Select your desired Ethiris NVC

Ethiris NVC-1E is a client computer with good performance. It can display 16 Full HD cameras in 25 fps in H.264 or H.265 simultaneously on a Full HD monitor. Ethiris NVC-4S and NVC-4L are high performance client computers developed for connecting to one or several Ethiris NVR. All NVC models are optimized for running Ethiris Client and can display high resolution video from modern surveillance cameras of today. Both NVC-4S and NVC-4L can display a large number of frames/second (fps), hence the user gets an experience out of the ordinary with a real flow in the video presentation.

The system integrator saves a lot of time since NVC-1E, NVC-4S and NVC-4L have a well-defined performance and contain the pre-installed Ethiris Client. Apart from the pure client computers, NVC-1E, NVC-4S and NVC-4L, also NVRC-1E and NVRC-4 can be used as a client computer.

The NVC-1E is intended to be used when needed to display a maximum of 16 Full HD cameras simultaneously on one Full HD display.

NVC-4S is intended for viewing video on up to three monitors. If you want to display video on up to four monitors, you choose an NVC-4L.

If you want to use a device that contains both Ethiris Server and Ethiris Client, you choose NVRC-1E or NVRC-4. The devices are available with different processor options: J6412, i3, i5 or i7, which can be selected depending on the number of monitors you want to connect to the device and how many cameras you want to be able to display on each monitor.

Number of monitors
The following table describes which models are available depending on the number of desired monitors to connect to the unit.


Both server and client
If you want to run both Ethiris Server and Ethiris Client in the same unit, choose Ethiris NVRC-1E or NVRC-3.

Number of cameras per monitor
The NVC-1E, NVC-3-S, NVRC-1E and NVRC-3 - i3 have a graphics card integrated on the motherboard while the NVC-3-L4 and NVRC-3 - i5, i7 & i9 have a separate graphics card that provides improved performance, especially when more than one monitor is connected to the device. In connection with version 11.2 of Ethiris VMS, we introduced the possibility of hardware acceleration using the graphics card. This benefits NVC-3-L4 and NVRC-3 - i5, i7 & i9.

To facilitate the selection of NVC, we have done extensive tests with varying monitor resolution, number of monitors, video stream resolution, video compression protocol and number of cameras displayed on each monitor. By running the tests in Kentima's test lab with simulated video streams, we ensure that the conditions are the same for the different tests with different NVC models.

The simulated video streams have a bitrate equivalent to that generated by an Axis P1378 according to Axis' design tools based on the average between indoors in a store with 25 fps and outdoors in a parking lot with 25 fps. We've created video streams for three different resolutions: 640 x 360 (360p), 1 920 x 1 080 (1 080p), and 3 840 x 2 160 (2.160p) for both H.264 and H.265. This provides 6 different video streams that we present in this brochure. For those who are interested, we have tests for even more different resolutions that we do not present here in the brochure. By using Adaptive Video Streams, see page 12 earlier in this brochure, one can achieve very high performance. Therefore, we have included the resolution 640 x 360 (360p).


The following table shows what bitrate each video stream generates:



For NVRC-1E och NVRC-3, we have run the device under normal load while performing the test with the maximum number of live cameras. This means that all connected cameras have run both continuous recording and motion detection. In addition, an external client has played video in the video player from 16 cameras at the same time.

In the tests, we also use two different monitor resolutions. A high monitor resolution has a great negative impact on performance. We've tested with Full HD (1 920 x 1 080) and 4K (3 840 x 2 160). We recommend using Full HD resolution monitors to get the best performance.

Finally, we've tested with different numbers of connected monitors. Depending on the NVC model, one can connect up to 4 monitors. Therefore, we have tested with 1, 2 , 3 and 4 monitors plugged in respectively.