The advent of the digital video recorder (DVR) may someday be heralded in the same sentence with the telephone, the radio and motion pictures. Gone are the days of clutter from piles of VCR tapes -- not to mention the continuous costs of adding to your video collection. Remember rewinding? Forget about it. How many times did you try to record your favorite show or sporting event only to discover you were out of blank tapes or the tape you put in wasn't long enough?

Thanks to the DVR, those are distant memories. And now, DVR plays an integral role in one or more Closed Circuit Television Camera systems (4-8-16-32 options). DVRs allow you to record up to 24 weeks -- or more, depending on the unit's hard drive size.

Naturally, when DVRs were introduced to the world, these technological feats were quite costly. Thanks to recent advances, however, DVRs are much more affordable -- especially for home users. It's easy to upgrade your hidden camera system to a DVR and say good-bye to those clunky tapes and concerns that you might accidentally record over something important. And, over the long term, eliminating the cost of buying videotapes significantly reduces the cost of a video security system.

A DVR is the perfect add-on to any CCTV Camera system when you need extended periods of monitoring. It's ideal for businesses that rely on their security camera system to monitor around the clock, and it's equally great for the private consumer who's going on a vacation. Sometimes, you just need the extended recording capacity a DVR offers because you're working late. Or maybe you're tired of having to run to the store several times a week to buy VCR tapes.

You can avoid all of these hassles with a motion-activated DVR. Our expert technicians have selected some of the best DVRs on the market for you. Need to take your DVR on the road? No problem. We offer pocket-size Portable Surveillance DVRs -- smaller than some MP3 players — that feature roomy 20-40-80GB hard drives.

Some of our DVRs even do double duty as entertainment systems, so you can listen to MP3s or watch pre-recorded TV shows or movies. That might not be the primary reason you’re buying a DVR, but who says stakeouts have to be boring? And, if you were planning on buying a high-dollar MP3 player, a DVR entertainment system (that can also record surveillance footage from your hidden camera system) practically pays for itself.

If you’re familiar with TIVO, basically, it’s the difference between using your old VCR (to tape shows) and a TIVO (to digitally record shows).

Also many of the new DVR have integrated a remote view network system for you to connect the unit to the Internet and monitor online from any computer in the world. Pentaplex (Live, Playback/ record/copy/Network simultaneously)

New systems are available with wireless cameras, 200GB, 500GB, 750GB to 1TB hard drive and a high quality video compression MPEG4, AVI, or H264.

Real time display at 480 Frames / sec, email notification, remote controlling & monitoring via TCP/IP Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Google chrome.