions.The quality of the components (NVR and cameras) appears to be very good. There is always concern about reliability and only time will tell I suppose. At the time of this review (Sept. 2018) we have had the system up and running for two weeks and so far, so good.

Not too bad but the title tricks you a bit. The cameras are not 4k capable. Looks good though. Night vision seems to work well. Setup was pretty easy. I haven't done the app yet or hooked up my home network to it.Update, for some reasons one (randomly) of the cameras keeps going black but when you open up the picture it's working. Says resource not available. There is no customer support to help with the issue. If I want to return this item I have to take everything back down. I'm a little disappointed because I spent the extra money on a more expensive system.

Arrived securely packaged with no visible damage, in a timely manner.Pros: Cameras are phenomenal, super clear and night vision is great (might add a small array of IR LED's to extend night vision even further beyond its already long range)set-up was a snap since I already had cables run from the previous system so I simply swapped out cameras and connected cables on the inside.Cons: Unable to set-up motion detection or zones need instructions to set-up properly.I resolved the HDD issues experienced earlier, was simply highlighting HDD then saw the tiny {select} box, which resolved issue. Not sure how to set-up remote viewing on mobile devices. A set of good instructions would have resolved many issues mentioned above.Overall, I'm happy with the system, aside from recording 24/7 and no motion det. or zones, sys seems stable and reliable. Very impressed with cameras performance, resolution and clarity.

Cameras have outstanding picture quality and excellent night vision. Its easy to set up remote viewing as long as you know how to open your router port(which you can google). My only complaint(as well as many others) is the Android app does not work. It will display the camera information but not the images. For that reason, I give it 3 stars. I will change to 5 stars if they get this fixed.Edit: I called tech support,left message....and Mike called back. He had the Android app working in 5 minutes. Here is the fix:In the google play store, Search for "BTGIP"(no spaces). I was originally using "BTG" which does not work. I uninstalled BTG and installed BTGIP. I than went under devices and added my camera by IP address(using the port that I configured in the router and the NVR). It worked!Im changing my rating to a 5 star for the quality of the cameras and the customer support!