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Best network capable security camera option

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Specialk92282

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Hi all,

My dad owns a small trucking company and he wants to set up a system to record stuff from about 4 preexisting security cameras to a hard drive. Also he would like the ability to view the cameras remotely from any computer via internet.

I know a good deal about computers, but not too much about this stuff. Basically I'm looking to see if anyone has any recommendations for a cheap system that can use existing cameras via coaxial inputs.

Any help is appreciated as this sort of thing is a hard find on google.
 
I bought a Swann "DVR4 - Net" for my home system.


It takes four camera inputs via coax (75 ohm / RG59 / BNC connectors), has a built-in quad and scan (can show up to four images to a screen and / or display each screen for a (user-defined) period of time.

It's a hard drive based system. It does not come with a hard drive, you buy that separately. It has a disk tray that you mount your IDE hard drive into.

It has movement / threshold recording, records X seconds every Y period of time, or continuous record.

It is IP addressable, and comes with a client to view the live or recorded content. I use it in the motion-triggered mode, so I select which timestamped file to view from the unit or the remote client.

The remote client provides a facility to record the video as an AVI on the viewing computer.

All-in-all, it seems to be a pretty decent unit.

I bought it at Fry's, I think it was ~400.00 on sale. I think Fry's web site is www.outpost.com. Swann is an Australian company and makes all of the various security components. I used existing cameras.

The storage capability of the hard drive depends on the quality of the image you select. The Swann will take up to a 250G hard drive. I put a 250 in mine (I got it ~six months ago) and it's showing ~25% full. If it hits full capacity, you can have it go back and record over the earlier content, or stop until you clear or replace the drive.

Good Luck

Scott
 
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