4 channel NVR kit for a shop or a single gate.
The smallest kit in the range, for a site where four views cover the whole job and the box arrives already paired.
What arrives in the carton
A recorder with four POE ports, four cameras and the adapters for the destination market, paired and tested before packing. The split between bullet and dome is set at the order, because the box is configured rather than assembled on site.
That is the reason a kit exists: the installer powers it up and the cameras are already on the channels, with the passwords and the firmware language set at production.
What four channels buys
Four views cover a flat, a small shop or one gate: an entrance, a till, a rear door and a yard corner. Whether the disk holds a week depends on resolution, bitrate and how much the scene moves, not on the channel count.
H.265 and H.265+ cut the bitrate, which is why the same disk holds more days than it did on H.264. Work the retention out in days before the order and the disk is quoted to match.
Where four runs out
Four channels run out the day a second till or a second gate appears, which is usually within a year. If the site plan contains either, start at eight: the price difference is smaller than a second recorder and a second visit.
The other limit is the POE budget on the recorder. Four ports do not mean four cameras at full power with long cable runs, so state the cable lengths when the kit is quoted.
4 channel kit, what is fixed and what is quoted
The channel count, the POE ports and the compression are fixed by the kit. Disk, cameras and adapters follow the order.
| Item | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | 4 | Recording inputs on the recorder |
| POE ports | 4 | One cable per camera, power on the recorder |
| Compression | H.265 and H.265+ | Sets how many days fit on the disk |
| Analysis | Smart AI on the recorder | Human detection rather than motion only |
| Cameras | Configured per order | State the split, not the total |
| Disk | Quoted per retention | Days required, not days hoped for |
Recorder model, disk size and POE budget are quoted per order. Send the camera split and the retention in days and the kit comes back configured.
More in NVR and POE kits
Two neighbouring sub-categories, and the line page they sit under.
Send the site, get a quoted 4 channel configuration.
Tell me the site type, the distance and the destination market. I reply with models, options and the documents you asked for.