Stand Alone DVR vs Capture card

Considering how much you have invested in your home or business, many owners like you have to take very good care of their investment.The worst thing that can happen to them is the loss of these items through burglary. Cunning thieves can deprive you of thousands of euro by the theft of valuables, tools, products and money from unsuspecting owner for a few minutes.

The sad part is that some may even threaten to physically harm the owner through kidnapping or other criminal intent only to be able to get what they want.

To protect against theft in these difficult times, our clients employ security systems installed in the home or office. Such security systems may not be so sure, for example traditional fence, dog, or it may be a higher security by using a live guard on site or high security technologies, such as alarm systems and motion sensors. One of the most reliable high-tech security systems and security video surveillance are used in home, office, enterprise, hotels, shops, etc. This video surveillance system enables the owner to observe all that was happening near the camera which is mounted on the protected site. Images are transmitted to a set of monitors in his home or office where he can watch what is happening in safety. Commercially available monitors are specially made for video surveillance systems, but many of our customers choose to use their computers with monitors or TV sets to monitor video surveillance. To realize the functionality of your computer monitor to become a monitor for video surveillance should be used DVR card, or digital video recorder card. This is a device that is installed in PCs and convert images coming from cameras to digital signals that are easy to play from PC monitor. Or DVR board can be incorporated into a digital video recorder that can be connected to a normal TV. For those who wish to install in your home or office digital recorder, there is a choice between buying a separate DVR (Video Recorder) or PC-based DVR surveillance systems. Video recorder is almost like DVD player as it records and stores video signals related in a video surveillance camera system in a built-in hard drive which is purchased separately depending on the required length of record. They are becoming more popular than VCRs, ready for PC-based DVRs and have the opportunity to expand its capabilities which is a huge advantage. This means that one can start with a small number of channels (eg, 8 channel video surveillance system). Then when you increase the seats to be monitored by the surveillance system (which always occurs a few months after the installation of CCTV), it is possible to add more CCTV cameras and also extend the PC-based DVR system by putting more channels. Some PC-based DVR surveillance systems after about 6 months increase by approximately sixty channels - these are the very chambers.

Video recorders are usually restricted to the number of channels that underlie the elaboration of the device. So if the customer needs to complement the surveillance system with more cameras then he should buy a new video recorder with the possibility of more channels. Market offers a wide range of DVR cards, but you should be careful in the choice of DVR board because it is determined by the efficiency of the surveillance system. When choosing a video recorder also must be very careful because there is a DVRs with low quality and show videos with reduced quality picture. Furthermore, such video recorders are working with low-speed recording and view real-time, unreliable capabilities for remote control and very limited capacity to mount additional hard drives needed for storage of video clips filmed by CCTV cameras. In fact, by choosing the wrong option you may achieve very disappointing results, especially when one has to rely on this system of surveillance to ensure his security needs

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