Hey, thanks guys.   I do have some basic IT skills, but the manual is written in Chinglish...lol.  The DVR lives beside a PC,  I thought I read that I need to connect DVR directly to PC so the viewer program can grab the addy from it.   Is that right?  I'll check out the Q-see for sure tonight,  thanks for the help.   
Installing the system was a piece of cake, it seems to be of decent quality, although the price was $600 last month when the Dr. ordered it, now $480 something.