holmes wrote:
Hello everyone, I'm a total newbie at the CCTV game but I'm looking for a home system of 4 cameras for my parents house. It seems from this forum that these two brands are popular for value products but I haven't seen anyone compare the two.
I'm considering the avermedia eb1304 or an avtech dvr (not sure which one).
Which brand do you think is generally better. I need motion detection and have heard that the avermedia has some issues here (although i think someone has written a solution to this). Do the avtech products fair better in this department?
many thanks in advance
I have both brands. AVTech has more features but was a little flaky at first (turned out my DVR closet was too hot, fixing the heat stopped the DVR problems) The AVTech's remote software is not as good, has a few bugs etc. The one that gets me is I can't use the USB digital export feature when I'm using motion detect because the change in framerate between non-motion (1fps) and motion (10fps) causes the speed of the playback to change - ie The action will start at normal speed at 1fps but when the video reaches a section of motion and ramps up to 15fps the action gets very slow because it thinks the video is still at 1fps.
Also, the network connection is flaky and I have to reboot the DVR at least once a week because the ftp-image function will quit working. I'm actually going to write a computer program to check the status of the network connection on a regular basis and send me a text message when the network connection stops working.
The avermedia 1304 (I have the mobile version) is very stable, good image, but doesn't have motion masking (ie you cannot specify an area of the screen where motion is expected and should not trigger the recorder)
