Re: video security system- Should I save to a dedicated PVR or to a PC. What about remote viewing etc.

[David Chien <chiendh@xxxxxxx>]

For a PC, http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm and other such
programs work well with cheap webcams.

The better ones easily take as many feeds as you want, dump them to
files on the HD for later review, can be triggered by motion (saving
disk space), etc.

The all-in-one solutions like
http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DCS%2D1000
are more expensive, but they're just easy-to-setup IP devices accessible
anywhere in the world.

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Keep in mind that commerical security cams have improved as well, and
many models have replaced the tape deck with a digital recorder that
accepts multiple inputs.

Of course, it's easier to archive, search and control remotely the PC
solutions...