ZOSI 8CH 5MP Lite Home Security Camera System with 1-Way Audio,4x 1080p Metal Indoor Outdoor Cameras,AI Human/Vehicle Detection,Night Vision,Remote Access,H.265+ 8-Channel CCTV DVR No Hard Drive

My husband hooked up the system and we were able to use our cameras and DVR (with separately purchased harddrive) on our laptop and iphones. We were having trouble accessing the DVR, so we reached out to the customer service and after a few emails with a representative named Coco, our system was fully up and running. Sadly, we have already caught someone messing around in one of our vehicles, but thankfully we were alerted by the motion sensor alarms and have video proof of the incident

Did the installation myself. Pictures are great and night vision very good

Welp, 1 month into ownership. There are 3 sub-categories to rate. I did actually contact tech support, and here are my thoughts: Tech support (category 1): My contacting them was for hard drive failure to format. Responsiveness 5/5, and helpfulness 5/5. Issue was resolved when I determined it was the aftermarket hard drive's problem, as it would not format through my PC as well. I replaced with another hard drive and it worked. Her name is Coco @ Zosi support, and I actually give her props for her assistance. Night Vision (category 2): Turns out 1 of the 4 cameras had a quality issue where its night vision would not work, and then eventually it would not power. But with the other 3 cameras, I found that the range is incredible. With any ambient light, the night vision is much further and clearer. Almost 5/5 rating, but due to the QC issue--which Coco is sending me a replacement camera, thanks--I rated it 4/5. (Maybe not the correct way to rate the Night Vision category, but there is not a quality/durability category. You decide.) I also have the Blink system XT2 and Blink Mini that I'm comparing to. And so the Zosi night vision is at least double the distance and quality, if not triple. Honestly the infrared on the Blink XT2 would not reach the end of my driveway, but the Zosi cameras will reach my neighbors backyard, across the street, almost 50 yards. (Albeit the Blink XT2 is complete wireless, and battery operated; form of power is a factor.) Motion Detection (category 3): Here's the kicker, Blink's system blows this out of the water. It's not that the Zosi cameras aren't detecting the motion timely, I actually see the "MD" signal on the monitor pretty quickly when motion comes into camera view; it's that when I set the DVR to record based on MD, I found that playback is 1-3 seconds late when the motion comes into camera view--sometimes the motion has already passed :(. I suspect this may be due to the HDD needing to spin up to begin writing. I think that, and I haven't tested this, a SSD will remedy this, but it gets real pricey for a high cap SSD. For comparison, the Blink Mini's playback begins before the moving image comes into camera view. Possibly due by design and the fact that it's cloud-based recording and not HDD. But because I bought a 4TB HDD, I just set the Zosi on 24/7 recording and this resolves the issue. I just use the MD feature as an alert on my phone, but the recording is 24/7 and I can always review based on timestamp. And at H265 codec, I've exceeded 1 mo of continuous recording so far with 4 cameras--albeit one camera short of recording eventually. More than adequate history. I rated MD category as 4/5. Overall rating: If not for the one camera issue, I would give overall 5/5. If out of 10 stars, I would rate 9/10, presently; so, 4/5 rating for Overall. My recommendations: If you have strong outdoor need and have lots of area to cover, I would highly recommend a DVR type system that's powered by wire, for the range. Pain and the butt to run the wiring, though. What made me choose the Zosi is that most DVR type systems I saw are still using H264 compression, which is not as efficient as it's successor H265. Zosi I give a thumbs up. Just some minor hiccups for me. This may not happen to you. Hope this helps. -Andrew

My wife and I purchased this camera system as there had been several break ins in our neighborhood. After some time and some research, we settled with a Zosi system, mostly because the cameras are powered through the same set of cable the video is run through. We don’t have outside outlets readily available, so this was important. The camera system itself was pretty easy to install, and set up was fairly painless. The hardest part was setting up email alerts and even then, a quick tutorial on the zosi website walked me though it. I had a faulty camera but support was quick in showing how to get it fixed. Overall, we are happy with our purchase.

This was a good product until 2025 hit, now the system date is stuck at 2099 and you can't fix it. Because of this you can't backup any video, turning this into just a multi-cam monitor. Still waiting on the fix Zosi!

This is the model number ZR08FN for the DVR, which is mentioned exactly nowhere. I think it would be helpful to know what the model number is so buyers can figure out exactly what they are buying and how it is supported. With that said, this is a pretty OK DVR system. I bought it to replace an old SD generic DVR and cameras which have been pretty worn out from being outside in the sun. Every DVR is pretty much the same thing, a tiny Linux PC that records video. The software varies from box to box, some are better, some are worse; like this one. If you want a basic DVR that works flawlessly out of the box, this is it. It is very easy to set up, all you need to do is run the wires to the cameras and screw them on to whatever surface you need to. The software on the DVR is alright, nothing special. All you really need is for it to record and mark motion events. Playback is fairly straightforward Here is what is terrible: The PC and phone software is awful. It is less than functional and extremely clunky. This DVR requires oddball software and ONLY works with this weird software. My old DVR had a web client (Internet Explorer ActiveX only, but it was there...) and I could use a different app to view the cameras. There seems to be two forks of Zosi equipment, this is the "other" DVR family which has pretty terrible client software. Playing back motion events is frustrating because instead of showing motion events in a timeline, you get a list view that you pick from. My other DVR showed the entire timeline with events in a different color. This one pulls up a grid and you go to the timeline of that one camera. You don't have the ability to view multiple cameras at the same time just in case your subject goes to a different camera. I'm still working on getting the playback mode to make sense. So if you are looking for a system for cheap, this is it. As to whether or not this is a GOOD system for cheap, you may want to look elsewhere. My cheap no-name DVR was far superior in software but this one has much better hardware.

Very easy to set up great cameras I couldn't be any more impressed.

I replaced a cheaper system with this one... ended up buying another one to supplement that one. The video on these cameras are fantastic. Much better than the cheaper models. Easy to set up and easy to configure.