DVR advice

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Hi everybody.

 

One of my clients is looking to upgrade 7 locations to DVRs as well as install at a couple new locations. The existing locations all use CCTV cameras, however they want to use IP cameras at the new installations, all the while using the same DVR at all locations. We have a fairly experienced IT staff, so dealing with IP is not too big a concern for us. Some of the old locations may also get a couple new IP cameras to add to the existing CCTV cameras.

 

The existing locations have anywhere from 4-10 cameras, and the new locations are likely to have the 4-10 IP cameras each.

 

Price vs. Reliability is a concern. We don't necessarily want to buy the cheapest unit, nor the most expensive unit out there. How can I tell how many IP cameras a unit will accept? Is it based on the number of channels?

 

Basically, what DVRs would you recommend for this application?

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

-Mark

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Are you going to have sites that have a DVR and IP cameras at the same location? If so you'll need a DVR that has the ability to handle inputs for conventional video and IP video. There aren't too many DVRs that can do that. Here is a link to a DVR site that claims they have the ability to mix both conventional cameras and IP cameras into one DVR.

 

http://www.silicor.com/

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Yes, most likely we will have some sites that will have both CCTV and IP cameras. We may have to convert the CCTV signal to IP on some of these before the DVR.

[rory 0]

Why do they want IP cameras?

[rory 0]

Check out these:

http://www.webcamproshop.com/shop_main.asp?sc=0&sho_id=22

 

And this has a built in recorder:

http://www.iqeye.com/prd/IQe101.htm

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Why do they want IP cameras?

 

Pulling new cable would be too big of a disruption, and they want to use the existing network infrastructure. It would be extremely expensive to pull new cable, while use of the existing network is cheaper and easier.

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Check out these:

http://www.webcamproshop.com/shop_main.asp?sc=0&sho_id=22

 

And this has a built in recorder:

http://www.iqeye.com/prd/IQe101.htm

 

Yes, we've looked at those. The camera isn't our real concern yet. We're focused on deciding on the DVR.

[rory 0]

Why do they want IP cameras?

 

Pulling new cable would be too big of a disruption, and they want to use the existing network infrastructure. It would be extremely expensive to pull new cable, while use of the existing network is cheaper and easier.

 

Why dont you just use Regular CCTV cameras, and some UTP devices such as www.NVT.com. You can use active UTP and will get very long distances with no video loss as they are amplified among others. They make multiple Active UTP or Passive UTP recievers, in 4, 8 and 16 channels, and single channel ones, as well as single or multiple channel transceviers or transmitters.

 

Rory