I'm usually finding some NTP server that is relatively close. In Finland I'm using the NTP server provided by our local NIST-like organization.
In this case we'll setup an NTP server on the DVR server. This way we can keep the cameras and the DVR time in sync without being dependent on any external network. We don't care about being absolutely right in this application, just the relative timing.
pool.ntp.org is used by many linux distros, check out http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/