Re: PC Based DVR

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 11, 7:20=A0pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 11, 4:17=A0pm, "Bob La Londe" <nos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I've not sold any. =A0I've been sticking with DM, but I lose a lot of b=
usiness
> > to the PC based systems. =A0I have installed a few for clients who purc=
hased
> > units themselves, but had no clue how to set them up. =A0My experience =
has
> > been that they are not that stable. =A0Atleast not Windows based units.=
 =A0If
> > you put in a seven day auto reboot they work better, and some like Pelc=
o's
> > units have it as part of their setup. =A0(I guess I have sold a windows=
 PC
> > based DVR afterall. =A0Forgot about those.)
>
> > Still. =A0It seems to me that unless the customer can be trained to che=
ck the
> > unit regularly they run a very high risk of finding their recorder lock=
ed up
> > when they really need to review some video. =A0What do you do to preven=
t this?
>
> > Are Linux based machines any better?
>
> > How about building your own. =A0I'm sure some of you guys do that. =A0W=
hat do
> > you use for a PC so that you have a really good machine to stick your
> > card(s) in?
>
> > I've only played with a couple cards stuck in my own PC type applicatio=
ns,
> > and I was not totally thrilled with the performance.
>
> > With cheap PC based recorders it seems like the logical thing to do wou=
ld be
> > to install two units for redundant recording, but when people see "chea=
p"
> > its awfully hard to get them to step back up and spend a little more mo=
ney
> > to make up for the "cheap" part.
>
> I will not sell PC based recorders I have seen too many times where an
> employee has gotten on the PC and gotten it infected or other wise
> caused the recordings to go bye bye and or crash the PC stay with a
> box and save the headaches PC are fast and easy to set up but not
> worth the headache.

I've yet to have any problems with a PC based DVR, all Windows XP based