Re: Digital Watchdog VMAXFLEX - (Why its discontinued)

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 12:52:12 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> "mleuck" <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
> news:0fd8a417-0b4e-4488-96d1-335d5165946b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 5:15:16 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
> >> I knew it was discontinued, but it such a decent unit for the price th=
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> >> I
> >> was still buying them for new installations.  That might not have been=
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> >> such
> >> a great idea.  I was told today they were not discontinued to make way=
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> >> for
> >> the new improved (and usually more expensive) model as companies are w=
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> >> do, but because they can't get the parts to keep building them.  This=
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> >> means
> >> when customers units are due for a rebuild in several years they will=
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> >> likely HAVE TO be replaced instead of rebuilt.
> >
> > I don't agree with that Bob, DVR's in general have gone way down in pri=
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> > over the last 10-15 years and even some of the cheapest crap has quite =
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> > bit of technology included. They are these days nothing more than a PC=
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> > with a cheap multi input video card. And like a desktop PC it easier to=
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> > junk the old stuff and replace it with something new which will likely =
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> > twice as good at half the cost. That Digital Watchdog looks like a nice=
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> > unit but has nothing I haven't seen on other units.
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> > I have several DVR's laying around that went for several thousand dolla=
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> > when new 10 years ago now I'm about to toss em because they are almost=
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> > worthless. That's why a lot of big names are no longer in the biz. In m=
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> > opinion the value is in the remote software more than the DVR
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> Actually I have been using them as replacements for other DVRs, so I don'=
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> repairable.  The customers do to even if they decided to replace and upgr=
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We have people going from door to door in commercial areas selling CCTV ins=
tallations. After I had given one of my customers a quote for a system, one=
 of these CCTV people walked in off the street and sold him four fixed lens=
 eyeball outdoor cameras and a DVR for $2000.00. ( I quoted $4K ) It worked=
 for a few years and one day my customer said the DVR wasn't recording anym=
ore .... could I take a look at it. The DVR had absolutely no markings on i=
t at all. No serial number, No UL, No Name .... NADA. Not even inside.=20

It was simply made to be throw-away type equipment. Probably worth a few hu=
ndred dollars including the cameras.