DVR Security System Review

Here we have another Q-See DVR produced in 2008, the QSD2304L has the ability to record surveillance camera footage at a high frame rate and you can attach up to four surveillance cameras to the system. You can search for surveillance camera footage recorded by the Q-See DVR by various means and it you can connect it to either a local area network or to the Internet.

Surveillance camera are attached to the DVR through its four BNC video inputs and the system uses H.264 video compression, the functions of the DVR are kept secure through its built in password protection system. The Q-See system is compatible with both NTSC and PAL video signals, its recording resolution is modest, in NTSC the maximum pixel resolution is 352*288, in NTSC mode the maximum pixel resolution for recordings is 320*240.

As mentioned the recording speed of the DVR is considerably high, at maximum it can record video at a speed of 120 frames per second. You can set the DVR to record video footage continually or you can program the system with a schedule that determines when it will start and stop recording camera feeds. Alternatively you can use the systems motion detection capabilities or attach external alarms to it to activate and de-activate recording.

The DVR supports one IDE hard drive that is used for storing footage from your surveillance cameras, the drawback here is that no hard drive is included. On the plus side as there is no hard drive included with the DVR its cost is quite low in comparison to other systems, there is no limit on the storage capacity of any hard drive you choose to install.

Networking the DVR is another means that can be used for storing surveillance camera footage, this also allows you to control the system and monitor cameras attached to it while you are away from your premises. The system also has a USB port you can use for plugging in external storage devices if you don’t want to install an internal hard drive. The QSD2304L has 4 alarm inputs, one alarm output, two audio inputs and two audio outputs.

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