Good USB DVR

[OsiViper 0]

Ok, i am looking for a good USB DVR I can use..

 

I need it to be portable so i am using laptop so i cant use a PCI Card.

 

Will only be running 3 cameras so it wont be an extremely heavy workload..

 

Ive seen a couple of the USB DVR's but with 3 cameras it only ran at like 5 FPS..

 

Anyone know of a decent one?

[jmason 0]

Have a look.......

 

http://video-insight.com/productsvjusb4.htm

[OsiViper 0]

Is there one out there that isnt that expensive

 

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that one is around $500

[Securitymaster 0]

Is there one out there that isnt that expensive

 

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that one is around $500

 

That's actually cheap.

 

I've seen good ones for $1400 and up.

[Thomas 0]

We're also killing that line. We aren't happy with.

[OsiViper 0]

Gah, i need it to be portable, so either i gotta find a decent USB one

Or build a comp with a DVR Card..

[rory 0]

the cheaper ones are even worse .. i installed a couple before and never again ...

[Thomas 0]

The thing that kills the USB devices is two fold. One is USB bus bandwith (there just isn't that much compared to PCI) and the second is heat. The reason we killed ours is that they would work fine in bench situations but the moment they get into a warm enviroment they would fail. And people want to car deploy them, they want to boat deploy them, remote deployments all in hot enviroments.

[OsiViper 0]

I guess my only option is to buy a computer and make it into a DVR

[Thomas 0]

We're going about this the wrong way. There may be an easier solution for this. What are you trying to do?

[OsiViper 0]

Got 3CCTV Cameras i use and move around all the time doing wildlife research.

 

I need the 3 of them to come in so i can watch them all at once and record each individually.

[OsiViper 0]

I just built a MicroATX Computer with 19" LCD Screen and a 4ch DVR that runs at 120FPS total. so i should have plenty