CONCLUSION

   As mentioned already i ended up taking my time testing the Synology DVA1622 because i wanted to test it with both 1080p and 4k IP cameras in order to see just how well it did and well, for the most part it did really well. Of course, i used the DVA1622 with its default 8-camera license not only because for most people this should be plenty but also since i believe it offers the best overall performance. So, if you plan on using up to 8 FullHD (1080p) cameras all should be well regardless of frames per second, at least as long as you have the DVA1622 connected via Gigabit with your local LAN. Where things start to get a bit tricky is when you start using 4k resolution models and yes, even 4 of them were more than enough to bottleneck the DVA1622. Granted Synology doesn't hide and so they clearly state 80fps at 4k is the maximum supported for both H264 and H265 but i was expecting more (as I’m sure many others will). Now i don't expect this to be a game breaker since in terms of sales 2/3MP IP camera models have been in the lead for years now but again for some people this will undoubtedly be a significant drawback. Features like face recognition and people and vehicle counting work as intended for the most part as well but these are probably too advanced for most consumers to even consider using (and it’s not something I have enabled daily as it does use extra resources). As for noise levels, temperatures and even power consumption at all times all numbers were considerably low (around the same as your typical home NAS) so i didn't think creating charts just for the DVA1622 was needed (of course if other NVR's end up in the lab I'll be sure to record those numbers and make charts).

   With a retail price set at USD599.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 667.87Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) the DVA1622 Deep Learning NVR by Synology may not be quite what most would call affordable but because of all the features it offers it’s actually very well priced. At the same time however many of the features it offers are not aimed towards consumers but rather professionals and that does narrow down its target audience. That being said I really don’t have anything bad to say about the Synology DVA1622, yes, it’s clearly not powerful enough to handle all possible camera configurations but for the most part this is a very good NVR and for that it deserves the Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Features (Face Recognition / People & Vehicle Counting)
- DiskStation Manager OS (With Surveillance Station)
- Dual Bay (108TB Max Single Volume)
- RJ45 & HDMI Connectivity
- Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Ports
- Power Consumption / Noise Levels
- Android / iOS Apps

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- Total Camera Bandwidth (80FPS @ 4k)