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I have read the datasheets and their website, as well as vendor websites. I cannot tell these apart at all. There appears to be one key difference. The 521 is much cheaper. Are there any reasons to buy a 520 over a 521, or would it just be pissing money away? I am looking at a hybrid system of Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I cameras to spot certain areas and GV-FE521 to cover everything. I have lots of small inventory slots and shelves that I want to be able to see, so the 521 would be great for that, with a Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I covering the entrance door and over the cash register and a corner technician's table. Thanks!

Some of this hikvision stuff actually looks nice. POE built in means I don't have to worry about finding a POE switch! I'm looking in the 9-11 camera range, and putting one 4 TB drive in there. The 7600 series is intriguing, I will do some more research. Luxriot also seems to allow you to play back multiple cameras, and is around $500 for 16 cams, which is absolutely fair! Thanks again for the suggestion.

The thing about buying a DVR is it is a wasted expense. I already have a high end PC and a 4 TB hard drive, there's no point for me to pay for hardware twice. I also find it much easier for me to navigate a PC with radmin on it than to use some web interface to connect to a DVR. I was going to get some videre 6900xt cameras. I was this close to pulling the trigger before I realized geovision was going to tyr and extort another $700+ out of me for the priviledge of using their $550 card with someone else's cameras.

I'd be looking for a PC based DVR, do you have any ideas for a PC based? Thanks!

Hi, Tons of PC based DVR software will show you 4, or 8, or 12 cameras in the LIVE view. I need to be able to see 4 or 8 cameras at once on PLAYBACK of pre-recorded video. This is a feature geovision has spoiled me with that I cannot find on any other DVR! Let's say someone stole something and they walked through three rooms. On a standard DVR, I see they walked through room 1 at 3:11,so now I have to go to the camera for room 2, fast forward to 3:11,and if they went back to room 1 I have to go back to the camera for room 1 and fast forward to 3:12. It is a terrible way to go about monitoring anything. In geovision when I go to video log and click quad view or multi view I can see many cameras at the same time as I scroll through, which IMO is the only proper way to monitor anything. The problem is, I am switching to IP cameras. After I spent $500 for the card and fought endlessly to find the one computer configuration that it would work in without crashing, I see they want me to pay them $105/pc for each camera that is not made by geovision, which is a kick in the groin I can't take on principle. They've kicked enough. The only feature I require on a DVR is that it record video, and that I can view it back by browsing, perhaps with a scroll bar(NOT JUST FAST FORWARD AND REWIND) and that I can browse multiple videos at the same time. I would rather stick with old, 0.2 megapixel monochrome analog cameras I can actually look at all at the same time than 2 megapixel beautiful new IP cameras where I can only see one at a time. It's that important. Does such software exist that allows me to view multiple cameras simutaneously on playback of recorded video, or will I be giving geovision all of my money in licensing? Thank you!