"PC hardware + LINUX + cards are OK."

i would agree with this. have been running a homebrew dvr setup on linux for testing and has yet to fall over in 2 months.

If you just need a demostic application, PC-based dvr can satisfy all your need, may be a good choice. good extendbility and high rate of performance/price(if you had a computer, what u need just an 4-8 channels video card and a suit of dvr software, except for cameras) will beat your heart. Of course ,geovison have a good comment on its product ,but price and not bad video quality will make you go to us. u can have a try for free.

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I have installed a Geovision GV600 for a client (8 camera capability, 4 in use). I would say that it does hog resources so I wouldn't use the PC for too much else with the DVR running. The software seems pretty good but support is pretty basic. The reasone we decided on a PC based solution rather than a dedicated unit is because the client wanted remote viewing capability but didn't want to pay extra for a fixed-IP broadband connection. Not many units out there that handle Dynamic IP addressing well.

Then again, that may be my knowledge that is lacking.

One thing I would suggest is that you get a card that has fly leads rather than connections straight to the card. From my rather greater knowledge of PCs, I have found that some cards can work loose with the weight of the leads pulling on the card. Fly leads make connections a little easier too.

IMHO.

hi peeps my first post yay!

We use Geo's with our anpr software in PC based clients, wouldnt really use them as general cctv

If your gonna buy a capture card dont buy one with wavlet compression, it might use less hdd space but the playback is sub standard IMO

hope this helps

I have installed a Geovision GV600 for a client (8 camera capability, 4 in use). I would say that it does hog resources so I wouldn't use the PC for too much else with the DVR running. The software seems pretty good but support is pretty basic. The reasone we decided on a PC based solution rather than a dedicated unit is because the client wanted remote viewing capability but didn't want to pay extra for a fixed-IP broadband connection. Not many units out there that handle Dynamic IP addressing well.

Then again, that may be my knowledge that is lacking.

One thing I would suggest is that you get a card that has fly leads rather than connections straight to the card. From my rather greater knowledge of PCs, I have found that some cards can work loose with the weight of the leads pulling on the card. Fly leads make connections a little easier too.

IMHO.

hi, so as you know TeleEye units work well with a dynamic IP

if you use a pc based on windows XP you can subscribe it to 'gotomypc.com' for about

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