darrentky

Can anyone recommend me a source (I'm in Australia) that I can buy a 16chn (fused) PSU supporting 12vdc and 24vac. Would prefer something like Altronix which is recommended by many members of this forum. Do PM me if anyone can recommend me something. Cheers.

I know that there is a thread for tested PC setup. For those who want a cheaper option... Which components is the most important? Basically what I think is good enough for a DVR would be having a good motherboard (ASUS P5B-E Plus), a Pentium 4 3.4GHz ( 650 ) CPU, 500gb harddisk, and maybe a good PSU. As for the rest, do I really have to go for performance rams? a good computer case? and a good video card? Will 1gb of ram enough to run 16 cams at high res? And for the computer case, I might just want to get a cheap one and add more fans into it. The PC will be in a air conditioned office and dedicated only for DVR. Cheers

Can anyone recommend me a surveillance system that can support up to 30 cameras? Standalone DVR, PC based DVRs, IP cameras, analogue cameras. Which one should I use? Cheers

Thanks for the reply, i will go for two PCs. That's very true. Would be more stable to run two separate PCs. I know that Geovision has the Control Center software. How does it work actually? Do I install it into one of the two PCs?

Hi everyone, I would like to ask what is the difference between NTSC and PAL. I think South east asia uses PAL camera type. I noticed that most of the DVR cards has specs that are better in NTSC than PAL. Does NTSC always has better video quality than PAL? Or is there a DVR card in the market that has better spec of PAL than NTSC? Cheers,

Has anyone tried stacking two GV-1480 cards? and view 32 cams with two monitors (16 each) and another spot monitor from just one camera? Do I need a really fast system? What do I need to do to achieve this? Like which parts should I get from Geovision, what kind of PC spec should I built (to view 30 cams), do I have to purhcase software from geovision? There are a wide variety of cards by geovision which one should I get, also on the "tested PC" section on Geovision's thread, I can't seem to find a setup for 32 cams. I need some advice here. Im setting up a 30 camera for my warehouse with no proffessional help due to my location here in Malaysia. I have knowledge in building a good PC and it should not be a problem for me building a DIY DVR with Geovision's cards. My main concern is getting the right parts from geovision to achieve what we want in the company. If I purchase the GV-1480, does it also come with the 8.1 software? I would really appreatiate if someone can advice me on what to do. Cheers, Darren

Standalones VS. PC Based In terms of video quality, which system would be better with the same cameras?

Have beem looking around this forum. I am more keen on PC based now. I am looking at Geovision's thread. Might just be able to make a DVR with Geovision's card myself. My main concern is video quality. My stup would need to support around 30 cameras. Any suggestions? Cheers

Thanks for the link

This would mean that I have to get two DVR that has has cascading feature. Would it actually be more cheaper if I go for PC based DVRs? If my memory serves me right, I've seen somewhere in this forum that PC based DVRs can support 32 cameras. Would this suffer from poor image quality?

Im in a dilemma in choosing between DVR and NVR. Our company just built a warehouse and most of our operations will move in soon in the near fuiture. There will be many racks in the storage section (at the back). There will also be a front store where items are sold to the public. The second floor of the front store will be an office. We need a surveillance system for both indoors and outdoors. Indoors will be the section mentioned above and outdoors would be genrally monitoring forklifts and traffic into the warehouse. The directors wants to see the warehouse remotely as well as on the site. I know that DVRs can have both of that but does not support more than 16 cameras. With the large scale of our warehouse and also the number of blindspots due to the racks with have, we need more than 16 cameras for sure. The directors also wants surveillance for the front store and the office. As for the budget, the directors are happy to spend as they consider surveillance an important part of this warehouse. We are situated in Malaysia and the internet bandwidth is not very stable here. Can NVR be recorded on the physical site? Can anyone recommend which system we should implement?

thanks for all your replies. I've been looking around for standalones and PC based DVRs in this forum for about 3 days, I'm actually keen on the PC based once because it seems like theres more features on them. The question is would all those features be used? All I want is to be able to monitor activity clearly (can see the facial features). record when theres movement (motion feature), and remote viewing for both LAN and over IP. Does a good DVR means good video quality? If I choose a mediocre DVR but good quality cameras, this would mean that the cameras are not fully utilised right? I am confused over the specifications that I want to choose for both DVR and camera because I dont want to overspend. Overspend in things such as a DVRs with alot of features which will not be used eventually. securitymonster also said that recommended me dual 16 channel systems. Does it mean that both are integrated and I can view both DVR in one big screen?