I'm not down on zm. I've used it for years and am working on a new install. But with dvr systems so cheap such as http://www.ebay.com/itm/16CH-16-CHANNEL ... 1048351429 I am left questioning what I am doing. These systems are turnkey and have a load of nice features such as h.264 and remote access. They also appear to run great from some of the videos I've seen on youtube. I've asked this before here and received little responses so I thought I would ask again. What can zm do that these systems cannot? Does zm offer any advantage over these inexpensive dvr systems?
(that ebay link is not mine and I'm not trying to lead you to it so if it bothers you just google "16 channel dvr")