– SANSCO 3K Wired 8CH Home CCTV Camera System Outdoor with 1TB Hard Drive

ThIs is my 4th cctv system from Sansco. This new 8 channel system is considerably much better than the previous system as it has nighttime lights if needed and microphones on all cameras. Easy setup and clear images on both monitor and phone app. Also has face and motion detection. Would definitely recommend and also buy again.

I spent a great deal of time considering which CCTV system to buy to protect my house and garden with a limited budget of around £200 before finally deciding on the SANNCE. The system arrived very quickly and was extremely easy to set up - despite the instructions being a poor translation from the original Chinese. Essentially you plug in each camera cable directly into the hard drive and then plug in the hard drive to a power socket. The hard drive can then be connected with any monitor using a serial cable allowing you to view the recorded footage as well as plugging it into the LAN port of your wireless router which gives you the option of watching the live view on your smartphone or tablet using the free to download P2P App. The cameras seem good quality and include an integral IR LED lamp for night use. Daytime footage is very clear, full colour and stutter free. Night footage is limited by the power of the IR lamp which effectively illuminates around 30' from the camera however within this distance the resolution is pretty good and certainly one of the best that I've seen among domestic systems. Setting all four cameras to constant record at the highest resolution still gives around 15 days of recording time on the hard drive though obviously reducing the resolution or setting a channel to record only on motion activation would dramatically increase this. The system has various other features such as allowing an email alert to be sent when motion is detected however I've found that this is set off by rain and thus is not really practical if using the cameras outside. Finally the software included to convert the footage format from H.264 to MPEG is pretty poor but there are numerous other programs that do the job that can be downloaded from the internet. I have now had the system for around 5 months with the cameras all positioned outside in all weathers and the footage has been good enough to secure a prosecution at court as well as to prove the innocence of another individual for another incident. Just recently one of the cameras began to deteriorate until the IR failed completely. On inspection I found the casing had filled with water suggesting a leak in the seals which had destroyed the LEDs and internal wiring. I therefore checked the other three cameras and found that they all appeared unaffected suggesting that this was a single defective camera rather than an inherent defect. Nonetheless I contacted the seller through Amazon to let them know and was delighted when I received a replacement camera within three days of my email. Very impressive. In summary this system provides good - evidential - quality footage in both daylight and night conditions, is simple to set up and easy to use. When the excellent customer service is taken into consideration I have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone looking to protect their homes or offices on a budget.

I’ve been using the Sansco 8 Channel CCTV system for a number of years have been quite impressed by its overall performance. Installation and setup were fairly straight forward even for a relative novice like myself. I found the video quality is excellent, both during the day and at night. The infrared night vision works surprisingly well, delivering clear footage even in complete darkness. It doesn't have audio but this is fairly typical for these systems. I also appreciate the ability to view live feeds remotely via the mobile app, which gives me peace of mind when I’m away from home. The DVR supports up to 8 cameras, which is perfect for covering all angles of my property. Recording has been reliable with no apparent issues, and playback is relatively smooth and easy to navigate. The motion detection aspect however is very sensitive and can be less than selective and can be triggered by spider web or insects flying past the camera. However, the smart search for people over a long recording period is excellent. I also found the email support from SANSCO very good in terms of response time (within 24hrs) and willingness to help with optimising the system and resolving any apparent issues. Overall, the SANSCO system offers fantastic value for money. It’s reliable, user-friendly, and packed with features that rival more expensive brands. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to improve their home or small business security

I've had this system in for 10 months now, so it's about time I wrote a review. Self-installed (and I'm certainly no electrician), I only needed a power-drill and ladders to get the job done. It's so simple to get the cameras pointed exactly how you want them with the image streamed direct to the phone app. The 4 cameras continuously recording all at the same time in the highest quality onto the inbuilt 1TB hard-drive, store the last 14 days worth of 1080p footage at 25fps before the older files are overwritten in my experience. This is plenty long enough in my opinion. And if you only have 2 cameras set to record and the other 2 to just monitor, then the storage time on the "recording" cameras goes up to over a month! Choose from the multiple options of frame sizes, frame rates and image quality and compression settings to meet your particular needs. Once you've read the manual and watched some YT tutorial videos the GUI starts to make sense, allowing you to tailor the system to your needs. Such as Face Detection, Human Detection, Motion Detection and the various alarms that can be set to send alerts straight to your phone. For example, using Motion Detection and selecting a particular area of the screen in front of the door, a doorbell now sounds on my phone before the person has even had the chance to reach the door to knock on it. This is also handy when delivery drivers leave parcels on the doorstep. Anyone comes near that package and I'm alerted straight to my phone. I have had one of the cameras become fogged up recently, so I contacted the manufacturer and they immediately sent out a replacement camera. So a huge 10/10 for exceptional customer service too. This CCTV system has already caught a thief stealing ladders and a hit and run on my car so has paid for itself already, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone in the market for a CCTV system to deter, identify and protect your home.

Decided to buy a system after next door neighbour was burgled. Looked at several options before deciding on this system. Great product at the price. Easy to install plug and play, which is important as leaflet instructions are not ideal. Worth extracting files from disc and printing them out, especially how to set up remote viewing on a tablet, mobile etc.It does now claim that a wi-fi module can be inserted into the USB port as an alternative to hard wire internet connection, but I have yet to try either. Great features enables wide range of set up options.In particular the ability to record only motion detected images with sensitivity settings and image mask to cut out things like a tree with birds constantly setting it off. No need to do that unless you wish because full recordings with all 4 cameras will last some 4 weeks or so before it overwrites the first "file" File lengths can be varied so you can easily playback a known time span by going to that file date and time section. USB outlet port to take off images if needed such as police when recordings are useful. The mouse attached accesses lots of features on the menu via a monitor, which you need to attach to set everything up but then you don't need one plugged in for recording or remote access via mobile, tablet etc Plenty of cable (some 60 feet per camera) for remote positioning of cameras. Extra cabling not expensive if needed.(I bought another 66 feet for less than a tenna ) Quality of picture output is good with colour in daylight and black and white at night with IR night vision.The IR bulbs do glow at night which can be a deterrent to would be intruders.Cameras are solid quality but their cable is a bit short at about 10 inch.This means the cable from main unit has to be connected outside the wall. Important to wrap the connections in insulation tape to ensure no water gets in. (note to manufacturers, adding another 6 inch to camera cable would allow it to go inside a building wall) . All the hardware worked first time, but worth testing all 4 cables and cameras before installing as some reviewers found faults after drilling holes etc So far I am very pleased and would recommend for normal domestic usage. No doubt would suit small businesses as well Just completed installation and well pleased with the result.Great versatility in viewing, especially the motion detect mask as I have trees which signal in windy conditions. Night camera vision is worth playing around with PIR security lights (not necessary but can improve distance views) sometimes it improved the picture, other times it dazzled a bit depending on how the light angled to where the "target" may be approaching. However, main reason for adding more is I have been able to set up remote viewing. Many reviews have reported failure or frustration in doing this.I found that the disc (as above worth printing contents for reference) with the Sannce product contains an excellent guide with detailed instructions and screen shots to show how to set up to Android or I Pad as well as PC. Using xmeye.net on your PC and vMEyeCloud (small cost only) on your tablet(I used I Pad) or I phone it gives a clear step guide to register your device on PC and tablet.First time installed it works a treat with all cameras, audible alarms if needed.I can now log on through either PC or I Pad and view all that is happening (sad but fun for a while) I used LAN cable to my router but it does explain that WiFi and 3G can also be achieved with one of several modules listed. Worth a look if you can't hard wire to internet (still best option and cables cheap to buy and run long lengths if needed)

This system is smart, good quality and just works as it should. For me, it's even smarter than "Wireless" cameras, as these needs to be connected to 220V plugs, and how often do you have this kind of plugs, exactly where you need the camera? This camera runs on POE, which means that it has everything in one cable, low power current, high quality signal and it's legal for layman to install as a hidden installation. I was a little sceptical about how the cables were packed, with far to sharp bends, which is not good for ethernet cables. But I tested the cables and were able to get a gigabit connection, which is more than plenty for a camera. Before you buy it, think ahead where you are going to run those cables. The best solution is to mount the cameras exactly where you drill the holes for cables, so they are completely invisible and unaccessible for tampering. Also notice that the plugs on the camera and ethernet cables are made to be weatherproof, so they are thicker than ordinary ethernet connectors, which means that you have to drill a bigger hole. The cameras feel sturdy (from metal), they have infrared light that turns on and off automatically. The sensors are only 720p, but on the other hand a higher picture quality might not help you and will use a lot more harddrive space. The NVR has a lot of functionality and some of the functionality will be too advanced for some users, but fortunately it's packed away and not disturbing the more simple functionality of the NVR. You have an overview of the four cameras, you can drag around the video streams, so they are arranged the way you want them. You can double click a stream, to make it full screen. You can right click to get a menu that gives you access to everything. We especielly like the possibility to playback only the periods with activity and the ability to skip quickly from one period to another. We also like the e-mail alert when motion is detected and the Android app that makes it possible to flip through the video feeds on your phone. You can even set up access to your system from anywhere in the world (through [...]), as long as you have an Internet Explorer (doesn't work with Chrome). The motion detection can be set up to only react to certain areas of the cameras view and the sensitivity can be adjusted. We first selected "Higher" sensitivity and blocked out areas with stuff moving in the wind, but got a few false detections. We then set sensitivity to just "High" and it's been perfect, basically there are no false alarms, but every movement is detected. I have to say that I'm impressed with the value you get for £200, I think it will be hard to find a better bargain.

Having installed the system 2 weeks ago, this is my review of the Sansco D8C41T 8 Channel CCTV system that I bought for £189.99. I added an extra camera to the 4 that came with the package and a wireless mouse. I did quite a bit of research to find a wired system that I could install myself before settling on this Sansco, and can echo, but won’t repeat, many of the positive points that others have identified. The buying and delivery process were excellent both for the main package and a couple of extras that I needed. By far the hardest part in all of this for a 70+ year old was clambering around in the loft to get at the soffits from which to hang the cameras, and drilling through battens behind walls to get camera cables to the DVR. My first impression of the cameras was that they felt solid and looked robust. I accidently put that to the test by dropping one from the top of a ladder directly onto a concrete drive 6 meters below. The paint on the casing was chipped but the camera functioned perfectly! I didn’t test the other 4! The setting up process was quick and easy and within minutes I was viewing images. At normal viewing, I’m very impressed with the sharpness and colour quality of the images both at day and night, and the ability to magnify, but the image quality falls off a little more than I expected under magnification. Motion detection alerts to my iphone and ipad took a few attempts to get right, but now work well other than not being able to see the full detail of alerts on my iphone albeit I get clear images and pings. I’m still working on that. The online manual I used is basic and enough for setting up, but not definitive. Trial and error sorted out most teething problems but the life-saver here was emailing Sansco. I would ask a question the day before, and by morning I received a very helpful reply. I used this a number of times and was very impressed with the support I got. Excellent! I’m delighted with this system. Shall I hold back half a star for a couple of things that could be better? No. In terms of functionality and value for money, I’m happy with 5*. If anything changes my view over the coming months then I’ll update my asessment.

This is my first product review, it is genuine as I feel there are some pros and cons that need sharing about this product following my purchase early December. The product arrived on time and well packaged/protected. Cameras The bullet cameras are sturdy and feel like they will weather well. There are two different lenses which I found adequate to provide a reasonable amount of surveillance around my property with a long drive and short view at the rear of the house. I was not impressed however with the RJ45 female connector at the end of the cameras end which is sealed and cannot be removed for the purpose of feeding through cavity walls. This means you have to drill about a 25 mm wide hole through the cavity wall to feed the huge connector through. This creates a second problem in that you cannot feed the cable directly behind the camera mount to hide the cabling as the holes to mount the camera are too close to the 25mm cable hole and it's a real pain to drill such big holes and then have to fill with cement again. Picture quality is very good, night vision is as expected it's OK and does the job for me and is as good as you get for this kind of money. DVR Quite impressed with this; the DVR is easy to use, I had all cameras working in about 10 minutes. Now there are a few things to watch out for... 1. Once you have connected the cameras and they have been assigned IP's etc., the software finds it difficult to rename the channel or the camera; I would suggest that you keep the camera's connected to the initial Ethernet port on the box when you set-up for the first time. This can stop the setting of motion detection area from working, I found that if this happens you just need to keep rebooting the box until it works. 2. SMTP forwarding was problematic, can't work out why but it feels like it may be due to my ISP or the email providers. Anyway, long story short, the only SMTP I could get to work was Yahoo using their plus SMTP server and ports (you don't need to have a yahoo plus account, standard account is fine). 3. Software is generally easy to use once you have spent time rolling through each of the menus to understand the functions. 4. I found the support very responsive and helpful, I used them twice and grateful for their assistance. Overall I am happy with the purchase, simple to install and get working with a bit of knowhow just a shame about the size of the holes I have had to drill through my new house!