List Price: $699.99
Sale Price: $549.99
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For those of you interested in mainly watching the cameras from your smartphone or computer, this is the product and brand to go with. I have been installing security systems for several years now and Swann continues to impress me. I use other brands because clients sometimes buy their own, but none have an easy setup and support like this brand. I read the review about the DDNS server being out and the reason from the tech representative explaining why and I like Swann even more for that. What many non-techs don't understand is that a DDNS server is something you have to pay for, but Swann provides this for FREE. Not only that it seems like they are beefing it up so that it doesn't fail in the future. With other brand DVRs I used other DDNS services I had to pay for and those would fail more times than i could think of. I had clients call me every time it went out, all except customers who owned a Swann DVR. The setup is very easy for the DVRs and with this new D1 and 30 frames per second on every channel it's amazing that it's available for this price from the top brand. In my reviews I like to also provide hints on how to make setup easier for those future owners. See below.
Hints 1: test all equipment before running cables and doing any drilling, you never know if the shipping man handled package badly. Good thing about Swann is also their 1 year warranty and great customer service so no problem is something arrives damaged.
Hint 2: Install DVR near router and monitor/TV you plan to watch it on. Swann is great in that it doesn't force you to buy their monitor, you can use your HDMI compatible TV or a regular computer monitor. To use the internet features, such as watching cameras on your phone, you will need a hard wired connection to your modem, you can buy a long Ethernet cable if the DVR will be further than 4 ft from your router.
Hint 3: port forward ports 85 and 9000 to the DVRs IP address then reboot the DVR. Go to Swanns website and under the support tab go to DDNS support to create your free DDNS account. After creating your account you create a domain, this is your easy to remember online address for accessing your DVR on your phone or computer. Input your account and domain information on the DVR and you are setup for Internet access. See hint 4 for input on your phone.
Hint 4: on Swannview Pro app for name you put whatever name you want to give your DVR and for for "server" or "address" you put your Swann domain name plus the swanndvr.net that goes after it. Put 9000 for port and user I'd and password are the user I'd and password for your DVR. If you don't put password just leave it blank and the default user I'd is "admin". Then you are done and you can see your cameras.
Hope this review is helpful and hints help make it easier. Great thing about this brand is also their technical support is awesome. FYI They have support in French and spanish. Tienen apoyo tecnico en Español tambien.
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