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20/11/2015

Different types CCTV Camera Recording Devices

Different types CCTV Camera Recording Devices .DVR vs NVR vs Hybrid & How to chose DVR's

Digital Video Recorder (DVR)dvr-line-color

The DVR is intended to work with standard analog security cameras, HDSDI cameras and HDCVI cameras. This doesn't mean that every DVR works with all of these cameras. Standard analog cameras are intended to be paired with standard analog DVRs just as HD-SDI and HD-CVI cameras are intended to be paired with their corresponding DVRs.

Network Video Recorder (NVR)nvr-line-color

The NVR is paired with IP/network security cameras. There are two different kinds of network video recorder, but don’t worry, they’re both still used with IP cameras. The first type, and much more common, requires that you connect your IP cameras to your router or a switch. This will mean using the search function on the NVR to “ping” the cameras and then add them to the NVRs device list to begin viewing. While this is not a very complicated step, it may be one you don’t feel like taking. In that case, the second option is to go with an NVR that has built in network or PoE (power over Ethernet) ports. This will allow you to connect your IP cameras directly to the back of your NVR just as you would with a DVR. This will remove the step of having to add them manually to a device list, and it will remove all worries of ensuring that they are connected to your network properly.

Hybrid Video Recorder (HVR)hvr-line-color

The Hybrid recorder is quickly growing in popularity because of it’s versatility. Hybrid video recorders (HVR) are compatible with both standard analog cameras and IP/network cameras. The HVRs can be a little misleading at first.

Tribrid DVR

Tribrid” digital video recorders (DVR), as they've come to be known, aren't a new thing. Previous to the release of Tribrid DVRs, there were Hybrid DVRs. Hybrid’s are capable of streaming and recording both standard analog and IP/network cameras. The Tribrid simply introduces the ability to now have HD-TVI cameras in addition to those analog and IP cameras.