DVR Security System Review

Here is another security DVR with optional accessories that you can choose so you can put together a system that suits your needs. At the heart of the system is a security DVR that is capable of recording video at 480 FPS. The high frame rate enables all cameras attached to DVR to record simultaneously without video footage becoming choppy. The DVR uses JPEG-2000 video compression and you can select between 5 different rates of video compression. Inside the DVR is a hard drive for storing video footage but you have a choice on the capacity of the drive initially fitted to the system.

You can choose between a 250GB, 320GB or 500GB hard disk that is initially fitted to the system. It would have been nice to have the option to install 1TB drives but the maximum hard disk capacity for the DVR is 500GB. Thankfully storing video on the hard disk from the DVR is not the only option; the DVR is fitted with a CD-RW for burning video footage onto disk. As the DVR has Triplex capabilities you can playback recorded camera footage without interrupting recording that is in progress.

The back of the DVR has a VGA output for connecting it to a monitor and it as able to playback video at a resolution of 720*240 in NTSC and 720*288 in PAL. The user interface for the DVR has multi-lingual support so you can with between English, Italian German or Spanish. You can attach up to 16 alarms to the DVR and it has one alarm output, the system alarm can be triggered through motion detection or when a camera outage is detected. You can attach and control pan tilt and zoom cameras to the DVR but the cameras included with the system do not have PTZ functions.

The cameras included with the surveillance system are infrared and they have a 6mm lens. The image sensor for the camera is a 1/3” Sony Super HAD device and the camera has automatic white balancing. The cameras can pick up images in low-level lighting and have resolution of 380 TVL. Each camera includes an extension bracket but you don’t have to attach these to the camera but they are useful for positioning them in the right place.

Cabling that comes with the DVR is optional, you can choose between 16 separate power video cables or you can opt for 100 feet of RG-59 cable. The monitor for the system is also optional, there is a choice between a generic 17” monitor and a 17” Daewoo monitor. Alternatively you can choose to have no monitor at all if you already have a monitor that you want to put to good use.

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