Q-See QSPDVR04 4 Channel Digital Video Recorder PCI Card

Q-See QSPDVR04 4 Channel Digital Video Recorder PCI Card

from: Digital Peripheral Solutions List Price: $99.99 Price: $77.00 You Save: $22.99 (23%) as of 11/21/2009 10:33 EST Third Party New Price: $77.00 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Electronics Brand: Q-See Color: Green EAN: 0890552617678 Format: CD Item Dimensions:2001200441900 Label: Digital Peripheral Solutions Manufacturer: Digital Peripheral Solutions Model: QSPDVR04 MPN: QSPDVR04 Platform: Windows Publisher: Digital Peripheral Solutions Studio: Digital Peripheral Solutions Features: Recording Rate 30 FPS NTSC (Total) MPEG4 Compression Record Mode: Motion/Sensor/Schedule/Manual Software Included for Internet Monitoring / Networking Input Connector: BNC Accessories: HP 48X CDR 100 SPINDLE Rapid Charger Nimh + 4 Aa Khypermedia Spindle of 25 Blank 4x DVD-R Discs HP 48X CDR 20PK Related Items: Q-See QSC48030 High Resolution Weatherproof CCD Camera w/80ft of Night Vision (Color) Q-See QS100B Video & Power 100 Foot BNC Male Cable w/2 Female Connectors SVAT CV31 Hi-Res Outdoor CCD Security Camera w/Long Range Night Vision Q-See QSDNV Indoor Dome CMOS Camera w/Night Vision (Color) Q-See QSPDC Indoor Dome CMOS Camera w/Audio (Color) see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The QSPDVR04 is a PCI Card installed in a PC that will display and record live video from the camera connected to the hard drive in PC. It has 4 channels video input, the maximum display/recording rate is 25 fps under PAL format, and 30 fps under NTSC format shared by 4 cameras. One PC can use 4 cards simultaneously, with 16 channels video input as the maximum number. Total resource is 100 fps under PAL format, and 120 fps under NTSC format. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Does what's advertised. Used as a nanny cam. Instructions sucked, which is unfortunate, because it had a lot of neat features. Play around with it and you'll get the hang of it. The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is the instructions, and I'm also having problems getting color to work well... Rating: - Excellent device Good for monitoring and recording videos for 24h with grate features like motion detection etc. Rating: - Decent DVR, but you'll want IT/networking aptitude Put 3 of these cards into two dedicated Windows XP boxes (one Home, one Pro). It takes some willingness on your part to learn - port forwarding, etc. Also, in my version of the manual, they only referenced 3 of the 4 ports that needed to be forwarded. Once you see what ports the software is trying to open, you'll see what you need to do. You can also change the ports if you like. I run two servers on the same network just by assigning different ports. I believe you can only run the server side on XP (haven't tried anything else), but I've gotten the client side (WebCam, Remote Playback) to work on XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Video is stored as MPEG4 based AVI files, playable in VLC and Windows Media Player. A 160 GB can hold a couple months of recordings, at least for me, when set to record only when sensing motion. Picture quality is ok (also dependent on the camera, of course). A good value, in my opinion. Rating: - It does the job Was looking for something modestly priced mainly to see the front of my house from my basement office. Setup was easy and it seems to work. The only drawbacks are that you can't hide the window from the taskbar, relocate the window (it's locked in the upper corner of the screen), and my screen won't "sleep" when the dvr program is running. Rating: - proprietary, not worth the $$ Not compatible with any OS but WinXP -OR- any video capture software but the junky software that came with it. Do yourself a favor, find the video capture software you like (like blueiris) and get a video capture card with widely available drivers to go with it. If you are not technical, buy the fully integrated DVR system. see more