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Hi Andy_geovision, Your information has been a great help. At least now i know what card should do the job. Think i am heading for the GV 800-8, then this will give me inputs for up to 8 cameras and still give me quality i require if all cameras were activated at once. I do not need anything like 'real time'. It is not important for me. As long as i can get a finer detail during 'playback' then i will be happy. Main concern is that i will be able to pick up peoples faces clearly. I currently have the daytime set to motion detect and the evening, 10pm to 5am to be recording all the time. I would like to be able to read license plates but i would not want to go to the expense of having a system that is meant for that purpose. From what i have read and what other forum members have said, the quality of the Geovision cards is of much higher quality than the 'ebay specials' which cost about 10 UK £ !! On another note, whats the best way to reduce 'flare or blinding' at night from car headlights? Both my cameras are B&W during the night and i have only 2 small IR lamps but these are really not up to the job. Regarding the TV out, i already have a TV out (svhs) on the PC's video card so would this be the same quality ? WeAreNotAlone also has the same thinking as me. Why go for a DVR card with TV out when you already have a TV out on the P video card? I must say, i am glad i joined this forum, it has certainly helped me have a better understanding of the CCTV systems

Hi everyone, Ive recently joined the forum and still trying to iron out the fault i have with my system. I currently have 4 cameras set up, two of high qualityand 2 of lesser quality, and these are connected up to my PC at present but i only have a cheap and nasty DVR card which i purchased really as i test to see what it was like. But it seems to make the picture worse when i put my cameras through it. If i connect direst to say the video input to my tv then the picture is A1. I am now really looking to buy a new DVR card but i am not aure what the best one would be for my application? It's only a home CCtv system which mainly monitors the gardens and driveway and partially covers the area in front of the house. What i would like to be able to do is to zoom in enough to make out faces rather than a blur and also vehicle registration number plates. Would the 600 or 650 card suffice or would i need to go for the 800 series ? I currently have 4 cameras but i may end up fitted a couple more at some stage so would need to allow for further extensions to the system. Also, once i have a good quality DVR card, would the PC cpu need to be improved or would it still be ok ? It only runs the CCTV so no other applications are required on it. Think its a Celeron 1.8 gig and have got a 500 gig ext hard drive attached too. Sorry but i am new to the CCTV side of things so please bear with me. Any advice will be a great help, just dont want to waste money purchasing a DVR card which is no good! Many thanks. Justin

Thanks for the welcome. I have a few cameras at present. My two main ones are of good quality and the other two are of a lesser quality but still give a reasonable picture. I currently do have a DVR card in my spare PC but the quality of either the card or PC has down graded the quality of the picture from the cameras!! The card i have in it at present is only a cheap one (£12.50 Ebay special !!) but i really dont know what sort of money i would be looking at to gain quality rather than quantity if you know what i mean. I would like to pick up faces rather than a blur when you zoom in. Also, would it also be down to the cheap card the fact that when dark, car headlight 'blind' the whole image and cannot see the car properly. I only have two small IR lamps on one of the cameras but they do not cover a large area. My main cameras are SAMSUNG SDN-520P which are in the larger steel housings. Hope this helps Best regards Justin

HI everyone, A newbie here so apologies if i make any ba**s ups! I currently am in the market to purchase a DVR card for my pc in order to have my current cameras linked up. What should i be looking for : 1st the DVR card? Whats spec ? 2nd The Pc processor, what would be suitable ? I would like to be able to pick up peoples faces or other finer details such as car reg plates ? Any one out there who knows what i need ? I dont want need a "top notch" system, but something that works well Many thanks everyone Best regards from Sunny North Wales UK