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i was reading the following news item at one site ( cctvpro.co.za/blogg )please comment on this. "After six years of testing we have found that every software compression DVR is unsuitable for use. Even the best have intermittent problems of locking up, restarts and other instabilities. Even infrequent bugs, may cause loss of critical recording time. Due to the wide diversity of DIY computer hardware configurations,the rapid advances and changes in computing technology, the chances of your PC being completely compatible are very slight. Installation of a DVR card is a technical function which we have found most DIY users are unable to achieve, with complete satisfaction. You may have more success with hardware compression cards, but then we can guarantee that standalone DVR’s are more competitively priced than Hardware Compression DVR cards. We challenge any manufacturer or Supplier, to prove to us, that their DVR cards will work with anything more than 70% uptime and 70% hardware reliability. Of course we would want nothing less than 99% reliability for a security application. Even if any can - it is highly likely that every future software update would be accompanied by some bugs and that a standalone machine will be far more suitable. While we can accept this from operating systems like MS , we cannot accept it for security related applications. thanks

after seeing an advt in the newspaper, i purchased hikvision ds 4004hci card . seller supplied hikvision card with trial version of software. after working for about 3 weeks now this card had stopped capturing video . please advise is there any time limit of trial version of software . or how can i get licenced version of software.

card is genuine & not trial version type and i matched this with the picture shown on hikvision website . problem is that seller of the card who supplied trial version of software is not traceble.

please advise if standalone dvr is helpful in solving my problem given below. i have 6 retail shops in delhi and it is not possible for me to sit at all the shops simultaneously , thatswhy i decided to purchase 4 channel dvr with external usb hard drive for realtime recording with an intention to remove hdd after 2-3 days and view it on my laptop at my home .other option to view it online is not practical in india due to poor broadband speed and connectivity .please advise is there any dvr where it possible to remove hard drive and view it at home thanks in advance coolcut

thanks to all for giving number of useful practical suggestions. what is -dvr with mirror recording. could any one tell me about this keeping in view my problem of viewing dvr recording on pc

one of my friend suggest to purchase hdd reader for viewing hot swap hdd on laptop , but neither i nor he is sure about this . please advice as this will helpful in solving the problem of many small retailers like me .

what is dvr with hot swapping hdd . is it not possible to view this on laptop under fast forward mode .