Re: Security DVR Advice Needed

["pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with everything you say but just add a few things about PC based
dvr's. We started out selling only PC based dvr's. We went thru a lot of
them. A lot of crashes, we had one catch fire at the customers site. We have
tested so many for so many years I can tell a good one by just looking at
the picture quality. Stay away from Maxtor HD's AMD cpu's cheap
motherboards, and cheap video cards. In my opinion P4's are the best along
with western digital HD's. We used AMD's for a while but no matter how many
software changes and upgrades we could not get past that persistent picture
flickering that was caused by the AMD cpu. Maxtor HD's lasted about a year
before they went bad. This costs us money to replace because of labor. Since
we have been using Western Digital's not one has been returned. The good
thing about PC based I that you can upgrade them and at the rate things are
changing the way to go is PC based. We just started selling Embedded a few
months ago and it's going pretty good, it's Linux based. And the one who are
buying them is like you said, people who are not pc literate. We don't use
Geovision but in all my years of doing this I have to say that I have
nothing bad to say about Geovision systems. We use our own system Korean
based hardware. I get about 5 emails a day from upstart companies wanting me
to sell there product, most are crap.

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<cctvbahamas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> think about it though for a second. Now i sell PC based myself, as well
> as stand alone embedded DVRs, mostly the GE DVRs though.
>
> Any PC DVR, even the $99 card needs a decent PC if you are selling it
> to a client and giving a warranty on it, other wise welcome to the
> world of PC service, and alot of it.
>
> Therefore even if you pick out the parts, and build it yourself you are
> looking in the range of around $600-700 for a decent starter PC for a
> dedicated DVR system.
>
> Add time to phyically build it, load windows, the other software, clean
> it up and tweak it, then at least 24 hours burn in time. You are then
> well over $1000 for the PC alone.
>
> Next add a decent PC DVR Card, say a 16 channel 120fps at $400 for
> example.
>
> Then, add time to show the client how to use it, as most PC DVRs, from
> lowest end to highest end, can take some time to learn. I can install a
> stand alone in 5-10 minutes and client knows how to use it. A PC based
> DVR, forget it, and if they arent PC literate, good luck.
>
> PC DVRs are good for high speed recording and easy upgrades of Hard
> Drives. Stand alone embedded DVRs are good for plug, play, and forget,
> easy install and simple to use, DVRs.
>
> Personally I dont sell them only because I sell high end. Otherwise
> they are very decent decent DVRs with as much features as most people
> ever need.
>
> AND, if you want a stand alone embedded plug and play DVR that doesnt
> crash and is the ultimate cheap one on the market, try the AvTech
> units, they have been around for a long time, and trust me, i have 1
> here right now AvTech sent me to test (that means test only and review
> it), and several 16 channels that we have tested to the max, and even
> installed, and nothing I can do will crash them. They are budget, and
> very little features, but, they are cheap, the ultimate budget DVR that
> actually works. These are the ones with LAN for remote video by the
> way.
>
> Ones that have crashed after only minutes of testing - Neverfocus,
> HiSharp, and Provideo.
>