Why are NVR's 2-4x the cost of DVR's?

[libertysurveillance 0]

With IP cameras doing most of the work, why are NVR's so expensive? I'm figuring that it has everything to do with the newness of the product, but still, how expensive does it need to be?

[WirelessEye 0]

Without starting a flame war, the answer is generally because of expandibility. If the NVR's hardware is robust enough, you can run hundreds of IP feeds off of one box, without having to purchase capture cards. Also, you are dealing with IP, which is more expensive than analog.

[kensplace 0]

New technology, less competition, need to recoup r&d costs, clever (if often downright misleading) marketing and people willing to pay high prices.

 

Its easier to make a digital only device, than it is to make a combined analogue/digital device, less of a skillset needed - and less components usually.

 

Prices should plummet in time, but then again, the cctv industry will probably keep the prices artifically inflated for a long time past the 'plummet' point.

[lynndiwagon 0]

Think computers and storage. Storage is the biggest cost right now. Otherwise it is just a big LAN, which we are hopefully all familiar with.

[WirelessEye 0]

New technology, less competition, need to recoup r&d costs, clever (if often downright misleading) marketing and people willing to pay high prices.

 

Its easier to make a digital only device, than it is to make a combined analogue/digital device, less of a skillset needed - and less components usually.

 

Prices should plummet in time, but then again, the cctv industry will probably keep the prices artifically inflated for a long time past the 'plummet' point.

 

I don't know if less of a skillset is required, I would probably say just a different kind of skillset, ie: networking as opposed to analog, IMHO. There's generally less equipment involved with IP, unless you are using analog to digital converters, etc-- which in this case you would need all of the skillsets of an analog installer, plus the added knowledge of networking...