DVR Security System Review

The Q-See QSD001 is easily one of the lowest priced 4 channel security recorders on the market.  The Q-See DVR is compatible with both PAL and NTSC video signals and uses M-JPEG compression.  As mentioned the system is four channel so you can attach up to four surveillance cameras to the DVR through its composite BNC video inputs.

At maximum the DVR can record video at 30 frames per second in NTSC mode, PAL signals produce a better picture however the maximum frame rate falls to 25 frames per second when using a PAL signal.  The first item you may need to consider if you get hold of the QSD001 is purchasing a hard drive as no hard drive is included with the DVR, a standard serial ATA hard drive can be attached to the system for the purpose of storing video footage.  If you own a PC this offers you an alternative to obtaining and installing a hard drive for the DVR

A USB port is built in to the DVR and this can be used to connect it directly to a PC, connecting the devices together enables you to use the PC to store footage from the DVR and it can also act as a monitoring station.  Q-See provide software with the DVR for installing on your PC that allows it to recognise the recorder, the software includes an interface that can be used to monitor surveillance camera feeds.

The software interface can display all four camera feeds on your PCs monitor at once, the interface is controlled with your mouse and you can use it to fast forward rewind or pause video playback.  You can convert any surveillance camera footage into AVI files and then save them to the computers hard drive.

You can set the DVR to record continuously or you can enable its motion detection capabilities for the purpose of activating and deactivating recording.  The DVR has an internal buzzer that you can program to sound in the event of the device detecting motion.

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