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What is the difference between PC Based DVR and Standalone DVR?

April 26, 2017based difference DVR pc standalone

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What is the difference between PC Based DVR and Standalone DVR?

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PC Based DVR are PCI cards which get installed in Computer System. The Cameras are then connected to DVR card. The Software is supplied with the DVR card. This runs on Computer system and records all the moves of connected cameras to computer harddisk in desired mode. Standalone DVR is Independent Device which has its own hardware specifically designed to record/play/broadcast/manager camera videos. A harddisk is also installed in standalone DVR. The comparison is given below: PC-Based DVR Standalone DVR The cost is very reasonable compare to Standalone. About 30 %( PC required) The cost is higher. (PC not required) Easy to upgrade and increase the number of camera. No need to replace hardware. Just add more cards. To increase the camera or upgrade, the whole hardware unit needs to be replaced and you get nothing by reselling the old. Can add any number of Hard disk in computer. So increasing storage capacity is never a problem. Has limited number of slots for Hard disk attachment. The