I have it set on live view. Its so addicting watching it. Seeing people walk by out front, animals running around out back and now watching the sprinklers watering the trampled down grass.
This is the one I bought.
ANNKE 8CH 1080P Network POE 6MP NVR 2MP Video Security Camera System. They were out of the 8 channel and refunded me $60 and sent the 4 channel. I put a 4tb hdd in it.
The real nice thing is the POE cables. Before you had to run separate power and video now with POE (power over ethernet)it uses a single cat5 cable found everywhere.
There is higher mp's but the 2mp is a 16:9 ratio like most monitors. If you have a square monitor you would want a 3 or 4mp.
Just took this picture. Its about 20% better quality in person.