Re: PC Based DVR

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For the money they're great, obviously you wouldn't use it for a big
commercial job.

But  you know what?....put it in a dedicated refurb computer like a Dell
Optiplex (built like a brick you know what) and you got a great little
system. Like I said...I got a guy here in the airpark that Ive known for 15+
years I get the refurb machines from and I've yet to have ANY die on me.

And if the Lorex card dies it's a cheap enough you can throw a new one in in
5 minutes and send the bad one back if on warranty...havent had one die yet.

Ok ok...it's NOT pro quality we know that - but put good cams in and you
have an inexpensive easy to use system for home or small business.



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**Crash Gordon**







"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Ive had no problems with cheap Lorex cards installed on refurbished Dell
>> Optiplex...
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> You like the Lorex Cards huh?  I have one that I have played with and a
> generic Ebay card.   I was not thrilled, but they seemed to work ok.  The
> problems seem to be on the PC side.
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>> well only one problem where the guy wanted to run it on his business
>> computer along with his accounting and his restaurant software...he
>> didn't believe me it wouldn't work for long. A month later I sold him a
>> refurb machine and it's been running 7 cameras full recording for 4
>> months now without a lockup or crash. XP Pro 250gb hd, 2 g memory...but
>> all it runs is the camera card and its software.  Have 2 others that have
>> been running constantly for a year at least...no problems except one lady
>> keeps forgetting her un/pw.
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>> And a piece o'cake to access over the net.
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>> **Crash Gordon**
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>> "Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> I've not sold any.  I've been sticking with DM, but I lose a lot of
>>> business to the PC based systems.  I have installed a few for clients
>>> who purchased units themselves, but had no clue how to set them up.  My
>>> experience has been that they are not that stable.  Atleast not Windows
>>> based units.  If you put in a seven day auto reboot they work better,
>>> and some like Pelco's units have it as part of their setup.  (I guess I
>>> have sold a windows PC based DVR afterall.  Forgot about those.)
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>>> Still.  It seems to me that unless the customer can be trained to check
>>> the unit regularly they run a very high risk of finding their recorder
>>> locked up when they really need to review some video.  What do you do to
>>> prevent this?
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>>> Are Linux based machines any better?
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>>> How about building your own.  I'm sure some of you guys do that.  What
>>> do you use for a PC so that you have a really good machine to stick your
>>> card(s) in?
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>>> I've only played with a couple cards stuck in my own PC type
>>> applications, and I was not totally thrilled with the performance.
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>>> With cheap PC based recorders it seems like the logical thing to do
>>> would be to install two units for redundant recording, but when people
>>> see "cheap" its awfully hard to get them to step back up and spend a
>>> little more money to make up for the "cheap" part.
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