Samsung SDH-B74081 8 Channel HD Security DVR SDR-B74301 Only with Accessories (Supports up to 1080p Analog Cameras)

Very nice DVR for the price. Installation was a breeze. The picture is great and remote view works like a charm. Even though I do not use Samsung brand cameras or cables, the system works perfectly.As a little side note for those of you doing the install yourselves....buy quality cables. Many of the cables sold on Amazon may advertise as "premimium" or "professional" quality although many times that is not the case. A good quality siemese cable with RG59 coax and 18awg power is my suggestion. With short runs it may not be as important but for good picture quality you need good cables. If you are putting your time and effort to pull cable through attics, basements or crawl spaces, and into walls; do it correctly the first time.

It works OK for now, but the new Wiseview app update in March 2017 rendered my older Samsung tablet useless. Luckily I found an oldet version of Wiseview and downloaded from an identity theft sight that forced me to sign up for a bunch of BS but thats OK. I gave them bad info. Also, for some reason I can't get channel 1 to record motion. All other channels work perfectly and record motion as well. Wiseview is OK but I like my other Samsung system thst uses iPolis software MUCH better.

Got this after returning a Zosi product that I could not to get to work. This one is much better, but I am amazed at how confused many customers are about how to make these things connect to the internet and to smart phones. I think these companies assume that we all have knowledge of IP addresses and DNS and everything else related to how the internet works. Looking at numerous blogs online, I find that many people are as frustrated as I am about how this all flows. Isn't there a better way to explain how to do this? (The answer is yes, but you have to track down some You Tube videos online that explain it in layman's terms!). Regardless, this DVR is finally working, we are able to get it on both our smart phones, but I still haven't gotten it to run on my computer - still need to take some hours to track down exactly what is wrong there. Images are good, it works with the six cameras that were here when we moved in, and works with the two new Zosi cameras we just bought. One thing I don't like is that you are very limited in how the screens display - from what I can tell, there are basically six options: one large image, four images, nine images, then two split configurations of six and nine with one large image and several smaller ones, and finally, a scrolling option that goes 5 secs on one image for each camera. It is interesting to me that the DVR is 8 channel, and yet there is not an option to have eight equal-sized images on the screen. We like that it has a remote, although we seem to use the attached mouse more because it is easier to get through the menus. Recording is pretty straightforward, and playback, etc. works well. All in all, we are pretty satisfied with this DVR versus the other two we were dealing with.

Instructions are terrible. It gives you no help with setting up to view remotely. I called support and quickly got it set up for remote view. You install Wiseview and scan the tag on the bottom and put in your p/w. Very easy.Problem is, I leave home and go to Wiseview on my Samsung phone and the device is no longer there! I get home and scan the tag again and it reads "failed to connect". So I uninstall and reinstall the Wiseview app and scan the tag. Fine, working great.Next day or so I'm sitting at home and open the app.Same thing again, the device is not there!!Use the same procedure, uninstall and reinstall.I have to do this every time I want to see the cameras, this just is NOT right!Called cust supp yet again. He did the remote fix thing and set it up through the firewall. I told him my system is not the problem. So ok it worked. The next day guess what! The app lost the device again. Just didf a return process for it, UPS picking up tomorrow.I ordered the Amcrest 960H 8CH 1TB Security Camera DVR, will give it a try...Shame on you Samsung! The unit is great for internal network use but not with Wiseview. That app is the downfall.And of course they don't read these reviews...

I bought this to replace an old Defender system, with a mix of 5 existing wired and wireless cameras. The setup was easy compared to the clunky old system. I just plugged in the cameras and used the same network settings (ip, subnet, gateway, dns) and it was up and running in a few minutes. I did the rest of the setup and motion settings from my pc. I will be buying more wireless cameras to reach the far side of the house to finish off all 8 cameras.The only issue was getting the email notification to work. The test email kept failing indicating that there was a ‘network error or incorrect DNS’ when in fact it was the email settings that were wrong. The same settings I use in outlook for my Comcast email didn’t work, but my Outlook Gmail server settings worked right away. These Gmail settings worked: SSL enable, 587, smtp.gmail.com, [email protected], pw.