Video Surveillance and Network Video Recorders

Many of these particular systems can be used in a stand-alone environment or configured to a client/server set-up.  Imagine if you will for a moment the convenience of being able to record from 16 to 32 IP cameras by installation of software. 

No matter what the size of your operation, there is software available that allows you to network video recorders.  Unlike some of the other video surveillance systems, this one is perhaps the easiest to use as it requires software configuration in combination with your own computer. 

This is perhaps one of the more pricey groups of video surveillance systems but certainly worth the money to the technically savvy consumer.  This may actually be a more convenient set-up since the hardware purchase tends to be most expensive investment when obtaining video surveillance equipment. 

The network surveillance recorder easily allows for user friendly accessibility and anywhere from 4 to 32 IP cameras.  It also has multi-camera monitoring/recording capability.  There is also the Intelligent Motion Detection with pan/tilt/zoom into recorded images.  This particular brand of video surveillance is ideally suited to security, industry, quality control and retail as it runs over a computer network. 

Some of the features of Network Video Recorders are as follows:
* Intelligent Motion Detection
* Customized Layouts
* Server/Client separation
* Integration with other software
* Dual monitor
* Dynamic masking capability
* Export of AVI files
* Pan/Tilt/Zoom by image
* Audio support
* Alarm notification by e-mail
* Automatic layout change

As you can see from the above there are many advantages to this particular system.  It is considered user-friendly although it is best-suited to those well-versed in computer technology.  Of the models reviewed the lowest priced system was $780.  The highest was $9,125.