DVR - Digital Video Recorder

VIP Security specializes in high quality digital recoding systems. Image quality after the incident has occurred is what drives us. We understand that the images you want may be required for a criminal prosecution! Let us take the guesswork away and give you a system that will work. From high quality 4 camera systems, to microwave or fibre-optic linked systems.

We provide a large range of digital video recorders - dvr for security systems for business and companies with a wide range of applications.

Standalone:
DVR system provides secure security system all the features on the internal system to view record and play recorded surveillance and connect the required digital security cameras or analogue cameras to it.

Digital video recorder standalone products are Siemens dvr, sony dvr, panasonic dvr, pelco dvr, dallimer dvr.

PC Based
DVR system can be installed on a pc or server and run on network security system. Cameras are connected to a switch or directly to the pc through a capture card.

Digital recording is now the default method used in the commercial video surveillance industry. The benefits of digital recording include; incredible picture quality, long recording times, almost immediate search facilities, video motion detection (VMD), smart search, re-useable storage medium, complex alarm handling etc, remote surveillance, networkability, multiplexing, duplexing (ability to simultaneously record, archive, playback, live view, network) and integrated PTZ support.

The elimination of tapes (and changing them), allows a DVR system to virtually run them selves. There is no degradation of the tapes (VCR tapes need to replaced after10 record cycles), and the VCR record heads are also eliminated (these too need periodic maintenance/replacement in a VCR systems). Most DVR systems have built in multiplexers, a method of simultaneously showing multiple cameras on the same screen.

VIP Security staff have been installing Digital Video Recorders for over six years (we are one of the early installers of this technology). In this time, we have built and installed over 10 different brands of digital recorders (which is typical of the computer technology relied upon). VIP Security constantly review up-coming Digital Video Recorders to assess their suitability to our customers needs. Currently we support five brands of digital video recorders, each with their own special features...

Sony & DVTel series:

These systems are only limited by the server. This is why we liaise with your IT department to ensure the server specification and installation is in line with their requirements and budget.

Naturally, these servers are hard disk and IP traffic intensive (1 single 4cif – high quality live quality image takes about 1meg of bandwidth). DVTel offers the best 3rd party integration, while Sony offers the best total intelligent package (by far).

DVTel / Sony Server

Pelco DX8100 series:

In a time when large companies are looking for a totally integrated DVR system, where a master DVR controller can also view cameras on another networked DVR, then Pelco DX8100 fulfills that need. Built on factory built servers, running XP professional, these DVR’s offer hi-res 4CIF recorded images.

Capable of immense scalability, this system, while not the cheapest, is the best and most scalable analogue camera recording system. Can also integrate with TCP/IP cameras for future proofing – just what you’d expect from Pelco and VIP.

DX8100-16

Siemens SiStore Series:

This new range from world giant Siemens features a mixture of models from standard (older coaxial cabled) DVR, to new hybrid recorders (coaxial and IP based cameras) to full IP DVR now called NVR's which use only IP cameras.

Siemens IVM allows global management of all the SiStore family of DVR's & NVR's from a common client interface.

The SiStore range also seamlessly integrates into the Siemens SiPass access control systems - providing integrated management.

Siemens SiStore DVR

Pacom:

The Pacom series offers a good quality/medium budget solution, while also offering an easy to use GUI (i.e. Microsoft based operating system).

Storage Requirements?

The biggest and hardest question customers ask is

“How much storage time will I get?”

The answer is hard to quantify, as it will depend on the following variables…

How large is the storage drive(s)?
Do the files save as a conditionally refreshed image?
How many cameras are being recorded?
What frame rate?
Stored Image quality?
Image Compression engine?
Density of movement which triggers Video Motion detection
% False or noisy images, incorrectly triggering VMD

Panasonic Mini Dome

Please note, the specifications of DVR systems are constantly changing (for the better), and thus we do not print the specifications of each DVR on this site.

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