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• DVR Tutorial Introduction
• A Brief History of Surveillance Video Recording Technology
• Common DVR Myths
• What is a Security DVR
• PC-Based Vs. Non-PC-Based
• All DVRs are Not Alike
• DVR Card Differences
• Bottlenecking
• Shared Resources
• Frames / Images Per Second
• Image Resolution
• Bitrate
• Storage
• Video Quality Vis- -vis Frames-Per-Second
• Size Matters
• Codec Algorithms
• Compression Technology
• Compression Technology Challenges
• Why is Everyone So Slow to Adapt
• Obsolescence
• The DVR Software
• The Hardware Components
• Peripheral Software
• The Heartbeat of your DVR
• References
• Welcome to the Future
• Buyer's Checklist