TL;DR
An IP camera NVR is the network video recorder at the center of a modern surveillance system, receiving digital streams from network cameras, often over PoE ports that power the cameras through the same Ethernet cable, and writing footage to internal hard drives sized in days or weeks of retention. Unlike an analog DVR it records cameras that encode video themselves, enabling 4K resolution and smart motion events.
What it means
An IP camera NVR is the network video recorder at the center of a modern surveillance system, receiving digital streams from network cameras, often over PoE ports that power the cameras through the same Ethernet cable, and writing footage to internal hard drives sized in days or weeks of retention. Unlike an analog DVR it records cameras that encode video themselves, enabling 4K resolution and smart motion events. Installers spec channel count, PoE budget, and surveillance-rated drives, and remote phone access rides on the unit's apps.
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