I found this to be an overall great product. As others have said, the DIY installation is a bit of a pain because of running the Ethernet cables but that is no fault of the Swann system. I used an electrical fish tape to pull the cables through the walls into the attic and back down to a central point where I placed the NVR. Complete installation time for pulling cables and hooking everything up was about 8 hours or one full day. First problem I encountered was getting the mouse to work, but again, that turned out to be no fault of Swann -- the optical mouse won't operate on a glossy surface apparently. I was using it on a cabinet top that was somewhat glossy painted surface. When I put the mouse on a piece of paper, it operated fine.

Very nice system very happy with all aspects with the exception of remote viewing from my computer. I cannot seem to make it happen and did not receive any instructions on how to do it.

I just installed the Swann NVR8-7300 3MP camera system and am very pleased with the quality of the entire system and how easy it was to install. I was completely surprised how easy it was to set up remote viewing on my smart phone. I did this before installing the cameras and used the SwannView app on my smart phone to view and adjust the cameras as soon as they were mounted. No up and down the ladder to go view the cameras image on a computer monitor. It is very comforting to be away from home and be able to monitor the cameras at any time. I researched many different brands and am glad I chose Swann.