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How do you get that high a frame rate with a NUVICO DVR and get a good image? I just got a NUVICO NVDV3-8000 DVR with 5 NUVICO cameras. I like the system, lots of options and I want to record the best image possible to catch the bad guys. With the global resolution under RECORD SIZE in the SYSTEM Menu set to CIF 320x240 (factory setting), the max frame rate selectable in the RECORD menu is 15 F/S. The images were terrible, very blocky. I changed the global RECORD SIZE to max of CIF 720x480 (cameras capable of 480 TVL), images much better, but the max frame rate selectable dropped to 4 F/S. Worse still, when I backedup some files and viewed it on my computer, frame rate displayed was 3 F/S.

Are you viewing the playback of the previously recorded images while your system is still operating and recording? How fast are you viewing the playback, 1x, 2x etc? I am new at CCTV, but have seen this with my system. I have a NUVICO NVDV3 DVR which records while you play back previously recorded images. Sometimes, it will also "skip" or "jump forwards or backwards" over some short segments of recorded video as it tries to read the data and record motion from 5 cameras, especially if I am fast viewing, 4x, 8x, or 16x. However, when I backup the images to CD and play this on my computer frame by frame, everything is there. You could backup the images and view separately from the recorder or maybe turn off the recording mode and trying viewing the playback with no other operations going on. Just a suggestion to see if that is the situation.