[4CH] Crystal Vision CVT9604E-3010W All-in-One True HD Wireless Surveillance System NVR CCTV w/ 2TB HDD, Built-in Monitor & Router, Camera Auto Pair

This is the full package for your home or office security. I actually have two of these systems, and intentionally left them off my home network because I wanted to record an event and they performed flawlessly. I could see all 4 cameras on each system using the included monitor and the recordings were saved to the internal hard drive. Only after the event did I reposition the location of the cameras and then plugged the monitor/base station into my home router so that I could check in while away from home. All that was required was finding the IP address of my home router and then typing that into the setup prompts on the monitor/ base station. I have been using both systems for 1-year (all 8 cameras mounted outdoors) and I can't say enough good about this system. The cameras have worked perfectly in the rain and throughout the cold winter when the outside temp got down to -17 F (Minnesota winter...). It is a completely stand alone system that works right out of the box. No confusing system jargon to slog through, no initializing. I saw another reviewer who gave this one star - we must have received completely different products, because all I did was inbox it, plugged in the cameras and base station to power, connected the camera antennas, and turned it on. No LAN lines were ever unpackaged and I had 4 live, streaming video feeds pop up on the monitor. The system comes ready for 2 LAN connections. One is from the central processor (the box with the monitor, hard drive and antennas) that plugs into your home network. The second is an optional connection from the cameras to the central processor. You can either use this to create a "wired" setup or choose to not use this and your cameras will communicate wirelessly to the central processor. On a positive note- the central processor has its own independent wireless router, so that means you are not consuming bandwidth on your home wifi router just to push video. Only when you are viewing your cameras through the IP Pro software will you be using your home wifi. There are many options for each camera. You can name each camera something meaningful, you can adjust the sensitivity of the motion detection, as well as define the area in the field of view that has motion sensing triggers by selecting to turn on/off a grid work of squares (about 20 x 30 squares on the 10.1" monitor), as well as set the duration of time that motion must occur before recording starts. You can set it up to perform one or any combination of actions after an event triggers recording: send an email to up to 2 recipients, send an alert through the IP Pro app, sound a buzzer on the monitor-hard drive unit and/or sound an external alarm. I haven't played with all of these yet, but I did get the app alert to work one day. I turned the app alert off because I hadn't dialed in the sensitivity nor the active zones on each camera. You can set up to 4 record timers that will record regardless of motion or not (just regular, uninterrupted video) and then search for any recorded events, timed or motion triggered, using an intuitive, color coded playback feature. If needed, you can find, then save a backup copy of video events to any USB connected device (thumb drive, external hard drive, etc). Like I said, I'm really impressed with these devices. It is very easy to setup and they auto-pair with the home device, so connecting it was as simple as plug and play. Now that we have these two systems running, we've gotten a little bit of a camera bug. We are thinking of different applications and setups. I would easily buy another system. This could be used as a portable monitoring system straight out of the box. All you would need are a set of four tripods to mount each camera and power running to each. I did not receive any discount, offer or any form of compensation for this review. I believe good products deserve good reviews, and this is one great product! -------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE - JUNE 9 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------- Just wanted to leave a note about the system. It has been nearly 2 years (and 2 winters) that I have been using these systems. They are still working perfectly. The only issue I had was one camera had some sort of power issue and would not appear on the base station. The way I have my cameras setup is with some overlap, meaning that I have at least one camera that can see at least one other camera. The camera with the power issue could be seen "flashing" the IR lights during night use. I unplugged the camera and let sit a few months. I thought I would need to replace it, but on a whim I plugged it back in and now it's working fine. Don't know what that issue was... Still very happy with my purchase and considering buying another system. Just have to choose between the 4-channel or e 8-channel. ———————————————————— UPDATE: October 2021 ———————————————————— Oct 2021 - one of the two systems has failed and I cannot seem to revive it. The base station powers/boots up, but has lost the signal from the 4 wireless cameras. All 4 cameras went dark at the same time (they are on different circuits and various distances away from the base station) right after a solar storm. I wonder if the solar storm messed up the transmitters… Looks like it might be time to purchase a replacement system. Definitely got my money’s worth… technology lasted 5 years in an outdoor northern MN setting. Last two winters got to -34F.

Got this for our foaling barn. was easy to set up and is working ok. occassionally has issues connecting but seems to be good enough. Wished it more cameras and also wished it works on Chrome not just IE.. Also not happy that description said it zoomed and found out that doesn't work yet. Update: I liked this system up until the beginning of 2020. Now one system of 8 cameras can only been seen on my phone when I'm attached to the same wifi that the cameras are. I have sent emails to support and even talked to them on the phone and they have no idea whats wrong. In the beginning I could watch these cameras from the caribbean when on vacation now can't connect outside the door when off that wifi.

There are so many camera systems out there to choose from that it can overwhelm you. It did me. I am writing this review based upon my experience with a system that so far has very much lived up to what the manufacturer has promised. Kind of rare these days. This camera system was a newer system put on the market in Aug so it did not have a lot of reviews to look through. The ones it did have were rated 5 star. I chose this camera system based on the 1 star reviews and complaints of several other camera systems that their wifi is very slow after the cameras were installed. I have had no problem with this as of yet. With this system the cameras are not suppose to bog down router with traffic. One of the reasons I chose it. The cameras were easy to install and linked up exceptionally well and are not very noticeable. Clarity is by far above my expectations. I have LED dusk to dawn lights which I thought might mess with evening clarity. Not a problem looks awesome. My son linked up cameras and got system working in less than 20 minutes. He linked our cell phones up so we can monitor the cameras anytime we are away from home. The built in monitor on the base unit is a very nice feature to glance at while your in the house. I have only had it up and running now for a little over a week but have no regrets with my choice so far. By far a very good product for the money. If anything new arises I will be sure to let you know. Hope this helps

Good but with a major design flaw. Overall I'm pleased with this camera/monitor set up. Good clear pictures during the day and pretty good night time viewing too. Easy to set up and nice that they came with an extra 18 feet of power cable for each camera although I had to buy a couple more cables to get to a power supply for 2 of the cameras. There is a slight lag of a couple of seconds but that's all. It's a bit tricky to get a good signal for all 4 cameras and it's more about getting the base station in a good position away from other routers and such like. There is a big design fault for the cameras. If you want to mount a camera on a wall, and have it turned fully to the left to look along the wall the antenna gets in the way. It will turn all the way to the right but not left. The solution according to Crystal Vision is to buy one of their stand alone antennas so you can get the full left turn. And at over $12 a time that's a bit much. I bought a couple of foot long antenna extensions that sorted the job for $6 each but still, I think Crystal Vision should supply these as they know about this fault. So yeah, a good system but only 3 stars because if you want your cameras to face left you have to buy extra antenna extension cables. Upgraded to 4 stars for great customer service and fast replacement of a faulty camera.

We recently experienced some break-Ins in my neighborhood and while I have security cameras and alarms inside my home, I didn't have any external surveillance. After researching many wifi security cameras for the exterior of my home, I decided to go with the Crystal Vision 4 camera system. If you are looking for a quality system with excellent high color resolution, then look no further. I could not be more satisfied with this system. It comes with 4 wireless cameras, all the cables, wi-fi antennas and power cords you need for connection. All required is a std 110 power outlet for each one. The base station has a built in color monitor that auto divides into 4 screens. You can use this monitor (which swivels and can be closed down) or run an HDMI cable out of the back of the base unit into another color monitor and have two separate viewing stations. Crystal Vision Technology NVR - Built-in 10.1" monitor - 4Ch Wireless HD NVR with built-in router - Wireless distance: up to 350ft in open area - Camera and NVR Auto-Pair - HDMI outputs: up to 1080p - Real time live view, 4Ch sync-playback at 15fps - Support 1 SATA 3.5" HDD, support up to 4TB - Motion email alerts - Easy remote access from anywhere anytime - Remote playback videos in HDD from mobile - Digital zoom available - Power supply: DC 12V 3A - Operation temperature: -10C~55C - Size: 258 x 210 x 42 mm Camera - True HD wireless camera - 4mm lens for wide angle view - 3 LED arrays IR distance up to 80ft - Solid made IP66 cameras - Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n - Anti-thunder level: Standard IEC61000-4-5 - Working temperature: -10C ~ 50C - Power supply: 12V 1A - Size: 205 x 70 x 55mm Package Includes - 1x 4Ch Wireless True HD NVR with built-in 10.1" monitor - 4x Wireless True HD cameras - 1x 12V 3A Power adapter for NVR - 4x 12V 1A Power adapter for cameras - 4x 16ft Power extension cable - 1x 3ft Network cable - 1x Mouse - 1x User guide Do you want high resolution night vision? Well this is the best I've seen and I've checked them all out. The night vision is a very clear non-grainy black and white that sees well into the night. The base unit has recording capability and allows the user to establish the time frame, days and times for recording. An easy search can bring up a recorded period of time indicating date, hour and time. Memory for recording is huge; I've had the system a couple of months and haven't had to remove any recorded data from the internal Hard drive. It just keeps on recording. Download the IP PRO app on your smart phone and access your cameras remotely from anywhere. The shipper released my order through Amazon very promptly and everything arrived in 3 days. Finally if you are in need of a great indoor or outdoor security surveillance system; you just found it! Thank you Crystal Vision!

UPDATE: NVR/DVR Unit completely stopped working today, product not even 1 year old. I received this pretty quick by Amazons UPS ship method. The cameras are relatively easy to install and mount. There is a 3-4 second delay on what the cameras see’s (records) on the NVR unit to when you see the movement on the built in monitor. Cameras have a very narrow small view field of view. The phone app IP Pro works some of the time. The website they give you in the instruction booklet that came with the NVR system to view all cameras live from your desktop takes you to a website where you should be able to view live feed on your laptop or desktop, however you have to use Internet Explorer ONLY to utilize it and this site for the live feed freezes up and crashes constantly. There is a huge delay, 5-6 seconds on the live feed / website from the time movement occurs to when you actually see it. You do have to download a small program on your computer to get this to work (if it works at all). You need to back up the video recordings on a USB, and the file system they are using for the videos is FAT32 (old file system), not NTFS (current file system). This might cause problems for some computers when trying to view the recordings. Also the video is put into separate files, its not just one continuous video. So when you download the videos from your USB to your computer or cloud file just know you will be staring at hundreds of separate recordings which will take a while to download. The camera quality is what’s expected. It is 720p. It isn’t super sharp, colors are not that crisp even when you try to adjust the quality in the NVR system itself, but I can’t say that the quality of video is too bad, it is what you pay for. The firm ware on the company’s site looks like an older firm ware than the one that came with the NVR. I have tried to contact support via email to ask for help with the phone app IP Pro, since it just doesn’t seem to work, but have yet to hear from anyone. I have tried to contact the sellers on their actual company website to get more information on what the latest firm ware version is currently but still have not heard from anyone. When I received the verification link to register through the IP Pro phone app it took me to an unencrypted site and Gmail popped up a huge warning saying this is not a safe site (hackers may try to steal your info). On the Gmail message it shows the red broken lock and when you hover over it it says “**** **** did not encrypt this message”. I went ahead and continued to click the link anyway and it routed to a Shanghai site briefly, then said this sites license expired 588 days ago, and in broken English popped up a message that said you are now registered. Now, I bought a Fish Eye camera (apparently made by the same people) that stopped working less than a month, and that camera uses the VR Cam app that is made by the same people IP Pro phone app, the same thing happened with that phone app for that video surveillance camera, it just didn’t work. Trying to get support for this video surveillance system is very difficult, even though its been a couple of days I still haven’t heard from anyone. I have only had this particular NVR video surveillance system for several days, so I will update this review later should anything change such as a breakdown of equipment or the sellers actually getting ahold of me. I looked at a number of DVR/NVR Video Camera systems and this one was very inexpensive compared to American made better known systems.

I purchased 4 channel, 2 TB, version in September of 2017, and here it is two year later and the darn thing just keeps working! I've used the system to retrieve recorded video multiple times and it didn't take long to find what I was looking for with the motion-record feature. The night-vision is reasonably good and I can make out who's who in the nighttime, which is a must. I hung up the cameras, they found the NVR automatically and started recording, it was so simple! The AP is pretty good too, but sometimes it will have its hickups, but works for remote-viewing just fine for me. I do recommend this product based on the fact that it's easy to setup and use, and it has 2 TB of storage so you don't have to pay a cloud service any monthly fees whatsoever. I just leave the monitor on day and night in my office and I was afraid it would just wear out, but it just keeps going. I did have to dust off a couple cameras this year because of spider webs, but that's just common routine maintenance for an outdoor system.

The Camera setup easy.The screen is pretty nice and The range for wireless is great. I like that their is extra power cord extensions. Camera view is good and clear but fairly narrow.Night vision is good. I haven't use the online Apps yet but will update when I do. For the menu of the box top, It is not very intuitive at all and is very sluggish to use.Time zone setup is strange. All in all I like this setup outer than the few things I mentioned. And trying to find the warranty info is next to imposable . I had to go to another vendor to find out this set has a one year warranty. Update I changed the rating to two stars. The cameras work well and are easy to set up. But I have had to buy extender antenna cables to get the antenna inside the house for this set to be useful. But even with that I would have rated this security set at 4 stars but the horrid android App is unacceptable and no one to go to to get it fixed or another App that works. It would seem that a company that has invested money to sell something would at least make a working program for the item they are selling. I have sepnt much time trying to just connect and it just loops me around over and over. Update again It appears that power adapter is causing the problems and Crystal Vision is sending me a new power supply for this. So I added back two stars for good costumer service. Well see how it works.