ZOSI 4PACK 1920TVL 1080P HD TVI Security Cameras 120ft Night Vision CCTV Cameras Home Security Day/Night Waterproof Camera for 720P,1080P,5MP,4K HD-TVI Analog DVR Systems

This is my second zosi security system purchase. I will be buying more in the future.

I got the Zosi 8-channel 1080p camera system with 2TB DVR. Given the affordable price, I considered this system to be entry level, but likely good enough for surveilling my home. I was right; I’ve had it installed for a few weeks now and I am satisfied with it. I did not want a wifi camera system so I bought this hard-wired system. Wires are more reliable and I don’t need 8 or 9 more devices on my wifi router. I bench-tested every camera and wire before permanently installing anything. The cameras work well. The resolution is good but since the lens has a very wide angle, the corners of the image are less sharp than the center. But this is acceptable to me because the wide lens covers a lot of area. The BNC cables work acceptably, but I found that 65 feet was not long enough. To get to the four corners of my home’s exterior (3200 sq ft), I needed to purchase some other-brand 100-ft and 150-ft cables. I found that both the Zosi and the aftermarket cables are susceptible to visible feedback in the images, especially when the wires are bent near the connectors. I got them all to work acceptably, but you get what you pay for. The DVR I initially received was easy to set up and worked well, except that it would reboot itself every couple of hours. Zosi customer service helped me address it and eventually shipped me a new DVR unit at no cost. This has solved the problem. They are helpful and responsive, but they are located in China so emails generally have a 1-day turnaround time. Reviewing recorded footage works but it is not intuitive. There are a lot of unmarked icons to figure out. But it works. The app works but it is a little clunky. Each time I open it when away from the home wifi, I have to tell it to connect to the cameras. At first the app couldn’t see the cameras away from home. Zosi had to help me tweak settings on the DVR and my router (like disabling the firewall!) to get it to work. It does work reliably now. Again, you get what you pay for. There is also a desktop application for viewing the cameras, but you can only load it via the supplied mini-CD (what is this, 1999?) and it only shows the footage in low resolution. But it works. Overall, for the price I am happy with this system. I can view my house at home live on my TV, away from home on my phone, or later via playback. A high-end professional system would have cost several thousand dollars. This system meets my needs and could be used by any homeowner or small business.

The I purchased this system, was someone broke into my son's new/used car 2 weeks after he bought it, stealing over $500 in electronics; GPS, Radar Detector, and Dash Camera, add in the cost to replace the broken window, and it's a no brainier to figure out I need a camera DVR. First off the instructions to place the DVR on the Internet are nonexistent, however, a duckduckgo.com search will return more then enought help for you. The short answer is you have to open port (37777) on your firewall to allow the DVR to be seen via your cellphone or remote PC. The DVR presets allow for recording out of the box, and its internet settings are set to DHCP by default, so networking is pretty simple, its dealing with your Cable Modem or DSL modem that's hard; more on that later. The camera's have a nice clean, clear picture, and during low light automatically turn on the IR LEDs and the camera switches to Black and White mode; there isn't anyway to see other then B/W using IR illumination, that's just the way the world is. If you try and use a camera at night pointing outside through a window, the IR LEDs will cause the window to act like a mirror and you won't see anything. The cables that come with the unit are 18.3 meters or 60 feet for the rest of us in the free world. They sell additional cables at a very inexpensive price, so there's no need to make your own. The ends on the cables prevent you from plugging into the cameras wrong, so even with the addition of extra cables it's a simple installation; you will have to buy some female to female BNC barrels to use with the extensions. There's a selection under "Networking" that is labeled "WiFi", however, it only works with a WiFi USB adapter sold buy some other vendor. There's 2 USB ports on the back of the DVR, the top port is marked "USB 2.0", I assume for a thumb drive for backing up recorded data, and the bottom is is labeled "USB Mouse", which was included; the optical mouse worked in both ports, so I'm thinking the DVR doesn't support a Keyboard. There is very little need for a keyboard since all the information to be entered is easily accomplished via a mouse and the only time I wanted a keyboard was to enter in the password. There's a setting for allowing the DVR to obtain time off the internet using NTP, however, I still had to manually set the time the very first time, there's support for DST, however, you have to tell the DVR which days to start and stop DST. Power for the DVR comes from a small wall wart, however, there are terminal connections to allow for the use of 2 wires to supply power, the cameras are supplied from a separate power supply, one power supply can support 8 cameras, and an octopus cable is supplied for this. Another nice design feature ZOSI did, was adding a slot in the side of the bottom bracket of the camera. The slot is to allow the cables to be run outside of the mounting plate in the case you're not able to drill a hole behind the mounting plate. If you do drill a hole behind the mounting plate, all your wires will be hidden from view and you'll have a very clean installation. I used the HDMI connection to connect to my TV for use as a display, there's also a VGA port that could be used, however, at the cost of HDMI TV's it's probably the connection most users will use. The display allows you to see up to 9 cameras at once realtime, and double clicking on any one picture will expand it to full screen. I only own a 740p TV, however the cameras output 1080p to it without any problem. Getting on to the internet : after reading the online documentation for getting the DVR to be seen from a device on the internet I found that I had to add a Port Forwarding rule to allow port 37777 to the DVR. This will require you to hard code an IP address into the DVR, which is very easy, its figuring out how to add the Port Forwarding to your DSL/Cable modem that may give you problems. If your modem supports adding a DMZ, you could also add the DVR to the DMZ and not bother with Port Forwarding. Each modem is different so once again duckduckgo.com may be need to find help on this. You'll need to remember to turn WiFi off on your cellphone when trying to test the remote viewing application, since when your cellphone is on the same network as the DVR the firewall rules don't apply. The Android ZOSI viewing application isn't as easy to navigate as I'd expect, I don't own an iPhone so I can't speak to that application. One thing I DID NOT like about the ZOSI's Android application, is it requires you to give it an unreasonable amount of access to your phone's resources; why do they need access to your camera, contacts, and a host of other items? ZOSI, fix this, or at least explain why you need all of this access. The remote display is downgraded to prevent over use of your network data plan on your cell phone, I've played with it a bit, however, I can't say if this is a setting that can be changed. I did figure out that you can remotely capture video from a camera onto your cell phone, and also play back video as well. As I learn more about the system I may post more. I've yet to try and add a WiFi camera to the system, as I still have to install all 8 cameras, but I'll try that next and post the results.

I am giving the Zosi security camera system 4 stars - the equipment itself deserves 5 stars, but the technical support was such a problem, that i had to deduct one star. If you read my previous reviews I was having audio problems but after about a month of chats and emails, the problem has been taken care. I can now provide a more nuanced view which replaces my previous reviews which centered on trying to get the problem resolved. I have been operating the security system for over a month now and, except for the audio problem which has been resolved, it truly worked flawlessly both on my home monitor screen and on my android smartphone. One of the best features is the ease of operation from monitoring the cameras to backing up the security images captured which is one of the main features I was looking for in a security camera system. Installing it was fairly easy - yes it took time but it wasn't all that difficult. If you can climb a ladder, screw in the camera bases,run the connecting wire and fasten it in place, you can install it. Connecting it to the DVR and to the monitor was a snap. The picture quality is excellent. Installing it on my android smart phone with the QR code was not all the difficult either and I am not that savvy when it comes to smart phones. I am very satisfied with how it operates and what it does. The Zosi security camera system delivers everything you would want and expect from a security camera system at a price that is truly amazing.

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Good cameras with good picture. Good price. Will buy again

I am extremely happy with these cameras. These were purchased to add to my existing system and they have very clear pictures. My brother purchased the dvr to replace his old system and we had problems with a previous camera being black and white. I contacted support and they were amazing. ERNEST, KARBY, and AMY D responded to my emails extremely fast. We had communications throughout the day with approximately 10-12 emails back and forth and not one message took longer than 20 minites. I was blown away with support. Fantastic job to these 3 individuals.

Had a problem with one camera when switching to night vision.It would be flashing then change and doing it often.Contacted Seller and after sending proof a replacement was send by Ariana who did a good job of solving my problem.These are replacement of my 5mp cameras which they said are not available anymore.Not the same.

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I am NO LONGER a ZOSI fan.... BEWARE PLEASE!!! For over 6 years now I have purchased many ZOSI products for my tech businesses and we have also recommended ZOSI products to many of my clients. I recommended ZOSI because the price was affordable and the quality was more than adequate for general security purpose. In the past, even though I have had a few small issues concerning some orders, at that time the ZOSI team was cooperative and relatively quick to resolve the problem. UNFORTUNATELY, that was in the PAST. I purchased this 4 pack of cameras (see picture) and when I installed the cameras ALL 4 cameras were ONLY showing wavy lines, NO VIDEO (see picture). After troubleshooting without resolution I decided to try a different brand (LOREX) camera and that camera worked perfect. I then tested the ZOSI camera and the LOREX camera on a standard HD television and AGAIN the ZOSI displayed ONLY WAVY LINES and the LOREX showed clear video... I contacted ZOSI support and explained the problem and advised them that I first thought it was a sync issue maybe due to incompatible North American protocol of NTSC. But after checking the camera labels I found a small blue sticker that stated NTSC... (see picture). AFTER many back and forth communication the ZOSI representative named ZOE told me that I need to install the cameras on a ZOSI brand DVR even though that is NOT detailed in the listing page AND the other ZOSI cameras I have purchased in the past ALL worked great on many different branded DVRs. ZOSI decided it is MY problem and provided NO reasonable resolution.... I still think the cameras were possibly mislabeled and are most likely a PAL protocol version and NOT the Canadian NTSC protocol standard and that is the reason for the WAVY LINES. ZOSI has done NOTHING to assist towards a resolution. This is NOT my first purchase of ZOSI products and in the past the customer service and product was trustworthy BUT NOW I would advise to choose a different brand because THIS SIMPLE issue could have been easily resolved BUT ZOSI is no longer interested in providing the right product or at least PROPER DETAILS IN THE LISTING clearly explaining that this 4 pack of CAMERAS is ONLY compatible with a ZOSI DVR. This frustrating experience has made me loose all confidence with the ZOSI brand and now I have 4 cameras that I guess I will have to strip for part and pieces. THANKs ZOSI for your NEW LACK of helping your long term customer. AGAIN beware AMAZON purchasers!!! Steve of C.A.M. group of companies.