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After the experience of using the NVR for a few years I'm pretty satisfied with it in spite of all the bad things I said, so in the end I might not have helped much. If I were starting out today, based on forum reading I'd be swayed to BI. BI can do this too but needs a somewhat spendy external relay device. The NVR has built-in relays that can trigger external warnings (# of relays varies by model).

I use a couple of magnetic driveway sensors with an audible warning inside the house and have no need for the notifications. I can't address the notifications issue with either platform. How well it actually works varies with different browsers. Dahua's runs best on windows, or you can log into the NVR or camera with a web browser. Both BI and the Dahua NVRs have external viewing apps. With BI you of course have an external switch.

I went external for this and other reasons. The NVRs with built-in switches have loud fans. If you do go for an NVR you need to decide between built in or external ethernet switch.

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But if night sensitivity is important, the 5442 series is the 'cat's meow' in its general price range. If the best night sensitivity isn't important, you can start out with a less expensive camera than what looney suggested. I'm not able to compare its bug level to BI's, I can just say that most can be worked around after expending some effort. Based on a few years of running a Dahua NVR my overall comment is that it's admirably reliable, frustratingly buggy in some places, and the UI is non-intuitive in some places which is not a problem once you figure it out. Once you're familiar with either of them, I suspect it's pretty much a toss-up as to which is easier to operate. If you're starting from scratch on both, I think it's easier and faster to get spun up to a critical mass of usability with the NVR. I mostly agree with looney's comments, and hope it's ok to disagree a little bit. Thanks in advance, and thanks for all of the excellent guides, how-tos, references, and other content you have created/curated! I would like to get notified on my iPhone/iPad and be able to connect to the NVR from my iPhone or iPad to view historical and realtime footage. We would like to get notified when someone is at the door, at night when those armadillos are tearing up my yard again, etc.

My main desires are security and being able to get eyes on activity around/in the house that is of interest to me or my wife.

I work from home so am home most of the time anyway. I'm willing to give up true remote/off site viewability for a simpler/faster setup and management.

Reason for the no internet access is simply that it seems to be the simplest way to ensure folks with bad intentions cannot exploit any part of the setup.

Hence the current plan to just try to find an NVR/IPCam package that I can just ensure is secure from WAN bad actors. I have pretty limited time to devote to setting up a more custom solution like that. However, I have a toddler, we just moved, and we have another baby on the way so I have to be realistic about my time.

I'm a tweaker and in a perfect world would absolutely want to design and setup my own BI system since there is such good info here on the forum and it seems to support everything I want to do.

I haven't spent too much time messing around with networking but can figure out what I need to.

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I'm a software (iOS/Android app) developer so am decently tech savvy.I do not want to give the setup internet access but I still would like to be able to view the cameras/footage and receive notifications ideally on other iOS devices (iPhone/iPad) while those devices are on the same network at home. To get to the point though I am looking for a 16 channel PoE / NVR setup (preferably a package deal somewhere) that supports remote viewing from/notifications to other devices on the LAN. I've read through many of the starter guides, talked to support at a few IP cam companies, and still haven't been able to find the exact solution I'm looking for so I'm hoping you fine folks can either point me in the right direction or put the nail in the coffin on my ideal setup. I've been browsing the forums for a year or so now as I planned my transition away from an Arlo camera setup to a PoE IP Cam setup.

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