Stand alone DVRs - two questions

[kao 0]

1. I see a lot of stand-alones with removable hard drives. What is the main reason for this? Backup? or Playback?

It seems like a nice idea to be able to pull out the drive and go play it back somewhere. But thinking thru it, it also seems like a bit of a hassle to have to plug it into another pc or ide-to-usb converter. And even then, does windows play back the recordings or do you need some kind of application software?

 

2. Mobile DVRs. Looking for recommendations for a solid 4ch mobile dvr for school bus and police car use. I see there are a lot of mobile dvrs on the market, but none of them that I have seen offer a good and easy retrieval method. Any suggestions?

[kao 0]

Bump - anyone have a mobile dvr they would recommend? or one to avoid?

[rory 0]

I know of GE, March Networks, and then there are some OEM ones also ..

[ncdoc 0]

Only reason I see for removable HD is if you need extended archive capacity and you want to buy multiple HDs and library them for possible future use. Take a look at Dedicated Micros TransVu for mobile. It is an 8 channel unit with additional features so may be overkill for your needs.

[Security Consultant 0]

1. In my opinion, removable HDD works like tapes in VCR. When one disk is full, just replace it with a new one. Moreover, you can plug them into another PC for playback.

 

2. It is strongly recommendded CO-1000M series Mobile DVR, see link below:

http://www.codeoutsourcing.com/pages/products/mdvr/1000m/index.php

The mobile DVR is proved working pretty stable, which is the most important criteria for mobiel applciations.

Ways to backup:

1) Using removbale disk, just as most of DVR do.

2) USB2.0 transmission port.

3) By network, wireless or ethernet. for example, in Wi-Fi area, you can just press one button to "bump" data to control center through wireless LAN.

sound interesting, yes!