DVR That Supports Old Analog Cameras

[ich-ni-san]

It’s been a long time since I’ve shopped for a DVR. Brand names have changed. Security considerations have definitely changed. I’m hoping someone here has more recent experience and can point at a few brands worth considering.

I’m looking for:

• 16 analog channels (if it can also support a few additional IP cameras, that’s a small plus)
• support for older analog cameras
• support for PTZ cameras via RS 485 and Pelco P
• Free Android and iPhone viewers
• Web viewer compatible with Chrome & Firefox (I’m seeing some that still refer to IE as the preferred web browser )
• Preferably a brand that’s not on any government “banned” list

Any brands I should be paying extra attention to?

[somedude2]

@ich-ni-san

compatible with Chrome & Firefox

That may be the harder part, One of the reasons we upgraded all our HW was the video player would only run in IE, was unsupported, and had some security issue that made IE mad also…sigh

OpenEye had a hybrid analog/IP solution to allow slow/incremental upgrades, but they are a cloud solution …

[LuisC]

Off top of my head, brands you can look at are Hanwha Security and Digital Watchdog. Not sure if Lilin @blake-murphy still makes DVRs. I believe Pelco DVRs may still be around but you’ll want to ask the dealer for country of origin for particular models.

[blake-murphy]

Lilin have a Hybrid DVR, that takes any combination of IP or Coax cameras .
UTC AHD/ TVI/ CVI H264/H265 cameras all supported.
HTML5 Web UI.
Free app connection & P2P key
NDAA/TAA compliant
It’s one of our more unique offerings
Thanks @LuisC

[microsoftfanboy]

I believe that I’ve heard that synology NAS can function as a DVR as well.

dvr:nas:synology [HDHomeRun]

it at least seems possible. And given they can do so many other things, might be worth considering.

[ich-ni-san]

@microsoftfanboy

I believe that I’ve heard that synology NAS can function as a DVR as well.

I believe that’s more as DVR storage. I don’t think the NAS has the 16 BNC connectors.

[brianklish2 (Brian Klish)]

Correct. You would need to purchase a video encoder that has the connectors and would encode the video for a Synology NAS or any video surveillance software really.