Re: DVR Cards

[J. Sloud <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:20:30 -0400, "Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>"J. Sloud" <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:aa6mc1lc4gr3jt8q3m47do4dircdovcq08@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 05:55:33 GMT, "pcbutts1"
>> <pcbutts1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >GE = crap, Integral= crapola, Pelco has a bunch of bells and whistles but
>an
>> >ugly interface and no live monitoring. The same with AD.
>>
>> Who you gonna trust... GE, Bosch, Pelco or some crap you've never
>> heard of?
>>
>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.
>
>Hang in there J. Everybody has their place.....
>

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.