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hello, any suggestions for a 16 channel stand alone dvr, needs to have remote access capabilities and about 30 days of storage capacity, and the ability to set cameras up for motion detection. I am considering the speco dvr-16ip. This is for a high end residence. Any thoughts on the speco or sugestions for anoter dvr would be appreciated...thanks

We have used the Telexper Thunder with good results.

You can check them out at Telexper.com

will take a look thanks

Discount Security Cameras out of Florida seems to have some good products at affordable pricing,I have not used them yet, but I do have a bid out where I am going to to use their equipment.

https://www.discount-security-cameras.net/

I use Discount all the time. Great people Great prices and stuff always ships out the same day.

I checked discount security out. Have you used their DVR's Frankie? Are they good?

Also check out:
https://www.cctvimports.com/

I've never used their DVR's. I have a guy that builds me servers that can handle up to 16 cameras. He put in 3 400 gig drives and I can save vidoe for months at a time. If needed I burn the data onto dvd's.

Check out Super Circuits They have 16 chan. DVR that can have upto 5 Terabyte storage www.supercircuits.com

Have any of you guys had any dealings with Honeywell?

I have used honeywells cameras they worked out well

Were they day/night? If so how did the night vision look?

The Linux boxes are more stable, but we use a lot of WinXP boxes to be able to stream the audio and listen to recorded audio across the Internet to remote monitoring locations. There is a supplier here in Dallas that has done very well for us on the WinXP boxes. If you need info let me know and I'll shoot you a link and contact info as I don't think we're supposed to post that openly.

BTW, supercircuits is good. That is where most spy shops buy there supplies to build into hidden devices.

Mike, they were not day/night. They were used indoors in a fairly well light area, used more of a deterrent then anything but still produced a nice image, can not remember the model they were domes though

We have been using Toshiba (IK-6400a) cameras. They have a good picture, but the D/N does work real good.

Mike:
Those cameras don't have infrared so the night mode only means black & white at a lower lux. They still need a good night light source to work decently.

No, through the day they are great. But when night comes they go black. In places where there is fairly good light.

I mean in places where you could walk and see fairly well of the night.

One of the installs I am thinking of is a car dealership where they have a lot full (50) of 1000watt m/h lamp post. And behind the service shop it is still light enough to see pretty good.
And we have auto shutter lens.

But the cameras go black after dark.

Wow, that's not good. I haven't used that particular model, the specs look good. They're not a cheap camera either. Good to know that though. Thanks.

Try either an Intellex or AVIS video custom built DVR....AVIS will built the DVR with whatever you need and has excellent tech support