Kermit1654

Thanks for the info, it helped a lot. I found a Nuvico DVR Model NVDV316250 250gb hd online that looks like it would work and has the audio capability, but in reading through the owners manual, it looks like it would be a pain in the butt to get everything set up. That Axis system you recommended sounds like it might be the easiest (more plug & play) way to go since I haven't had a lot experince with networking. I think I'm leaning toward going that way. Thanks again VST Man.

She doesn't have anything yet. I was going to set her up with either a Cable modem or DSL and then have only the DVR running on it. I guess I was figuring one of these would provide enough bandwidth for both the video and audio?

My mother is in her 80's and has mild alzheimer's disease. She lives alone and is very independent and won't consider going to an assited living community. I'd like to keep and eye and ear on her 24/7 to make sure shes ok. I have a cctv system monitoring my home and thought setting up a system in her home that would allow us to monitor her over the internet could help us keep her safe. I'm looking for preferably, some type of embeded DVR with a web server built in, that would allow us to keep eye on her and also allow us to HEAR her over the net if something happens. I'd like to have 16 channels available, along with as high a live fps rate and picture quality over the web as possible. From what I've researched, a embeded dvr that offers realtime audio over the web seems to be hard to find. Most of the dvr's I've seen will record audio but won't stream it over the web when your viewing the cameras realtime. Can any one recommend a dvr that would fit the bill?