Night Owl B-APDVR5-4600

5 reviews

Apr, 2024

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

No Mac Support

Mac users BEWARE - This DVR kit is good for home users but if you are MacOS-based , it will sadly not work for you. Not recommended for business use.

Inexpensive 4-camera DVR kit. Had it up and running in 15 minutes from my Windows PC (but if you're based off MacOS - read below). Decent image quality from cameras

Web interface is outdated and only works with Internet Explorer due to ActiveX control (who still uses that??). Newegg's description says it supports Safari 5.0 ,but I have Safari 5.1.2 and the included Safari plugin does not work. Tech support's...

Feb, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

NEVER AGAIN - READ THIS

I wouldn't have rated high based on experience but really didn't want to even give 1 egg based on my feelings for new egg.

Decent System UNTIL

Hard Drive Crapped after two weeks. Still not a problem, but I needed the device working. I stuck a new drive in I had in stock, in a matter of minutes I was up and running. Happy until I called support, which told me since I opened the unit (which has...

Feb, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Very Bad Image Quality

Price is reasonable

Very bad image. Night vision is none

Jan, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Decent for Price

Found discounted and on sale. Price directed me to this unit. Not as clear as "high" dollar units at work but not a high dollar unit. I did purchase an additional camera of another brand to get wider view of one area. Cameras in night owl unit would...

Has features I really didn't expect for the price, Motion Record, Search Based on Date, Decent Quality Recordings, Zoom Ability using mouse and drawing a box to zoom on

I now have interference that keeps my remote on my garage door opener from working unless extremely close to the opener. Power off system, it raises and lowers via remote, power system on, it don't. Go figure but something is using same frequency or...

Jan, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Night Owl B-APDVR5-4CM-8LCD 4 Channel H.264 Level Surveillance DVR Kit

None

Hard drive went bad after 6 months, No warranty, No manufacturer support, Phone support puts you on hold for hours only to tell you to call back later, poor resolution, Do not buy

Jan, 2012

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