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Thanks everyone for your incite. It's good to have multiple views on the matter. Has anyone ever used a analog video converter which connects to your computer and converts incoming signal to digital? Once that is done you clean it up with a video program that splits up the multiplex video. Is there a good overall website that CCTV forum recommends to purchase this equipment? A lot of the recommended devices are hard to find on the internet to purchase. Some of the sites are for dealers only.

Alright lets see if I'm catching on. To review surveillance tapes that were recorded on quad or switching devices all I would need is a standard Time Lapse VCR. For multiplex tapes I would need a multiplexer, and hope that it has the same code. (Similar to DVD players with +/-R and RW). But with the proper multiplexer (Dedicated Micros) I have a 75% chance of "demuxing" and viewing the video in a noncompressed format. Keep the suggestions coming.

As a detective with the local sheriff's office I have been assigned the task of putting together a surveillance tape review system. We are running into problems reviewing video tapes from victim businesses on standard VCR equipment. Just through researching the net I have found that there are several types of recorder/playback systems. (multiplex,quad,switchers). My question is are there any playback devices that will clearly playback different recording modes in one unit? What is a good basic viewing system. Or do I have to purchase a playback device for each recorded system? I am a newbie so I am open to suggestions or technical advice. If this topic has been discussed already I apologize, just direct me to the correct thread.