gaz_0001

Hi People, This is my first time on the site, but it will not be the last, as we have just got some cameras and a DVR Card. I have spent the last two hours reading the latest threads and to be honest i am a little confused. OK, heres what i want to do. My Dad is running 4 cameras on a DVR Card and the FPS is a little bit flakey, so for christmas i wanted to get him a better one. The thing is the card he bought did not come in a branded box or anything so to be honest i dont know what it is or how to find out the specs on it. It came with Software called PICO and is running on Windows XP. Within the software under the settings bit for each camera there is 25 FPS selected, which tells me that the card is 100 FPS!!?? However upon reading this site, 25 FPS for each camera would mean Real Time and perfectly smooth as we would see it, but the recordings that this setup is making is not perfectly smooth, and when someone is coming up the drive, you can only tell who it is because you actually know them - the picture is stuttery. This card cost £60, but i have been on a website and a GeoVision GV-250 only does 12 FPS and is £105 - why is this?? Would this GeoVision card that is almost twice as much be better or worse?? I am looking to spend around £70 -£80 on a new card for him for christmas and i figured that if he bought one for £60 from a shop, then one for £70 or £80 off Ebay would be better as ebay has all that cheap but cheerful crap from taiwan, that is.... well pretty crap, but you know its all made from more or less the same stuff and it all comes from Taiwan and alike anyway! Please dont shoot me down for mentioning ebay, i know you guys do not like it on here as i have read, but the card is not for a bank or anything just our driveway and garden. One that i have seen on ebay says 8 Channels, 200 FPS, 352 * 288 (PAL). Surely with 4 cameras on it this one has to be significantly better than the one he has already?? OK, now i am baffling myself, i dont really know what i am talking about, or where i am trying to go with this!! Can anyone point me in the right direction for a noticibly imroved video quality for £70-£80?? If not can anyone suggest a nice aftershave for chrismas!!!! Many Thanks for taking the time to read this. Gaz

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