Introduction and a few Q's.

[Steveo 0]

Hey guys,

Just found this site while searching at work.

 

Anyways, I've been building DVR's for about 4 years now, and I've used a few different companies/cards. Mostly Geovision, but also a some Powervu/hupervision, AVS, and eyemaxdvr.

 

Anyways, Geovision has been great to us, but as everyone here already knows, they are $$$. Plus the majority of my customers just don't use the high end features they have. I havn't used any other cards in a few years.

 

So what I am looking for is a lower cost card, with an easier to use, and cleaner looking interface. I have one of my offices over in Cali that really likes the DVR's that Alarmking uses. But the markup on them is rediculous, as is almost everywhere else you buy a complete dvr, probably. I can build a 8.12 Geovision for the same cost. Does anyone know what kind of cards they use, and a good supplier for them?

 

Or if there are some other companies I should be taking alook at, it would be great.

 

Things I would be looking for are:

 

Reliability

Clean Interface/Ease of use

Cost

Compatability(any cards able to use VIA chipsets yet?)

 

Thanks in advance guys. I'm sure youll see me around.