This is one of my many weird questions
A couple of weeks back, I got the latest B&H catalog and it's like when I was a kid and the new Radio Shack catalog would come in the mail. My imagination goes crazy with ideas I don't know the answers to.
Well, I was looking at some of the DVRs and whenever I tried to find specific information on the unit, there wasn't much to be found. So then I went to google...blah blah blah.....
Anyway, I ended up at some site called Security Camera World and in the Standalone DVR section. I immediately noticed they had H.264 Live Recording 4 Channel (and up) DVRs.
This little headline grabs my eye: "Live 30 fps per camera-Records continuously on all cameras at full resolution for: 4 Cams @ 30 Fps on a 160 GB HD = 6.17 days. Sounds fantastic, right? And all for $630. Of course I try to download the User manual PDF and it wont download. But I did download a more expensive DVR manual
Truth of the matter is I don't have much interest in Hi-Def except in preserving quality. If I ever use it, it will be for panning & cropping Hi-Def for SD. But I started wondering about recording 4 SD cams through H.264 for hopefully pretty good resolution that I can edit later. The only Cam hookups on the DVRs I looked at are BNC.
Quite often I like to record jam sessions with friends, using stationary cameras. They're not good enough for anything but us to watch. But I'm looking for shortcuts and possibly a way to have something semi portable I can take with me, if I need. And fairly good quality. And that I can edit later, if I want.
Now 4 cameras on a 160 GB HD lasting 6.17 days, sounds like lousy resolution to me. How can they say 'Full resolution' in the ad?
If anybody wants to look:
http://www.securitycameraworld.com/stand-Alone-DVR_4-channel.asp
If anybody can explain briefly what the level of H.264 resolution is, I need understanding. The manual I downloaded says there are 6 levels of quality, but then doesn't explain any of them. So, I don't know if it's simply framerate or if there is a bitrate too. Is it like mpg2, where it can be anything from fantastic to unwatchable?
Has anybody witnessed the quality of one of these DVRs or any H.264 DVR?
I don't really expect many answers, but I am curious.
I would like something like this, if it could record at least as good as my DISH satellite DVR and that I can edit it later in my PC.
A couple of weeks back, I got the latest B&H catalog and it's like when I was a kid and the new Radio Shack catalog would come in the mail. My imagination goes crazy with ideas I don't know the answers to.
Well, I was looking at some of the DVRs and whenever I tried to find specific information on the unit, there wasn't much to be found. So then I went to google...blah blah blah.....
Anyway, I ended up at some site called Security Camera World and in the Standalone DVR section. I immediately noticed they had H.264 Live Recording 4 Channel (and up) DVRs.
This little headline grabs my eye: "Live 30 fps per camera-Records continuously on all cameras at full resolution for: 4 Cams @ 30 Fps on a 160 GB HD = 6.17 days. Sounds fantastic, right? And all for $630. Of course I try to download the User manual PDF and it wont download. But I did download a more expensive DVR manual
Truth of the matter is I don't have much interest in Hi-Def except in preserving quality. If I ever use it, it will be for panning & cropping Hi-Def for SD. But I started wondering about recording 4 SD cams through H.264 for hopefully pretty good resolution that I can edit later. The only Cam hookups on the DVRs I looked at are BNC.
Quite often I like to record jam sessions with friends, using stationary cameras. They're not good enough for anything but us to watch. But I'm looking for shortcuts and possibly a way to have something semi portable I can take with me, if I need. And fairly good quality. And that I can edit later, if I want.
Now 4 cameras on a 160 GB HD lasting 6.17 days, sounds like lousy resolution to me. How can they say 'Full resolution' in the ad?
If anybody wants to look:
http://www.securitycameraworld.com/stand-Alone-DVR_4-channel.asp
If anybody can explain briefly what the level of H.264 resolution is, I need understanding. The manual I downloaded says there are 6 levels of quality, but then doesn't explain any of them. So, I don't know if it's simply framerate or if there is a bitrate too. Is it like mpg2, where it can be anything from fantastic to unwatchable?
Has anybody witnessed the quality of one of these DVRs or any H.264 DVR?
I don't really expect many answers, but I am curious.
I would like something like this, if it could record at least as good as my DISH satellite DVR and that I can edit it later in my PC.