Product Description

This Q-See Digital Video Recorder has a pre-installed 250 GB hard drive and RJ45 connection for Remote internet monitoring. Providing rock-solid, easy-to-use performance, this system is ideal for industrial, commercial and individual applications. With up to four cameras connected, you can monitor and record into the HDD for later play back. The RJ-45 connection allows you to monitor remotely from around the world through LAN or Internet. MPEG4 video gives you good quality video and good compression to save hard drive space.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1212 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Q-See
• Model: QSD6204-250
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 12.00" w x 8.50" l, 6.95 pounds

Features

• MPEG4 Compression
• Record & Display at 30/120FPS
• Remote Viewing through IE Browser
• Pre-installed 250GB Hard Drive
• 3 Audio inputs and USB 2.0 Port for Backup on PC

Customer Reviews

Thumbs Down
I gave it 1 star for price & features, but unfortunately the motion detect did not work nor did external triggering. Customer service did not respond to email after a week & got no response to date with the online RMA process on the Q-See site. I sent the DVR back to Amazon for a refund and am looking for a different brand. Hopefully the 4 Q-See cameras I also bought continue to work since dealing with Q-See would be useless.

Hit the 'record' button
I purchased this item -- with 4 Swann Mega Flood Security Camera -- back in July 2008 and it is working fine so far. I gave it a 4 star for the following reasons:

Motion Sensor Recording - There are 4 levels (0-3) of sensitivity from which to select and you can set the area. I have tested this over and over and it works just fine with the cameras I am using with this unit.

- READ THIS: Once you are in the motion detector setup page, you need to use your remote to move it to the "AREA" section so you can set the area. Once you are in there, (this is where this unit loses 1 star) it's best to use both hands but you will get used to it ... the "STOP" button on the DVR will change the sensitivity level. Use the remote directional buttons to move the grid around. Once you are at a location you want to detect motion, hit the middle button (between the directional buttons) on the remote to select the location. From there you can use your remote button to add more detection grids. To DELETE a grid, you have to set the sensitivity to 0 and move it over the grid and hit 'select'.

Viewable on my laptop - every time my motion lights come on outside. I pop up the PC viewer to see if anything's up. This has saved me many trips.

Features - although the user interface (factored into the loss of 1 star in rating) is not very friendly, there are many features you can change .. including the 'reset to defaul' feature, which resets everything back to default. You can set the fps, the hours to record (either non-stop or by motion), video quality, etc,.

But remember to hit the RECORD button once you have set everything up or else ... it won't record. To get into the setup menu, you have to hit the STOP button to stop the recording. Again, user interface not so great but it has been working for me just fine.

Good For The Money; Buy w/ 500GB Hard Drive
This product is fine for the money. Just don't expect too much in terms of playback quality or storage. The playback quality just doesn't do my camera justice. It's just fine, however, for most applications. The biggest problem is with storage. The 250GB hard drive is only enough to store 2 days worth of continous, 24-hours-a-day recording on the "highest" quality setting at 30 frames per second - and that's with just one camera! You can reduce the quality setting to increase the storage, but the decrease in picture is noticeable. Instead, I opted to reduce the FPS to 15. Doing so gained me 3 additional days of storage. If you don't need continous recording, the motion detection option will give you the most storage. Whatever the use, I would recommend buying this machine with the 500GB hard drive upgrade.