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The reason for some of your problems might be caused by the VIA chipset, wich is not recommended to use with most DVR cards.

I've got pricing for them. How are they really?

Did you mean that the cooling kit works against high fever Anyway, It's nice to hear your baby is well

Looks like it's for kids

All hard drives are just the same in the case of reliabilty. People tend to be deterred of one brand just because of self expirience or rumors. Every company had its' glitches and faulty lines or stocks of drives. Many won't forgive IBM for its' faulty GXP line and the way they treated their customers, which is worst than the drives being faulty. I use IBM/Hitachi drives in my systems because of they're cheap in my location, very quiet and does not produce much heat. Didn't have a faulty drive yet (out of ~50). Nevertheless, I don't recommend any brand over the other. Just buy what ever is cheaper for you. If you need high reliability for critical missions, use SCSI drives.

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Thanks

Does anyone knows how much power does a 4ch/100fps (4xBT878 chips)dvr card takes from the power supply?

If you must use the XPC, don't waste your money on a graphics card, you'll get just the same results if you'll use the onboard graphics chip, and will probably have problems viewing your video streams in high resolution either way. Overall, I don't recommend using this machine as a base for a dvr. If you want a nice looking small case that will also fit MicroATX boards, take a look here: http://www.antec-inc.com/us/pro_details_enclosure.php?ProdID=15130 It has expansion slots for 4x Full-Height PCI's and you can fit an Intel based MicroATX motherboard into it. It costs around 100$ including 300W psu. Including a motherboard, that's about the same price as the barebone XPC.

Don't need to split anything since each camera has its' own recording. The video folders should look like "Camera1", "Camera2" etc. You can use one of those to convert your dss files to avi format: http://www.avermedia.com/nvd/servtool/4_0.zip http://www.avermedia.com/nvd/servtool/3_5.zip For avi to mpeg2 converting look in: http://www.videohelp.com

Thanks, they've got nice cases, but they doesn't suite my needs. No place for standard CDRW, and only one PCI slot.

I'm interested in giving my systems a more professional and "heavy duty" look than I can do with a standard PC Case. Anyone knows of a good source wich holds a price that is less than 200$ incl. PSU?

got a link?

Sorry rikky, I'm a newbie to the CCTV business, and not familiar with the systems. I'm sure you'll get an answer from the experts around here. As far as pricing, I believe I can help you. Contact me with specific models in which you're interested. Generally, it's better to buy from a local dealer in your area, even if the price is higher.

Contact me for Nice/Loronix/Vigilant pricing if required.

BitDefender is a good solution. I find Antivirus software useless on a dedicated DVR system. I use sygate as a firewall. It's free, feature rich and light on resources. http://smb.sygate.com/download/download.php?pid=spf * needs to be registered in order to remove the nag screen.

It's good to know, thanks

You can just put the shortcut to the internet connection in the startup folder. This way the connection will be automatically dialed when windows starts. If you look at the connection's properties you can configure it to redial when line is dropped. Other solution is to use this small dialer: http://www.blackcastlesoft.com/netlaunch/default.asp

If it was a quick format, you can see your files using this app: http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html If it was a full format, no one can help you.

how was it formatted, full format or quick one?

I can see they have a 16ch/480fps cards. only 1ch audio input though. Any opinions on these cards?

Thanks. I've PM'd you back a few days ago. You didn't reply.

You must be right. Do you know the product? Just saw it at a local dealer's place today. At a glance looks quite impressive . It didn't have any logo on the GUI and is quite cheap.

paprotec, does the DF-8000 16ch/480fps truely provides real-time display and recording rates?