Recording Megapixel Cameras On A D1 Recorder

[mardoudan 0]

What is the benefit of installing a 2.0 megapixel camera if my DVR is only capable of recording and playback of D1 or 704 x 480 resolution? If the recorder can't support high resolutions what is the benefit of installing a HD 1080P resolution MegaPixel camera?

[jxk716 0]

This may help:

 

http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30687&p=192184#p192184

[kt00 0]

you can set motion detection recording for the megapixel stream locally to an sd card (if its supported of course) , and continously record the analog video from the camera's composite output.

[Soundy 1]

What is the benefit of installing a 2.0 megapixel camera if my DVR is only capable of recording and playback of D1 or 704 x 480 resolution? If the recorder can't support high resolutions what is the benefit of installing a HD 1080P resolution MegaPixel camera?

The benefit is higher resolution and higher detail...

 

The recorder's resolution is limited by the analog video standard. Cameras of higher resolutions don't use analog video transmission; they use digital transmission, typically either over IP (network), or SDI. In either case, you need a different recorder designed for those types of cameras.

 

As the other posts suggest, some cameras do have the ability to record internally to an SD card; you can then put that card into a computer for playback, or play it back over the network.

 

However...

you can set motion detection recording for the megapixel stream locally to an sd card (if its supported of course) , and continously record the analog video from the camera's composite output.

Yes, you can, but the composite output still uses analog video and is still limited to D1 resolutions.