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Forgot to mention. One of the requirement is also the power used. Should be 12VDC or 24AC. Bascially hooking up to a vehicle. Thought all mobile DVR (vehicular mount) should be using those kinda power instead of 110/240VAC ? The SerVision looks interesting but the specs said that it's using 110/240Vac.

Thanks. But am trying to get dealers/manufacturer who frequent here to get to me. Most of the dvr in those threads are 4 channels. Most mobile dvr makers only have 1-4 channels as well. Only a handfull make 8 channels. Am actually looking at everfocus EDR810M now. Any feedback regarding this model ?

Well, you can get it for ard your budget with 80GB Harddisk. But since I'm in singapore, you still gotta add on shipping cost. So might not be worth it.

CPD-507 has this feature. Can do playback and record view on the same monitor on the same screen. But network feature SUCKS.

Yup. Major difference. 1. Support up to LIVE recording on all 16 Cameras. 2. Nicer front panal. 3. Support 16 Audio Recording. 4. Support 7 Monitor Mode. a. 1 for LIVE 16 Channel Display b. 1 for Setting/Playback/Review/PTZ Control. c. 1 for Call/Spot Monitor d. 4 Monitor to split the 16 Channels Display to 4 x 4 Quad Display. e. Support Firewire and SCSI ( Haven't try this feature yet)

Good review. More information. (Used this DVR as I've carry it as well). Dual Monitor You can choose to use either 1 monitor or 2 monitor setup with this DVR. (3 Monitor also can, but 3rd monitor's a call/spot out monitor, so no point mentioning it). In Dual monitor mode, you'll need a VGA monitor and a BNC/SVideo Monitor. One monitor will just display the cameras in split screen mode. The other monitor (VGA) will enable user to enlarge any of the camera, do setting, playback. This will enable users to review setting/recording while keeping an eyes on the current live video feed. Multisite. It does have multisite capabilities. I.e. connect to multiple dvr over network and view them on a single remote client. But it's not a single click things. Got do a few click before you can get the multisite up. And if a site loss connection, it doesn't reconnect back automatically. You gotta do that manually. Used to think it is ok till i used another dvr. It'll just connect auto to all sites and try reconnecting if any site loss connection. Remote Client It doesn't comes with Mac/Unix Client. Nor does it have IE/Java based Browser Player. The only way you can get it to work in network is to install the Wintel's Client. Software does crash sometimes. But it's only the client. But it could be because of the windows pc it was used on is not stable. Backup to CDRW. Backuping up can be done in 2 format. 1. Kodicom's own format. Viewable in it's own player. Backing up in the CDR also include the player in. So you can basically just pass around the CD and the person would be able to playback from it with the accompanied software. 2. AVI file. Backup to avi file. But the minus part is that encoding to AVI files takes quite a long time. The last time i tried, it's much longer than real time. I gotta check again, but from what i remember, it's about 1 hr to backup ard 5-10mins of video to avi format. I thought it hang and went on doing something else, only to come back much latter to discover that it is actually backing up and almost completing after a long time. PocketPC. It does support remote viewing on Pocket PC Client as well. You didn't mention it. FYI, the one i carried and implemented was the black one with the knob in the center. with CDRW drive.

Haa.. Most DVR would have Log to show you the connection. Anyway, if it happens on a halloween nite, you might think it is something else.

AVTECH's CPCAM CPD507 can do remote vie java applet. Guess that'll work on MAC.

Maybe that's in the past. I've a unit of AVTech AVC787/CPCAM507 that hang on the network connection. Basically you won't get any images streaming to the unit although u get the webbase client and activex component running. Took me a while to figure out, i switch off and switch on the dvr and everything works fine. Also, their standalone unit although is simple and good, suffer from a strange design issue. It can't work w/o harddisk installed. If your harddisk crashes and w/o a replacement, You won't even be able to use the unit as a multiplexer. You won't be able to see your cameras on screen until you get your spoilt harddisk replaced. Correct me if I am wrong on that.

1. Had you make sure that the IP address of your DVR's the same as the rest of your network ? e.g. 192.168.1.XXX , the first 3 set of numbers should be exactly the same. 2. If it's the same, install and run the client on a PC, and then set in that IP inside the setting and tried connecting to it. Some DVR's client also have autoscan feature to help you scan for available DVR on the network. But can you confirm that you had indeed set the IP of the DVR to the correct one. From what I understand from your post, your DVR had been working through the network. You changed the router to a new one, and now it doesn't work. Correct me if I am wrong. What might had happens is that your older router's DHCP server assign a different subnet of IP. e.g. 192.168.0.XXX. Most likely you would had set a static IP for your DVR, e.g. 192.168.0.20. Now you change to a new router, and it's setting is set to a different subnet, e.g. 192.168.1.XXX, and your PC's on dynamic ip, so it get the new IP from the router w/o any issues when you connect to it. But your DVR's still on the old subnet, 192.1168.0.XXX, and that's why you'll have problem accessing it. Change it to the new one, e.g. 192.168.1.20, and you'll be able to access it. If you want more help, maybe you should post 1. IP address for your DVR. 2. Internal IP address for your router/IP address for any one of your computer that you can access the internet. These will help us determine if you had set it correctly. These are private IP that doesn't enable anyone of us here to ping/hack/do anything. It's your own internal network setting, and it doesn't comprise of public IP. I've not seen you posting any definate configuration that you had tried, so at these rate, it's gonna be hard trying to help you out. You'll really need some basic network knowledge to get it working. These's no definate 1 way to configure a network. Each network is different and what we can do is only provide a general direction/guideline for you to adapte and follow.

Check the DVR's CD for the player. Some DVR also backup the player to the cd as well. If not, try finding on the dvr's website for more info. h.264 might not be standard h.264, that might be the prob.

Telnet/ping might not work with all DVR. Standalone one depends on if they support telnet/ping. PC Based one depends on which ver of windows they are running on and if they had block the port. Not 100% workable. Anyway, that's a general answer. IMHO, if user know totally nuts abt configuring a network, engage someone more knowledgable to do the configuration for you. Else even if you manage to get it online, you might be compromising your network. e.g. PC based DVR w/o proper firewall/patches might exposed itself on the net and be used as zombie, etc.

Ask either the manufacturer/dealer that you bought from. Apperently, most likely it's a defective set. What you can try is resetting the DVR to factory default and see if it helps. And also, try another camera on it.

Nope. IMHO, it can't be fixed by newer firmware or upgrading the hardware. They'll need to totally redesign their system. Basically, they sell non network DVR and video web server. So they combine both together to give you a network DVR. What they do is essentially attached the video web server to the video output of the DVR and stream the video output over the web. And then they hook on the feedback from the remote client back to the buttons of the DVR to enable user to choose channels. By this design, unless they redesign the system, there is no way different user can see different things at the same time.

For TV wised, it's better to consult others. I live in different part of the world and the cable/standard's slightly different from yours. But if you had alreayd run extra coax, just hook them up to a video distributor and then use A/V input of your TV to see. Personally, i'd never tried sanyo yet although i know the local distributor. So i can't give you a dvr-dvr comparision for that according to personal usage. As for PC based, I'm trying hard to stay away from them. Regardless of the DVR hardware/software stability, i do get occassional NTLR not found/please insert boot disk/etc from the OS itself. Resulting from improper shutdown/power trip/rebooting cycle. It might not be the pc/user fault, but guess who they contact whenever such problem occurs. And some of these DVR are not assembled by us, but by the manufacture of the DVR card and we ship them in direct. So if the manufecture can't get it right............. who else can ? One prob i notice from PC based system is overtime, it tends to get slowed down. Not only the DVR portion, but when the window's starting up, it takes longer than what i remember in the initial phase and 6 months later.

i agree with rapid totally. Furthermore, what you are looking for should be an Intrusion detection system aka Buglar Alarm System. CCTV's to review what had happens AFTER it happens. Depending on the quality of recording, area, etc, it might or might not lead to apprehension of the prepetrator. You might be better off PREVENTING it rather than REVIEWING it.

Yup. My suggestion would be same as rory, get AVTech. it'll fit your need and budget. w/o including the HDD, it's only. http://www.avtech.com.tw/english/product_13_773w.htm If you want better netwrok feature, triplex, you can consider this. http://www.lakson.com.sg/new/products-SLeeK-PDR-JSeries.htm ard USD$654 w/o the harddisk. Both model with harddisk included will be < USD$1k. Lots of other models available as well. Can look ard. Note: End User Retail Price posted. NOT DEALERS NOR INSTALLER PRICE.

Hmm.. the AVTech new series CPCAM's client works off Java Applet. That'll most likely enable MAC user to view and control the DVR. e.g. CPD-507. But then again, there's nothing much to shout about for their Network fetures. Personally I don't really like java application. Takes too much resources to run. Save the trouble on the programmer side as in only write one application and will run where there is JVM. but if you normally are on entirelly wintel based machine, there's no point running java and basically same application with same function will takes more resources to run on a jvm. Essentially the same as running window emulation on mac. Imagine doing that everytime you want to run any program.

Yup. Those are just 420TVL end consumer cameras. not 480TVL's. [prices removed by mod] All boils down to your budget and what's important to you. Even if you use high res cam, but set your dvr to record at low res, or use a normal TV to view, or basically just watch through a PC vie the network software, or using RF modulator, etc, these will also lower down the resolution. So unless you use good equipment all the way up, sometimes it might not be worth the $$ to spend so much on the camera and leave little on the other pieces of equipment.

Hmm.. maybe. Maybe coz the one I've tried so far are DVR/Multiplexer from different manufacturer. Customers got their own multiplexer and tape recorder, wanted to upgrade. And the multiplexer manufacturer doesn't make dvr. Also, 1 channel and 4 channel dvr doesn't have much difference in prices. Might as well get an integrated unit to save on integration problem.

There's 2 Way you can hook the equipment up since you already had both kind of wires in, both with it's pro and cons. 1. IP camera Way. You'll need a. 4 X IP Camera b. Computer running IP camera software for recording. You can used AXIS cameras/software. 2. Traditional CCTV Cameras. a. 4 x CCTV cameras - lots of kind to choose from. b. Standalone DVR with remote monitoring features. You'll not need a mupltiplexer since most DVR already had a multiplexer. If you want to record full video at real time, you'll properly need a higher end DVR.Your 30f/s means EACH camera or TOTAL framerate ? Also, most DVR comes in 4/8/9/16/32 channels. Since you want room for expansion, you'll be considering the 8 or 9 channels DVR (some brand make it in 8, some have it in 9). 1) View live feed from any TV in the house Not really possible since you didn't have that hook up. You'll need to run a cox cable from your av pannel to each and every TV in your house. The other way is have a RF distributor, multiplex your CCTV video signal into your existing Cable and then tune your TV to receive it. Not too sure how your home's wired up, so need more info. 2) View live feed from the internet (password protected) by entering an IP address. Get a Internet able DVR. As for the IP Cameras, just need to configure them right. If recording on a monitoring/recording software, configure it as well. AXIS one can, but they are pricy. 3) Record complete footage from all cameras in full quality. Well, get a higher end DVR to do that. Check out the specs of the DVR you want. If you using IP camera, most likely you'll not be able to get real time recording. You'll lose some frame here and there depends on your network/recording speed. 4) Option to only record if movement in select pixels. Most DVR support motion triggered recording. As for IP camera, check out the software specs. Axis one does. But the software's pricing. 4 Camera license... 5) Ability to transfer all or select footage to DVD and removable hard drive. IP camera most likely can since you'll be using a software based recorder. Just back up the file to DVDR/HDD. DVR depends on if they have DVD Drive. Most support backup to removable harddisk vie usb/network. You can also backup through Network to a DVDR on your computer. For both, backing up to DVR means backing up the video images/data to DVR. It does not mean backing up to DVD as DVD Video. Doing that will involve extra procedures/equipment depends on how you do it. Some people will suggest that you use a consumer DVD/HD Recorder with multiplexer to record CCTV images. I strongely advise against that. You'll lose lots of features when you do that. e.g. able to search vie time, enlarge images, etc. Most likely you'll not want to transfer all footage. It's huge. You might as well get a dvr with removable hdd and just swap the HDD. 6) Ability to record off site if an alarm trips for instance. Some DVR support transmission over network once an alarm's triggered. Kodicom DVR does. 7) 30 f/s Per camera or TOTAL framerate ? Check out the dvr specs. Recording capacity at full quality one week (As long as 5 is possible) Depends on how big harddisk you put in actually. [prices removed by mod] If you want the specs, PM me and i'll send you a link, or just search online. In accordance to guideline, i can't post the link here. Of course there's a lot of other brand of camera/dvr. These are just some recommendation.

You can check out the web interface here http://www.avermedia.com/cgi-bin/extra/EB1104NET.htm But you'll need a demo site IP to log on. Let me see if i can find you one.

various kind. Seagate, Maxtor, Hitachi. 5400rpm, 7200rpm. 2mb/8mb cache. doesn't seems to be hd problem.

New Webserver from AVTech will run on JAVA applet. But IMHO, the java one sucks. Need faster computer to run it. Else it'll just slow everything down. Selling in singapore for ard USD$175 as well. You can try the axis video server, it's configurable to use activeX or java i think. Let me try it out tomorrow again. Axis 2400's the model. It's an older model but work just as fine. Use it to stream TV program over the network, very smooth. I do have a couple of them, anyone wants one i'ld be happy to sell it to you. USD$210 per unit for the single channel one. Only got 2. left over from project last time. Also have 4 of the older Axis 2100 Camera left from project. USD$190 per unit. any taker ? Minus point is I'm in Singapore. U gotta pay for shipment. Or if you pass by here, you can come pick it up from me. SGD$320.

Check with you, there's a usb connector to connect to the PC. When we do the playback on PC using the software, it sometimes shown some distortion on the images, those that you see when jpeg file are corrupted. know what might be causing it ? Same things happen when we play back on the machine. Oaccssional corruption on the images. The power wasn't interrupted during the recording, camera no problem. tried a few machines, all got this kind of glitches, but then again, customer never notice, never complain, so we never really bother. haa.. Just that it'd been eating into me. haa.