Review on XVIM 8CH 1080P Security Camera System with 1TB Hard Drive - 4pcs HD 1920TVL Cameras for Home Surveillance with Night Vision & Remote Access by Zachary Pete

This system came with 24 ir lights when I first bought it. The body of the camera was metal, the lens cover was glass. Now you get 12 ir lights, cheap plastic body and flimsy plastic lens cover.The cameras were what made this product great. Now, it's junk. You cannot purchase the older cameras any longer. The app for remote viewing is a joke. It is constantly blocking you from signing in, if you do get signed in, it boots you constantly and you have to close the app and reopen it going through the entire nightmare of signing in again. On top of that, in the year that I have had this system, they have changed the app twice. Of course the only way you know this is when you can't get into it for days/weeks and finally remove it and reinstall in hours of fixing the bug. Then you find it's no longer available and you have to download a different app. And no, it's the same interface and works no better. The program for using it on a PC is even worse as far as the interface goes, but you can actually search old video and speed up playback, unlike in the app.I loved the cameras that originally came with this system, and as such, I was happy to deal with the horrible interface in the app, PC program and in the DVR itself. But in under a year two of the cameras have gone out and cannot be replaced. I did find a listing for the correct cameras and ordered, but received the junk ones instead. The seller has since updated that listing somewhat, mixing old and new camera info in it. So beware of you go looking for that camera, even if you find a listing for it, it probably isn't itThose cameras had excellent vision for both day and night which is why I stuck with it. But after losing 2 out of the 4 in less than a year, clearly they were not made to last. I shudder to think how long the newer version will hold up being even more cheaply made.Don't be fooled by the ratings on this one folks, most of them are for the older cameras, not this new junk.