Question: How much recording time do I get with a 1tb HD?
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At 4cif, 30fps, 24/7 recording, the retention on my system is 45 days. Depends on how much motion is in your field of view.
185880
It word fine. I buy a 1 tb hard drive dvr, that rcord a month and always rase the 31 day only
1173846
To be honest, I am not really sure. I put a WD 1TB Green Drive, which other people had issues with in other DVR's & I did not have any problems.
204694
Hey Mark, well the funny thing is that I sent this thing back. It just wouldn't format. No matter what I did, or cable I used it didn't work. It also had problems with using the firewire cable. I think I got it to recognize the HD ONCE, and then it said it would take almost 17 hours to format it. I honestly think something was wrong with the drive itself, but I didn't want another one to try. I figured I'd wait.
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It is 24 hours and has a 500 gig hard drive. That's a lot of space for recording. You can access it while you are away to check up on your home too.
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I did calculation before. As I can remember, roughly speaking, for a 250GB hard drive(I put a 2.5 inch sata laptop hard drive inside the box), I could make uninterrupted recordings from two channel cameras for 2 weeks long.
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I really don't know. I use only one external HD plugged on this device to make backups.
471982
The internal harddrive is 500 Gb...enough for a month of recording according to the manual, but with all 16 channels active, I get just over two weeks.
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How long you can record is based on how much storage space you have divided by the file size. The higher the quality the more space it takes per frame."How many hours of uncompressed video on 1 Terabyte disk?Answer: An hour of standard video takes up about 1GB, while an hour of high-definition video sucks up 4GB"http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_hours_of_uncompressed_video_on_1_Terabyte_disk
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Depends on the size of the hard drive but at least 14 day of continuous recording
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I believe the drive I installed in it was 1TB. Actually, as long as it's a 2.5 inch drive, the capacity, I believe, is irrelevant.
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Hi Craig, Thanks for your useful input. At this stage I think I too should have gone for the 1TB model. Now I can't seem to download video clips onto the 1.5 TB. It starts off OK then freezes and the usual Task Manager solutions don't seem to help and I end up with the dreaded blue screen. I have to switch off and start again. Very boring. If anyone has a solution would be most grateful for help
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A HDD in the DVR. Flash mem for limited recording time. Not hard to imagine for $99-.
799720
Im going to say 1tb. Dont hesitate to buy this system, i have it in 13 locations and the quality is unbelievable.
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You can get about 8 hours before it will start recording over the oldest files. A 32GB card will format to about 29GB of recording space.
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a 500Gb for only 4 cameras only record for 24 hours continual and it will write over automatic every day if you want longer record time you have to change the hard drive to a bigger one a 1 tb will record 4 cameras for 45 days it says but I haven't had a chance to test my system for that time yet.You will get longer record time if you change the settings to motion only.The new hard drive runs about 100.00 I was alittle upset that they didn't let me know that before I bought the system and you have to have a special hard drive that works with this system.You can not use a usb hard drive it has to bea internal drive not a external drive.Hope this helps and answers your question. a 500Gb for only 4 cameras only record for 24 hours continual and it will write over automatic every day if you want longer record time you have to change the hard drive to a bigger one a 1 tb will record 4 cameras for 45 days it says but I haven't had a chance to test my system for that time yet.You will get longer record time if you change the settings to motion only.The new hard drive runs about 100.00 I was alittle upset that they didn't let me know that before I bought the system and you have to have a special hard drive that works with this system.You can not use a usb hard drive it... » Read More a 500Gb for only 4 cameras only record for 24 hours continual and it will write over automatic every day if you want longer record time you have to change the hard drive to a bigger one a 1 tb will record 4 cameras for 45 days it says but I haven't had a chance to test my system for that time yet.You will get longer record time if you change the settings to motion only.The new hard drive runs about 100.00 I was alittle upset that they didn't let me know that before I bought the system and you have to have a special hard drive that works with this system.You can not use a usb hard drive it has to bea internal drive not a external drive.Hope this helps and answers your question. « Show Less
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Do I need a separate recorder/hard drive to store recorded data? If not, how long does it record before the 'loop' ends and it starts rewriting over itself?