irishcrows 0 Posted November 20, 2012 We are installing a 48 cameras system. There are currently 32 cameras on the system and we are using a computer as our video server. We plan to migrate to 3 sixteen camera DVR’s. The DVR we plan to use is a Samsung SRD-1652d. My understanding is that we can group the 3 DVR’s together in the client software and cycle through the cameras, displaying up to 26 on the screen at a time. Has anybody had any experience with this DVR and the software? I have been unable to find any reviews and would like to be able to get feedback before investing in the system. Thanks you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reddal 0 Posted November 27, 2012 Hi, I've got a SRD-1670DC - which I think is a similar, but slightly older model. As a pure DVR it works pretty well. I mostly use it with the HDMI output. There are a few others ways you can access it : 1) Via the samsung smartviewer software on a PC over a network. This software is a bit clunky at times but its the best I've found. Some features only work with certain firmware versions (e.g. the search features stopped working when I upgraded to the latest firmware). It looks like you could connect to several DVRs and create a combined display with up to 36 cameras (though I've never tried that in anger). 2) Via the samsung smartviewer iphone software. Doesn't seem to work - I've tried everything. 3) Via samsung NET-iviewer software. I got this to work on a PC - but it didn't seem to have any advantages over smartviewer. 4) Via samsung i-polis iphone software. Doesn't seem to work. 5) Via new samsung SSM software. God knows if this helps. I haven't tried it and am not sure how you even get it. 6) Via the built in web server. Is quite difficult to get working properly - and a bit clunky when it does. 7) Probably others.... So the client software support is a little incoherent to be honest. It would be much better if all the effort was concentrated into one piece of software - but instead there are many - none of which are perfect. Hope some of that is helpful. regards - Reddal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irishcrows 0 Posted November 28, 2012 Hi Reddal Thanks for the feedback. I am currently testing the Net i-Viewer to see if it meets our needs. One feature I like is the expansion monitors. I will also be testing the SSM software as well - it dosen't require me to use the generic Samsung DVR device as it lists the SRD-1652 in the device list. The software can be found at: http://www.samsungtechwin.com/customer/down_productfile.asp?cid=83&clvl=0&cstep=2#151 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
