Should I move up to a NVR after 16+ years?

[34Ford]

I've have had various dvr's since before 2008 and they have been hdcvi systems. I now have a Duhua XVR5116H-I3 or Smart PSS says its a XVR501H-16-I3 bought back in '22. A Penta-brid 16ch. which I have 12 hdcvi cameras currently working.

Big downside to this system was the running of siamese coax to every camera, especially to my remote garage and barn. While that was a pain to install it has been working flawless unlike these people with wireless cameras.
Now it does look like I can add IP cameras to this dvr from ch 17-24. But have never tried as I don't have any IP cameras.

So I can see the advantage of a NVR especially out to the garage and barn. I already have a underground ethernet coax running thu conduit out to the garage. So I assume I could just put a POE switch out there for those 5 cameras.

So I am looking for a 16 ch. Dahua NVR. I saw this one for sale in here.

https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/dhi-nvr5216-16p-i-for-sale.83245/

Thoughts on it as my replacement?

 

[bigredfish]

Good though slightly dated.

But the new models will be 2x that price

 

[34Ford]

Well I have been looking in Andys store and I don't see a NVR16 with just 8 poe ports so I have narrowed down to the EmpireTech NVR16CH-16P-2AI 16 EmpireTech NVR16CH-16P-2AI 16 Channels 1U 16PoE 2HDD Network Video Rec or the EmpireTech NVR16CH-16P-2AI-S2 16CH 1U 16PoE EmpireTech NVR16CH-16P-2AI-S2 16CH 1U 16PoE 2HDDs WizSense Network Vid

For $2 more dollars get the 2AI-S2 ?

 

[bigredfish]

For $50 more even. Yes

 

[34Ford]

For $50 more even. Yes

$50? I see $436.99 and $438.99. Am I missing something?

 

[bigredfish]

No I’m just saying I would easily pay more for the S2

 

[LeonUK]

Given 12 working HDCVI cameras and existing ethernet to the outbuildings, I’d keep the XVR and simply add IP cameras (via a PoE switch) to channels 17–24.

 

[bigredfish]

Depends on your long term plans and if you’re happy with the CVI cameras.

I ran an XVR for many years and it was fine. Image quality was actually pretty good.. Then about 5 years ago having added some IP cameras and seeing the difference, I slowly switched over to all IP.

Biggest problem with CVI/analog is you don’t know what you don’t know.
#1 is being not able to set true separate day/night profiles with exposure etc. which is huge. Then you see the superior AI features/options afforded by IP cams/NVR. Better Cabling options, Being able to run 2 cameras from a single cable, Greater Camera selection, etc.

 

[34Ford]

Given 12 working HDCVI cameras and existing ethernet to the outbuildings, I’d keep the XVR and simply add IP cameras (via a PoE switch) to channels 17–24.

True. My CVI cameras are working ok and a few weeks ago I did just what you said and I bought a Reolink RLC-510A and a Netgear GS308EP switch just to see if it would work. Well it did. But since I have all this siamese coax run instead of cat6 it is going to be expensive to swap over to a new NVR and cameras.

 

[34Ford]

Depends on your long term plans and if you’re happy with the CVI cameras.

I ran an XVR for many years and it was fine. Image quality was actually pretty good.. Then about 5 years ago having added some IP cameras and seeing the difference, I slowly switched over to all IP.

Biggest problem with CVI/analog is you don’t know what you don’t know.
#1 is being not able to set true separate day/night profiles with exposure etc. which is huge. Then you see the superior AI features/options afforded by IP cams/NVR. Better Cabling options, Being able to run 2 cameras from a single cable, Greater Camera selection, etc.

Oh I know the benefits of all IP. Its just going to take some time and money to slowly move over. But I have to say, my old Dahua and my coax has been flawless for years compared to people with wifi cameras having to swap batteries and no connections.