Re: DVR for Dummies (aka - me)

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I could give you some ideas if I knew more about how you plan to use
your CCTV system. Do you need to view  video locally or remotely? Do you
need to have more information like point of sale? Do you need to make copies
of the video frequently? Do you need a public view monitor or spot monitor?
(Some mux units support those options while some DVR units don't - even high
end ones.) Do you know what type of cameras you have now? Are they black and
white or color? Do you know the resolution?  Do they have a BNC type connect
or some other? (or simply the make and model)
If you select what you want for features and what your budget is I could
make a list of DVR units you may like.


<spamdisintegrator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1162308276.107425.197760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We currently have a 16 channel multiplexer with a time lapse VCR.  It's
> about 8 years old and needs replaced.
>
> We have been looking into DVR systems and DVR cards available on Ebay
> and elsewhere.  (I won't get into why we'll never purchase CCT
> equipment from ADT ever again).
>
> We currently run 12 cameras, although we have the capability for 16.
>
> One frustration with our current time lapse VCR system is that our 12
> cameras cannot be recorded simultaneously, instead it records camera 1
> for a few seconds, then camera 2 for a few seconds until it cycles
> through to camera 12 and then back to camera 1.
>
> Can DVR systems record all cameras at once, or do most still cycle
> through each camera, one by one?
>
> If DVRs can record simultaneously, is this a feature that is typical,
> or is it only available on high end equipment.
>
> Thanks in advance for enlightening me!
>