I recently purchased this to replace a 3 year old 720TVL Lorex system. Overall I have been very impressed with ZMODO and have found a lot of advantages over Lorex
PROs
Cameras - The ZMODO cameras are solid metal and very rugged. I am impressed! My previous Lorex cameras were plastic. One drop on the ground from ladder height pretty much destroys a plastic camera. Even driving a screw to hard on the flange will cause problems.
LED status lights - I like that ZMODO included led status lights on the back of the NVR for each RJ45 connector. It makes installation much easier as I could tell from the blink pattern that a camera was communicating. Nice touch and also unexpected on a low cost system.
User Interface - I found the ZMODO user interface to be more intuitive than the Lorex UI. Using the mouse scroll wheel to adjust the time bar on playback works well and its easy to zoom into the time slot you want to look at.
Remote Connectivity - The app and remote connectivity worked the first time. No complicated port setup was required like the Lorex system.
Warranty Response - Immediately sent me a new camera because one had an IR problem. The new camera arrived within a week and everything works great.
Price - You really can't beat the price for this system, especially if you are ok with installing your own WD purple hardrive.
CONs
Camera - I had one camera that had an IR problem at night. (but quickly replaced by ZMODO) Hopefully I will have good reliability on the these cameras. In the 3 years with the Lorex cameras I had a 40% failure rate. Yes they honored the first couple of failure under warranty after losing two more cameras post warranty I gave up.
Cables - You have to be really careful with these cables. I pretested everything before installation so all cables were good out of the box. Unfortunately I ended up damaging two cables, probably from my poor aim with a staple gun but I really couldn't find the damage so it could have been a kink Note to others - use cable staples that you screw or nail in and be careful with tight bends.
Overall I can honestly say that this ZMODO system exceeded my expectations. I haven't enabled some of the more advanced features like motion detection or alert emails, but so far in basic mode this system works well.
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Great camera, but needs has some issues
This is a great camera system BUT recently I've noticed 3 out of my 8 cameras are white washed at night. To better describe, they look like their in a light fog with a bright light shinning in the fog.The other cameras look great at night, very crisp images at even further distances then the 3 bad ones.The first 2 pictures I added are on the same street with the same amount of street lighting, but you can see the difference.The 3rd picture is in my backyard with no lights except with the street lights on the next block.The 4th picture is from the same angle at the same time in my backyard but with a cheap $15, 720p wifi baby monitor camera. Notice the difference in contrast.I've contacted Zmodo and they weren't to much help. I have now contacted the seller and the seller is helping me.Once I get it fix, I will definitely adjust the rating.The cameras that don't have any issues are very clear during the day and night. I love the next gen IP/power cable in one as it was really simple to install without having to deal with a separate power cable.I like the compact design of the unit and cameras.Cons:No power switch on the DVR, so when you need to restart/reboot, you have to unplug the DVR after shutting down the system. Then plug it back in when you are ready to turn it on. That is a bit of a hassle and should have not been left out.The DVR system panel/screen is in need of an update, feels like an old operating system.Not sure if it is just me, but I am unable to get my cameras to be in the position of viewing I would like. On the back of the system where you plug in the Ethernet cables in for the cameras, it is labeled 1-8.I positioned my cameras in an importance of viewing, position with #1 being my important camera. BUT no matter what I do, my cameras will not go in the order I want, as they stay in the same position of viewing no matter what.Contacted Zmodo and they said reset the system, but that didn't help.I hope I will find a solution.
