fran4383

OK, so, I'm looking for a DVR card and my needs are all 100% about the remote viewing capabilities over LAN. The actual tower with the card will be in a back room never to be seen or heard from again, and the viewers will be in multiple locations throughout the LAN. I'm looking for 16 channels; the cameras will be inside and outside, but I think I'm OK on my camera selection. I would like 480/480 fps, but would settle for 240. I should also mention that I bought the highest end Digiflower (actually, was a PC based system and I didn't know what I was buying) 480/480 last year, and I couldn't be more disappointed. The picture quality was absolutely terrible, the remote viewing was so sketchy, the frame rate over LAN was horrible (and no, it was not a LAN issue). It was everything I absolutely did not want - what a mess. I also should mention that the only other purchase I made was an Openeye pc-based system (Windows Embedded, they won't tell me what capture card it uses), and that system is da bomb stuff - EXACTLY WHAT I WANT! All 16 cameras feeding a great picture at great framerates over LAN (btw, when I say framerate over LAN, I mean that some systems I've tested will drop the framerate for remote view to lower than what it's recording, so I don't mean fps here). Also, Openeye has this software called Radius that will automatically connect to multiple Openeye boxes on my LAN, so if I wanted to expand and add another box, my users (who are not tech savvy) will not have to connect to one dvr at a time. You may ask why I'm posting if I'm already totally happy with Openey.. easy answer: $$$$$. Their boxes are very expensive. I will continue to use them at one of my locations, but would like a more economical solution. I paid $4500 for a 16 channel 120fps box. I'm not trying to get by on a shoestring budget, but I would prefer to get more fps and spend probably no more than $2500 for 16 channels. Any recommendations?????

Thanks Securitysys, I'll give the Geo a try first and see how it goes; I think I'd take a little better picture if I can.

That website is correct, however they do not list their X and XR series; for some reason they let their resellers do all that marketing. They only show their E series which is Linux embedded. This is a new product for them; their X and XR are both Windows embedded and their staple products. Their linux E series is their new budget product, just came out. I've tried the E series, and it works well, but they only get up to 120 fps, and I can't install other apps (such as VNC type apps) because of Linux. Anyway... I'll take a look at that standalone Kingwood, but I'm guessing it's linux embedded as well. Any ideas for a good PC based system (ie, the dvr card is what I'm after; I can build the system around it)? *Edit: If you go to that same website Rory with a /support_documents.asp (can't post links myself), then you'll see the manuals etc on their various products, mainly X and XR products. I currently have the X120...