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Hi guys,

 

Might seem like a stupid question but why do all DVRs come with a DVD drive as standard? Some offer the option to remove it and substitute in an extra hard drive which seems way more beneficial to me.

 

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DVD drives are typically where incident clips are saved for evidence, although newer DVRs can also utilize USB drives. The DVD can usually be played on a remote computer for law enforcement, insurance, etc. purposes. It would be a pain to have to bring the DVR to court to show evidence.

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Really? I do not know what DVRs you use, but I have not seen a DVR that comes by default with a DVD drive for quite a few years, and I have not used myself a DVD in a long time (other than the random manual/drivers that comes on CD/DVD).

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DVD drives are typically where incident clips are saved for evidence, although newer DVRs can also utilize USB drives. The DVD can usually be played on a remote computer for law enforcement, insurance, etc. purposes. It would be a pain to have to bring the DVR to court to show evidence.

 

Is there a need for a DVD drive though if you can use USB? Figured I could also just view it on my laptop using an app and then use my laptop dvd drive if I really need to write to a DVD.

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Really? I do not know what DVRs you use, but I have not seen a DVR that comes by default with a DVD drive for quite a few years, and I have not used myself a DVD in a long time (other than the random manual/drivers that comes on CD/DVD).

Everfocus Paragon960-16X4 - Built-in DVD burner (Optional)

Ganz Digimaster DR16HD - 480 ips w/DVD Writer

Samsung Techwin SRD-1676D - DVD-RW

 

Plenty of other examples. Let me put it this way: if you need to provide evidence clips to outside entities often, which would you rather supply - 50-cent DVDs or $5.00 USB drives?

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Is there a need for a DVD drive though if you can use USB? Figured I could also just view it on my laptop using an app and then use my laptop dvd drive if I really need to write to a DVD.

For your own use, no. But see my other post above.

 

For that matter, if you can network into the DVR, you wouldn't even have to snail video to your computer. Many DVRs allow remote control, including remote clip generation, via network.

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Plenty of other examples. Let me put it this way: if you need to provide evidence clips to outside entities often, which would you rather supply - 50-cent DVDs or $5.00 USB drives?

 

If cost goes in the equation, I would rather supply a free email/download link. If cost is not in the equation, I would rather supply a USB drive.

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If cost goes in the equation, I would rather supply a free email/download link. If cost is not in the equation, I would rather supply a USB drive.
Well we (a casino) provide DVDs. Since we go through around 30-40 DVDs a month, the cost of USB drives becomes an issue. Besides, most VMS's are set up to save to DVD. They can save to USB but that requires an extra step or two.

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Plenty of other examples. Let me put it this way: if you need to provide evidence clips to outside entities often, which would you rather supply - 50-cent DVDs or $5.00 USB drives?

 

If cost goes in the equation, I would rather supply a free email/download link. If cost is not in the equation, I would rather supply a USB drive.

 

 

Would the USB go to police and court service ???

 

Even dvr with no dvr drive the idea is to convert to dvr before it goes to police or court.

 

Here in UK police will not look at USB .

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I think that's pretty common in the U.S., too. Besides, at least some entities lock out the USB ports on workstations to prevent users from stealing sensitive information and walking out with it.

 

We used to have a similar problem with the data DVDs we furnished. Many computers only came with CD drives and IT departments were reluctant to install DVD drives - probably because of the misguided notion that workers would waste company time watching movies...

 

Because of that, we were forced to convert the clips to Video DVDs that could be played in standalone DVD players. That was a royal pain because we had to buy special computer cards to convert the evidence clips to baseband video and analog audio, feed the output to a standalone DVD Recorder and dub the clips in real time...

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I think that's pretty common in the U.S., too. Besides, at least some entities lock out the USB ports on workstations to prevent users from stealing sensitive information and walking out with it.

 

 

Yes plus. Police or courts will not risk having there computer systems put at risk from virus passing .

 

 

Police will look at a bad crime from pen and will run through virus detection first . But there not going to take the time or the money (time costs) for someone who has stole jar of peanut butter

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