If you thought aposonic's DVRs are cheap and crappy, then 95% of DVRs from other vendors in USA is even cheaper.
It's just pricing strategy. Don't think the higher the price, the greater the quality in security market.
You just don't know what you don't know.
However, in Chris's case, I had recommended him over phone not to purchase the $500 system which was for low-budget users.
Well, update for you guys that many 16-ch systems are less than $600 now, you may try
Regards,
Nelson
APOSONIC CCTV
http://www.aposoniccctv.com