DVR Security System Review

The PRO-PCBI16 has a Geovision DVR card, sixteen weatherproof cameras and you have a choice on whether or not it includes a monitor. Much of the accessories that are included with the system are optional. When it comes to DVR cards you have a choice of 5 different Geovision based cards, all of DVR cards have varying recording speeds. The card you can choose with the lowest spec is the GV-600 and this records video at 30 frames per second at maximum. The most high spec card you can choose to have attached to the system is the Geovision GV-1480 that can record at 480 frames per second, you can check out this cards capabilities here.

Video storage is handled by the Maxtor hard drive included with the system and the amount of storage space at your disposal is optional. If the system has the job of recording video footage twenty four hours a day you will need a lot of hard drive space. A 400 GB hard drive is included with the system as standard or you can chose to add 900 GB or 1.4 TB worth of storage. In addition the system has a CD writer that you can also use to burn video footage to CD.

As you would expect video recording can be activated through various means, you can record with system continuously or you can schedule recording times, The system also has motion detection capabilities and can be set to capture video only at times when it senses motion. Attaching external alarms to the system is another means of activating recording.

As mentioned cameras are included with the system and these consist of 16 Bipro-9007 surveillance cameras. The Bipro 9007 has 1/3” Sony super HAD CCD image sensor and they are suitable for use at both day and night. In NTSC the cameras maximum resolution is 510*492 and in PAL mode the maximum resolution is 500*582. The camera has automatic white balancing, an automatic gain control and it has a 20 metre infra red range. At maximum the cameras included with the system can record images at a range of one hundred feet.

To power the cameras the system includes a power supply box, you can also choose what type of cabling is included. You can choose between 16 power and video cables or you can opt for 1000 feet of RG-59 cabling that comes with 16 camera connectors. As the system is PC based you can attach it to the Internet or LAN for the so you can monitor it and control it remotely. As mentioned the systems monitor is optional, if you already have a spare PC monitor then you can use that. Alternatively you can choose to have a 17” LCD monitor included with the system.

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