Hi all,

From the looks of it the benefit of NVR is plug and play, but the benefit of PC software is customization and to some degree cost. Is that roughly correct? Would be somewhat cheaper to run off my PC, but am wondering how recording 2x8mp and 1x5mp to PC would affect performance of a home PC. Also wondering how good the app and interface is for Xprotect or similar, and whether or not cameras can still be customized to alert for motion, if footage can be reviewed, if 2 way talking can be activated, etc. All these are native features via the Reolink app. I know these features exist in the aforementioned PC applications, but I’m unsure how well they jive with Reolink specifically (811A and 510A). I’ve read about dropouts and similar and want to avoid that, and while I’m relatively comfortable on a PC I don’t want to have to put in hours of work to get it running properly.