One
of the most important pieces to your surveillance system is your
surveillance video recorder. Whether you have one, four or sixteen
cameras you have to take what those cameras see and store that video
for reference or possible evidence.
What surveillance
video recorder
is right for you?
Digital Video Recorder (DVR) - Unlike
VCRs, DVRs record video to a computer hard drive or other media
such as a CD or DVD. This makes a DVR easy to maintain because there
are no bulky tapes to change or the risk of losing video quality
when recording over previous footage. Except for the World's Smallest
DVR, all of our other DVRs can be operated and monitored remotely
from anywhere in the world using the Internet. While the surveillance
video data is stored on the DVR it can be protected from loss caused
by operating errors, tampering and accidents.
Embedded (Stand Alone) DVRs
- Embedded DVRs do not use a Windows® operating system. In fact, there
is no software at all on the hard drive. All functions are contained
(embedded) on software encoded computer chips. View in real time. Easy
setup. The Embedded series Digital Video Recorders (DVR) operate just
like a VCR. However, they have many features that make them more
powerful and easier to use than even the most advanced VCR.
This DVR converts analog video (NTSC or PAL) to digital images, and
records them on a hard disk drive. Using a disk drive allows users to
access recorded video almost instantaneously without having to rewind
or fast forward tape. There is no need to adjust tracking. You can
freeze frames and forward or rewind without image streaking or tearing.
Digital video can be indexed by time/date or events, and users can
instantly view video after selecting the time/date or event.
All features can be controlled from the front panel or from any computer (except SA-DVR-4). The rear panel provides convenient
connection for video and audio input/output.
VISEC Surveillance Software - VISEC
is a software that is installed on an existing computer that you
own. VISEC turns that computer into a surveillance system. You can
connect up to four cameras to the computer and the video can be
set-up to record to your computer, VISEC's server or an FTP site.
VISEC can be run in hidden mode, which means that anyone using your
computer would not know it's running.
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