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

34Ford

n3wb
Aug 15, 2020
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North Carolina
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.
Thoughts on it as my replacement?
 

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Good though slightly dated.

But the new models will be 2x that price