DVR Security System Review

The Pelco DX8132250A is a security recorder and you can attach up to 32 digital surveillance cameras to the system, cameras are attached to the device through its 32 BNC connectors. You can also attach a limited number of analog cameras to the DVR, although there are only two analog camera inputs these may prove useful if you have such cameras. Windows XP is the operating embedded in the DVR and both PAL and NTSC video signals are supported.

Pelco have developed their own video compression for the DVR, it can record video at maximum resolution of 704*480 with an NTSC video signal, when using a PAL signal the maximum resolution possible is 705*576. A 250 gigabyte internal hard drive is included with the DVR for storing video, if more storage space is needed you can attach up to 3 terabytes of internal storage to the system.

All of the systems in the Pelco DX8100 range have multi-lingual support, you can set the system to display language in either Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Polish, German, French and English. You can playback exported video and images captured by the DVR using a variety of software and hardware playback devices, the DVR has the ability to convert stored video and images into file formats that include BMP, AVI, ASF, TIFF and JPEG.

Video recording can be scheduled or you can set the DVR to record only at times when it detects motion on your attached surveillance cameras, you can also set the DVR to record continuously. You can also attach external alarms to the DVR, it will detect the alarms state and begin recording should one of them be activated. At maximum the DVR is capable of recording video footage at a speed of 480 frames per second and it can record in CIF.

Cameras with PTZ functions can be attached to the DVR, the device is fitted with RS485/RS422 ports. You can connect the DVR to a network or the Internet so you can control it and its attached cameras remotely. The Pelco DVR also has 60 seconds pre and post alarm recording feature, you can increase the capability of this feature by adding more RAM.

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