Trendnet TV-NVR104K

By Jim Hill

This box of surveillance tricks from Trendnet includes everything you need to set up a multi-room security system that’ll cover the inside and outside of your office. Ethernet cabling, fixing screws, a mouse and two network cameras are all included, and you can add two more cameras to the four-way NVR (network video recorder) when you’re ready to upgrade.

Thanks to the plug-and-play nature of PoE (Power over Ethernet), this one-box solution is fully operational as soon as you connect all of the cables. So all you need is a Wi-Fi network and a monitor to complete the installation and start your surveillance, recording in 720p resolution onto the 1TB hard drive.

We should point out that the cameras are cabled, but you can monitor and manipulate the NVR wirelessly over the internet from your smartphone or computer. On the face of it, this product seems easy and inexpensive enough, but it’s not the most user-friendly solution around.

Design

The average NVR surveillance system is rarely a thing of beauty, but Trendnet’s TV-NVR104K looks neat enough with its trim white casing and matching ice white cameras. The square-shaped NVR houses a 1TB SATA hard drive in a plastic unit small enough to fit …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac