matjoss

Hi Rory thanks for the reply. I just want to clarify in my own mind what a hard drive recorder can or cant do. I know I can get a dvr that will do the lot but I don't have the money to spend just for surveillance well the missus wont let me ...lol If I put it to her in the way of having a hard drive recorder doing the cctv bit with a dvd player we could have it in our bedroom and she could play dvd's whilst the hard drive records cctv. We have a DVD RAM recorder downstairs and you can only play them on compatible DVD RAM machine I don't think there are any DVR's that would play DVD RAM disks. My DVD RAM recorder can record TV and play the recording at the same time this is why I thought a hard drive recorder would be able to do the same? Would I be able to connect via scart the camera to the hard drive recorder full stop (using 1 camera) or is this not possible? I could put up with stopping the cctv while I record from the hard drive but I would want to be able to watch DVD's as it records. Another question you might be able to help on is if I had a wireless camera can you have it received by 3 different receivers? So I could view it on the TV, PC and recording it (upstairs). also is there much degrading in the picture quality to go wireless? I would be very grateful for any help you can give me. Thanks. Matt.

Hello, cany anybody help me. I know nothing about cctv and recording it but since I have had all my new garden furniture stolen I have decided to get some survailance. What I want to do is buy a hard drive recorder with a dvd ram player as above. My questions are as follows. 1 - Is it possible to have the cctv recording 24hours a day and still watch a dvd at the same time? 2 - I want 2 cctv cameras set up, can a single chanel hard drive recorder like the above record both signals at the same time or do I need some extra hardware? 3 - Can I record onto a dvd the cctv footage that has been previously been recorded onto the hard drive while it is still recording the cctv footage? Any help would be much appreciated before I go out and buy a lot of useless rubbish Thankyou. Matt.