Digital Video Recordings are now a very popular product in the security industry. But look careful and like all products don’t select your product on just price or reported specs. Check the ability of your provider to support the equipment and the features actually available at the time of sale and not the features in future revisions is what you should look out for. Be prepared to pay for good advice allocate a shootout and a report by a experienced consultant, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses and points of issue particular to your installation. A day or 2 invested early and later at time of commissioning will ensure the installer provides you with the best unit and ensure it is setup correctly for your site. Make sure setup takes into account your priorities. These priorities should be documented and understood if at any stage they may require to be changed. e.g building exit is setup for higher resolution and frame rate recording. this may change as this exit is shutoff and building changes are made. KNOW YOUR SYSTEMS WEAKNESS DON’T REST ON ITS STRENGTHS. Ensure sufficient harddrive is allocated and it is understood the expected time before data is over written and what backup procedures are to be implemented.
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