My recommendation
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Hikvision China Set
NVR: (Supports up to 8 network cameras with PoE)
Network Camera: [url= (IP67 Protection and Minimum Illuminance of 0.002 Lux)

Hikvision English Set
NVR:  (Supports up to 8 network cameras with PoE)
Network Camera: [url= (IP67 Protection and Minimum Illuminance of 0.01 Lux)

1TB of hard drive is enough for your need, can store up to 48 hours from six 2MP 25fps camera at 5120kbps bit rate.

Yes, I am fully aware of that.
The China set only came with Chinese user interface and Chinese language.
That is why I included the English set on my recommendation also.

I have not much experience on lightning arrestor or lightning isolator, but you can ask around or wait for other people reply.
I remembered that the Hikvision network camera has 6kV lightning protection, I saw the words written in the packaging, but not in the specification on their website.
Better still to have another layer of protection just to be safe.

Regarding on lightning strike, it's a sensitive issue. There's no 100% way of covering the acts of god, it's just too random.

However, technically if you were to open up the plastic housings and compare the Belkin to Cal-Lab, Cal-Lab would be a much better isolator.

I've been selling Cal-Lab for a long time, and yes it works. Most of the time, the lightning isolator is fried, but the item remains unharm.

The question is, Cal-Lab has got many type of isolators, which isolator should you use?

Also, which point should you allocate your isolator? Here are a few suggestions.

1. 230VAC power plug top
2. LAN port on your modem (that connects to the recorder/camera. If you have 10 cameras, and you want to protect them all, you'll need 10 isolators already)
3. LAN port on each of your camera at the camera point. (protecting from the router end, doesn't mean it will stop the lightning at cam end. If the lightning strikes the cable, the excess will flow to whichever pressure is lower, or maybe both ways)
4. DC plug point of your camera

Do remember that a complete isolator solution can be quite costly.

Still undecided.
Likely will get HIK Vision.Need 4 Dome Camera with IR and 4 Bullet Camera with IR.
Still unsure what system to use.Still reading....

alexander3133 and alucard89 , thanks for the input.
Will do more readings...very good info.
I think 1MP camera will be good enough if there's budget constraint.

Are there such thing as wireless CCTV which can view via smartphone wirelessly without internet connection for the purpose of viewing remotely in close proximity?

looking for cctv package 2 x outdoor and 2 x indoor.  Wiring is ready for 2 x outdoor.

Pls pm me packahge.  Budget 1k

I just received my Hikvision CCTV and NVR from ezbuy. Will look into thoroughly how to setup the whole system. I think I need some help on it to setup. Any idea where to reference to setup with my Asus router?

Curious to know how does PoE adapter work?

I thought EZVIZ requires a China Mobile Number for registration?

Currently my thoughts of setup is:

Through LAN:
Hikvision Cam (DS-IPC-B32-I3) > Hikvision NVR(DS-7108N)> Asus Router (N12HP)
Through WIFI:
Hikvision Cam (DS-IPC-B32-I3) > Asus Router (N12HP) or whichever router> Hikvision NVR(DS-7108N)

But I think I need to set up my NVR first because yesterday when I switch on without any HDD, it just keeps beeping every 10 seconds. WD Purple HDD 2TB should be enough I hope? Anyway, can it operate without a display monitor?

It should be the multi language one. How to check from the outside to confirm? I haven't had the time to connect it to a monitor to see the interface yet. 

I thought of setting up first with a temporary monitor then maybe later on see whether to have a permanent one.

Yesterday, I can view through the IVMS 4500 app when testing to connect to one of the Camera connected via LAN.
Actually just 2 at the moment... 

Yes 8 ports. Planning to expand if the setup works out. Thanks a lot for the information. Will try to setup when I have the time.
The cameras are Chinese firmware. Can it setup with hikvision nvr multilanguage?

Thanks for sharing.

Sorry I'm not familiar with the protocol and I'm still new on this. Mind asking, what is the difference between onvif and hikvision protocol?

Latest update:
Managed to connect all my cameras and NVR together. Now able to watch through NVR and also through IVMS app. Protocol is hikvision and not not onvif. Managed to figured that the gateway needed to follow either the Asus router or the NVR router ip. hehe.
The next step I am planning to do is to get it connected to the internet so that I remote view (through DNS server or whatever) and then physically installing them on the wall.

Now though, I have a problem which is the internet is damn slow after having to connect 2x2MP camera through wifi. Not sure whether the NVR, camera or both hogging the asus router. Have changed both settings to 720P from 1080p resolution which seems to have some improvement for the time being, definitely not long term solution.

sifu any recommendations?

Is this the right place to ask about IPcamera? I'm super newbie to CCTV so dont bash me..

I want to replace my outdated 8 camera with IPcamera, so aim is to have better picture quality coz old one not clear and also viewing access to smartphone.

I don't see any mention of the typical TP link and D link IPcamera in this thread. Is it not recommend to get those?

Do anyone know whether Asus offer free dns account? Or should I just go get from no-ip.com and others?
Yup. Unless the multi language NVR was originally chinese? I don't know.

Both the cameras are wireless and wired capable. I tried setting up differently to test it out. But my intention was to use Wireless. But it seems slow after I get everything connected together. So, I switched on QoS on my Asus router and also changed the resolution to 720p which seems to help. When I go into my Asus admin settings, it was so slow as well. Is it because the memory was not enough to support so many connections?

Also, I'm connecting the camera through another wireless repeater which is wirelessly connected to the Asus router as well.    Was wondering whether if I connect both the wireless repeater and Asus router with PoE adapter.
Sorry I think I missed out this post. Paiseh.

NVR: RDS-7108N
https://world.taobao.com/item/530139570672.htm?fromSite=main

IP Camera: DS-IPC-B32-I3
https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=524306791782

Hi Thanks for reply. I'm noob at all this. I do know my Dad has a set up with a black box most probably decoder and it's all physically wired at home, if not wrong.

Thing is the views are not clear and I want to upgrade to something HD with capability of smartphone assess, for e.g. playback.

My friend said I need to get a NAS for eg from Synology to be able to store and run playback files.

Anyway, I'm not sure what I"m talking about but any recommendation for what I want to achieve? In terms of type of setup and brand to look out for? I've got a pretty good router for a start if that's useful, Asus RT-88U

Thanks for help

can anyone share what good model for outdoor cctv that have good quality for night/low light exposure. even better if can share the recorded video as example for comparison