Hello all. Thank you for taking the time to help me out. I have installed at least a hundred dvrs, but ive never had to purchase one. Ive just been subcontracted over the years to install systems for a certain company.
Ive got a customer that wants me to install 13 cameras and a dvr. I would like it to be pc based. I obviously would like the best quality for the price. Can i get a decent dvr for $2000.00? with 500gb, 240fps
Ive been quoted a price from a luxriot dealer. are they any good?

LuxRiot is a Digital Video Recording software package for Windows based PCs.

How good the DVR is depends on how good the PC is.

Depends on some things, you obviously can't have the best of everything but $2K is getting pretty tight. If you bought 4 a month every month might be a different story. Reducing your framerate would help a bunch, 120fps still gets you 9, not half bad. I know I build some pretty sweet ones in that range. Gets you a GV800-16 on rock solid hardware and a highly modified XP Pro install (basically becomes single use. DVR.)

What cameras are you using? The best of the best will suck with bad cams.

Why PC Based? I would vote for a Standalone....

Standalone DVR = low performance, single task computer usually with a
lame... I mean Arm processor , a hacked down, minimally functional OS
offering few features and some very stupid limitations – like some have no
means of exporting files in a readable format so the whole DVR has to go
to 'jail' for a couple of years, awaiting the courts.

After the warranty runs out and they break, you face several weeks while
you are ripped off for a repair to some esoteric hand-chewed-by-Buddhist
monks component that no one else on the planet had the poor judgment to
use. A few days after you get your 'security' back the hard drive waves
the white flag after your DVR was tossed around at the impromptu rugby
match down at the postal depot.

I used to swear by standalones, now I just want to swear at them.



:lol:

While I can understand frustrations when using budget standalone DVR's, the functionality of a name brand standalone is great. I've been running Panasonic units lately and I'm overly impressed.

I wouldn't know, I have never had dealings with low end budget standalones.