Re: DVR Cards

[bdolph <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What do you think of  Linux based systems?

BobbyD

J. Sloud wrote:

>On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:20:30 -0400, "Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>"J. Sloud" <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 05:55:33 GMT, "pcbutts1"
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>>>>GE = crap, Integral= crapola, Pelco has a bunch of bells and whistles but
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>>>>ugly interface and no live monitoring. The same with AD.
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>>>Who you gonna trust... GE, Bosch, Pelco or some crap you've never
>>>heard of?
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>>I find the best way to learn things is to experience them. If you're using
>>anything with an OS, then you have little to no experience with real DVR's
>>in the real world. There's more to this business that buying a unit based on
>>cost and plopping it on a desk somewhere. I'm betting, like the rest of the
>>Industry has to offer, only about 3% ever even gets installed, or used
>>correctly.
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>>Hang in there J. Everybody has their place.....
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>We typically use embedded systems like a  Bosch Divar or GE SVDR or
>DVMRe for smaller applications.  Larger systems, like an airport for
>instance (since one of our posters thinks they all still use VCR's),
>probably would benefit from a server/ workstation/ client/ recorder
>configuration such as Verint.  I'm no fan of Windoze-based DVR's.  In
>addition to being inherently unstable, we've found many units to be
>prone to network worms, especially when the IT dept. doesn't include
>the machines on regular update because they are not "their" boxes.
>Even the PC based boxes that will show a 4 CIF picture still do not
>compare to a live shot from an embedded unit.
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