Cabled or wireless. Is probably the only choice you need to make. If you are considering 8 cameras. Go with the 16ch. The price difference is so little, it wont matter to make sure you are future proof.
The NVR models take any mixture of poe, ethernet or powered WiFI cameras up to the channel limit on the respective box (8, 12, 16 or 36) depending on the model you select. The RLN8/16 have poe ports. If you can go for poe cameras and also note battery cameras are not supported on the current NVR models.
Any WiFi cameras generally connect to your home network whilst poe can go directly into the nvr (RLN8/16 only) or via a poe switch. You should leave a few channels free for future camera purchases. If you believe that you will be getting close to 8 cameras select the RLN16.
Cabled or wireless. Is probably the only choice you need to make. If you are considering 8 cameras. Go with the 16ch. The price difference is so little, it wont matter to make sure you are future proof.
Gotcha Is there an nvr that takes both wired (poe) and also a wireless camera for the yard or do they only accept one and not the other.
The NVR models take any mixture of poe, ethernet or powered WiFI cameras up to the channel limit on the respective box (8, 12, 16 or 36) depending on the model you select. The RLN8/16 have poe ports. If you can go for poe cameras and also note battery cameras are not supported on the current NVR models. Any WiFi cameras generally connect to your home network whilst poe can go directly into the nvr (RLN8/16 only) or via a poe switch. You should leave a few channels free for future camera purchases. If you believe that you will be getting close to 8 cameras select the RLN16.
I appreciate that. I'm stating with 3-4 camera but I got the 16 channel version anyway
Do you need one? You can get away with sd cards on the cameras If you have an existing server that can be used as a NVR