monster081 0 Posted October 31, 2013 hello everybody im the new guy around here! I always wanted to have cameras at home, I'm thinking of buying a cheap dvr that will record up to 8 ch, but there is something that i don't get, the description says that I can record 4D1 and 4CIF Realtime? I only want 4 cameras for now but I might add 2 next year. What is that ? sorry.. I'm new to cameras... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxIcon 0 Posted October 31, 2013 Looks confusing. D1 is standard analog resolution, and CIF is 1/4 resolution, which is very low res. This used to be popular for some reason. 4CIF is another term for D1, so it's not clear if they mean 4 x CIF inputs, or 4CIF = same as D1. It may mean it will record 4 each D1 and 4 each CIF in realtime, and would have to reduce the frame rate if you wanted higher resolution on the 2nd set of channels (or they may not be capable of full D1 at all). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
