DVR Security System Review

Here is the Swann SW243 DVR9 and in terms of capability the system is worth taking a look at, the DVR accommodates up to 9 surveillance cameras.  The DVR is suitable for both home and business owners looking for a means of setting up a surveillance system.  Security camera footage is stored on the recorders internal SATA hard drive, the hard drive included has a 250 gigabyte capacity.

A USB port is built in to the Swann system and it can be used to connect external hard drives to the system, you can also use this to transfer video footage to a memory stick.  There are 9 BNC ports that are used for connecting surveillance cameras to the DVR, the system also has an RS-485 port for attaching surveillance cameras with pan tilt and zoom functions.

The DVR uses MPEG4 video compression and is compatible with both PAL and NTSC video signals.  In NTSC mode the DVR is capable of recording video at a maximum resolution of 720*240, in PAL mode its maximum recording resolution is 720*576.  When it comes to recording speed the system can record video at frame rates up to 60 frames per second, the functions of the DVR are controlled through its embedded Linux operating system.

There should be no problem recording high quality video and images with the DVR, the drawback here is that all cameras attached to the device will not be able to record audio as the system has one audio input and one audio output.  You can view the output of cameras attached to the DVR with either a television or standard PC monitor as the system is fitted with both BNC and VGA video outputs.

There are four preset image quality settings and you can set the DVR to record continuously if required.  Alternatively you can use its motion detection functions or connect external alarms to the system to control recording.  There are 8 alarm inputs built in to the DVR, its single alarm output can be used to raise an alarm if the system detects a camera outage.  An Ethernet port is built in to the system so you can monitor surveillance camera footage remotely by connecting it to a LAN or your broadband router.

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