The old fashion videotape surveillance system in the past need ongoing effort to work properly. Here is where DVR comes in. DVR system will run automatically and by itself without any assistance. Forget your videotapes forever! About picture quality, the quality on videotape is poor because tape systems share four or more pictures in one video frame. The quality on videotape also degrades each time it's used due to head wear, tape stretch, and decomposition of the videotape coating. This means that videotape reused too many times. Contrary, DVR uses one picture per video frame, and all cameras can be viewed together with superior picture quality.

Meanwhile, locating footage on tape can also be time-consuming. Finding the image for printing by fast forwarding and reversing the control buttons requires a stroke of luck. Most probably, the printed image will come out blurry, unidentifiable and fuzzy. On the other hand, DVR system uses a calendar-assisted search tool that allows fast and efficient searching by day, date and time. DVR images are stored on the computer's hard drive rather than on videotape This preserves the picture quality as well as allows fast data retrieval. Locating requested video footage on DVR can be done in seconds. It can be saved as a JPG, or AVI file.

Features
1. Scheduled video recording by all cameras or selected cameras set to activate upon motion detection. User may be able to select specific areas of coverage that they wish to be recorded.
2. Software incorporates a user friendly and easy to use on screen menu.
3. All images are stamped with time and date.
4. Advanced video storage system that organizes the files and displays archived of video footage with the calendar assisted search tool. Playback and review can be done by selecting the day or time. It can be saved as JPG images.
5. NTSC or PAL compatibility.
6. Additional display and monitoring abilities such as composite video or back up video to a time-lapse recorder.
7. Remore surveillance monitoring and recording through network or dial-up access. Remote users able to access monitor, record or playback captured video after password authorization.
8. J-PEG and M-PEG 4 video compression.
9. Mutilple camera switching methods.
10. Access control where open and close gates or toggle lights on/off remotely. 11. Pan/ Tilt/ Zoom functions supported by PTZ cameras.

What's DVR has to offer?
Remote Surveillance
DVR offers remote surveillance access. The securit cameras can be viewed from any remote computer from any part of the world. You can monitor your store, premises, house anywhere. Supervise and manage your employess while away from office. Monitor your business activity at home. DVR computer can be accessed by a cable modem, phone line, DSL,T1, satellite and wireless connection LAN and WAN.

DVR system is recording every single thing while you are logged in and viewing with your security cameras. Ability to record to local hard drive while remote connected is also available. Frames and recorded images can be printed from DRV server or remote computer.

Live Streaming Video
DVR  systems also offer live streaming video. The system can only download one image at a time, one frame per second video. DVR systems operate at various rate ranging from 60, 120 to 480 frames per second. This will produces live video footage that can be watched in real time.

Data Recording
Recorded video can be stored for up to 3 months with motion detection recording and scalable camera zone coverage. Scalable camera some coverage allows picture of unwanted areas to be blocked.

Motion Detection
Motion Detection are recorded to the DRV system as the video frame changes. Video recording will be activated when people walking or moving. With motion detection, it save hard drive space. It is a software-based motion detection system and external motion sensors are not required.

Independent Camera Programming
Security camera and whatever it records will be directly controlled. DVR enable users to decide which cameras record and time to be recorded. Timed scheduling function is used to set specific camera to record at certain time, and others to record continuously. Resolution, motion detection type, frame rate, contrast and brightness can be set according to each camera needs.

Remote Device Controls
Using optional control unit, users can open and close gates or toggle lights or switches on and off remotely. Watch security cameras and control other devices from another remote location.

Pan / Tilt / Zoom
Optional pan, zoon and tilt for supported cameras can be used with this system. Move the camera from side to side, up and down and zoon it from any part of the world. However, this feature required special "PTZ" cameras.

Simple to Use
DVR systems are simple to use. Even the non-experienced computer users will find it easy to use the system. It's so simple. Just plug in the security cameras and click the record button. That's it. Further information can be referred in operation manual.   

High Speed Internet Access
High Speed DSL or fast internet access is greatly recommended for remote viewing of security cameras. Remote access will work with 56k modem but it also depends on size of phone lines. Video images might be slower due to the size of common phone lines. That's the difference between DSL and 56k modem access. Bigger size means faster data transaction and that also means faster video images loading time.

DVR Functions
Screen Monitoring
Lots of camera views are shown on the screen at the same time with the choice of cameras. By clicking the mouse, the display patter can be changed from small to full screen.

Camera Adjustment
It increase the storage capacity by adjusting the compression ratio and recording speed for each camera's requirements.

Motion Detection
Motion Detection is a software based. No external sensors required and recording begins when the camera detects any motion. Timing, motion and image area are adjustable.

System Security
File system stores the video using a calendar based search tool. Video playback is restricted to authorized password users and can make changes remotely. The main system menu is a password protected to prevent unauthorized changes on server.

Image Searching
Recorded video can be browsed according to date, time and second.

Time-based Recording
Every camera's recoding can be initiated on a daily schedule to respond to the need for constant recording, motion detection, alarm or sensor inputs as well as passive monitoring periods.

Playback and Image Retrieval
All recording for every camera by day, hour and minute is graphically displayed in the screen. Just click the mouse to play, rewind, advance, print, freeze or copy.