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 excellent! March 31, 2010
Jianre Hsiung
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
great product! our DVR died and as soon as we plug this in, it started working. excellent picture!!!
con: noise... not a problem if you put it under the table... however, if its on the table, it is noisy.
mouse came dead.. used a spare usb mouse
iphone driver needs to be downloaded from istore (for free though).
pro: easy interface, great picture, 500gb hd is awesome for about 2 weeks worth of recording. option to recycle hd automatically.
viewing option: 3x3,2x2,1x1
good remote control
ability to add extra sata harddrive easily via a server like slot
ability to add esata hd
internet viewing works great
 320x240? December 26, 2009
Dmitri Chvetsov (Chandler, AZ)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I read all reviews very carefully. I like this unit except just one parameter - all channels are writing in 320x240x30 fps. It looks like the camera that I just got, which is able to produce 540 TV lines, is more or less worthless since the recorded video will be seriously degraded and I'm not even sure that I'll be able to get the details coming out from the camera. So having 8 cameras like this is good, but seriously, what DRV is able to record all these cameras in native resolution with no significant degradation? I spent weeks trying to find an acceptable device including PC based using different cards, then "standard" standalone DVRs, nothing. All I see is able to either record with the maximum resolution but incredibly slow motion, or real-time like this model, but only 320x240. Any advice? Please answer to this post if you saw some device able to work with 4-8 channels making a real time record with no video resolution degradation. Thanks!
Q-See Rocks October 13, 2009
Francis X. Jacobberger (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
I have purchased less expensive DVR's in the past. This one is just rock solid!
Excellant interface. Love the removable drive bay and the option to add several
drives.
Overall Nice product but... September 21, 2009
Mar (USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Overall this is a nice product. There are somethings that will make you want to run to the nearest medicine cabinet and pull out the asprin but overall the DVR works as advertised.
CONS:
1. Noisy, if you planned on placing this somewhere in the open plan on hearing it run, the fan is very noisy. Not a problem for my installation as it is in an area which I seldom enter.
2. Big. The unit is larger (Depth) than some others but again not a big issue if you have the room for it.
3. Manual. Ok, this will make you run and buy another bottle of asprin. The manual is written in an "interesting" fashion. You can download a copy of it from the Q-See website if your interesting in seeing it before you buy it. Most of the setup is easy, you may have some problems with the internet portion, but most teenagers should be able to get that hooked up for you in no time.
4. Mouse could be alot better quality than what they put, but with the cost of a good mouse being as low as they are not really a problem overall. Mouse is USB by the way.
PROS:
1. Handles the inputs of both PAL and NTSC without problems (yes, only one type at a time and you can not mix them but most people do not worry about that so pretty much a non issue).
2. Is 110/220 volt. Nice for those who may move around alot or live outside the USA.
3. Good quality recording, monitoring and overall video feed. The live view has a very slight delay but nothing to really worry about. The recording comes out a very good quality. Have not been able to test all 8 cameras at same time yet but will update when I can for now this comment is based on 5 cameras at once.
Overall I would give this a 4 as the item works exactly as advertised.
Good lasting product with 500 GB drive.. July 7, 2009
Common Sense (Reno, NV USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Q-See QSTD2408-500 8-Channel H.264 CIF Real-time Recording DVR with Mobile Phone Surveillance, Remote Internet Monitoring and Pre-Installed 500GB HDD
I've used the QSTD2408-500 for 3 months and have only a couple of small complaints. I'd rate this Q-See DVR a 5 except they really have no clear instructions in the manual to connect the Pelco-D protocol RS-485 PTZ communication system. On a weekend tech support is unavailable and written support is non existent. After finally talking with tech support I found it much easier to use an external joystick controller which is working well. IMO, the joystick is much more convenient than the mouse or tuner control. My other concern is that the internal "airplane' fan is very noisy. I'd like to see a different quiet fan like in the latest computer systems. But, most DVR's I've been around have noisy fans.
If you price these using the Obama method from the top down. Yes, even using the top down comparison Amazon still has the best price I've found on the net including the 500 GB drive and free shipping.
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