Which 16ch DVR to buy? There's so many to choose from!

[BagPuss 0]

Hey everyone,

 

I finally managed to get iDVR Running perfectly with remote access on a dedicated i.p. to our iPhones.

 

However, I'm after upgrading from the 8 Channels that I have on the PCI Card to 16 Channels, so I can add on later if required.

 

I'm looking to change from my PCI Card Based WHS running iDVR4000 to a more simpler, less power consuming solution, which the PC wasn't. Being on 24/7 it was just eating electricity.

The PC was using a 500w PSU, whereas DVR's are a lot lot less.

 

Trouble is there are so many unknown makes and maufacturers that I'm not entirely sure on which is a viable solution.

 

I've seen Avtech, XVision, This one on eBid, plenty on ebay, Amazon and the like.

 

But which one is a good all rounder.

 

Ideally I'd like a minimum of 1TB (expandable), must be able to remotely view on our iPhones, VGA Output.

 

Price range for these varies from £200 - £350 or thereabouts.

 

Any idea's?

 

Thanks all in advance.

[BagPuss 0]

Yep, Anything like that.

 

There are a couple i've bookmarked in my Ebay, but as I'm at work I don't have access to it.

 

I'll post them later on.

 

 

Thanks

[BagPuss 0]

This is three of them

 

Nava 2tb

 

Qvis 2tb

 

Another Nava 2tb

[BagPuss 0]

These are the others:-

 

Nava

 

Unknown Make

 

Avtech

[tomcctv 187]

Yep, Anything like that.

 

There are a couple i've bookmarked in my Ebay, but as I'm at work I don't have access to it.

 

I'll post them later on.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

hi. is there a reason why your just looking at CIF only units. (this is why there cheap for 16 way)

[BagPuss 0]

I have 8 Camera's already which are BNC type.

4 external Bullet type which are Video only and 4 internal dome types which are Video & Sound.

 

To be honest, even running them at CIF quality, it's really not that bad.

[BagPuss 0]

Yes, thanks

 

Anything like that to replace the server.