Upgrading 8 year old NVR and Cameras

Jul 20, 2018
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In 2018 I bought a Dahua NVR4208-8P-4KS2 with Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-ZE turret cameras. It's been helpful over the years, especially when my neighbor's house got broken it. It provided decent nighttime pictures of the perps walking up to the side gate.

I'm looking to upgrade to get better nighttime performance and more crisp daytime video. What camera would you recommend to replace my 5231 cameras? Also, should I upgrade my NVR or is my current one still good enough to handle modern cameras?

When I ordered my cameras in 2018 and I got them direct from China from Empire Andy. With the current tariffs and trade tensions with China, what is the best way to order now?

Thanks!
 
as far as whom to Order From ANDY is still the man... I will let the big boyz/smart guys answer the other Q's ;)
 
Still can order from Andy

Recommend generally upgrading to the 5442 series (Andy part# 54IR series)

Would think about updating the NVR more because of increased bandwidth than anything.
I'm running many of the latest Dahua cameras, 4MP and some 4K on a 5216-16P-4KS2E - very similar to yours but with more bandwidth capacity

The cameras do 99% of the work
 
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