( 6 reviews )
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Aug 7 2009
Concur with the other reviewers as to the benefits of this DVR unit. I've had mine for about six months and used it 4-5 times. Always use the highest video resolution at around 12 fps. Video is acceptable but the MAJOR pain is that it splits the recorded video into MULTIPLE files which have to be JOINED using a 3RD PARTY utility to make one COMPLETE video recording. All because the engineers who designed this DVR didn't want to implement streaming media codecs in the firmware. Seriously, I've got another cheap $40.00 mini-DVR that will stream the video in the form of a single .AVI file to removable media (SD card). Good news is there are free utilities that will join the multiple .AVI files this unit creates relatively quickly, just an extra step which, IMO would not be necessary if the firmware had been designed to do streaming video. Overall, good product, does what it is supposed to do, one star off for the multiple files issue.
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Posted: Jul 18 2009
When viewing footage on my tv I was upset at the poor quality. However, I viewed it on the computer and everything is completely clear. It must have been how I had the tv set to view, if you use full screen it is hard to see because of the bitmapping, but as a small video file it is clear. A dog did its business on my driveway and I didn't catch them because a spider set up shop on my lens. Spider is now gone. Also be sure and prune your trees, even though you can set the camera to ignore certain spaces, it can be tedious going through footage if a wind storm has your evergreens blowing around. Seven months of use and no regrets. Might set up another one so I can put a camera closer to the mailbox. Only way to improve this little unit is to be able to hook up multiple cameras. I am very satisfied.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jan 22 2009
Seems to work okay but it breaks up the video into ~10 second pieces when recording HQ (708X480?)@12 FPS. This is about an MByte. These files can be stitched together if you want to play them back with software, such as MS Movie Maker, but is a pretty big PIA. It would be nice to find a file on your SD memory stick that started when you pushed the record button and ended when you pushed stop. It would also be nice if it could use 12V.
