sun2sirius

The professional CCTV folks out there, what is the actual advice on a better DVR than Lorex, and other rusty bicycles? I bought the Lorex ECO4 LH158000 in Costco today, set it up and giving it a try. Let's say I wanted to experiment, see what the low end stuff feels like and maybe get something better, but what? I spent several hours comparing different models at Amazon and reading reviews, but I do not see anything that stands out. The thing that bothers me the most with this device is the Chinese software. Not only the lousy English in menus and messages, but overall low quality with a bunch of small bugs. You can kind of do what you need, but with extra effort and frustration. I read earlier that the listed DVR manufacturers have similar firmware, so software from all of them will probably be pretty crappy. I used Q-see cards and some USB video adapters before - same Chinese stuff of very poor quality. Is there anything better though?