We offer installation and support of several different Digital Video Recorder (DVR) systems, including products by Capture IDR and CAMACC Vigil, as well as our own flagship product, the LPS DVR by VideoInsight.

Digital recording systems have numerous advantages over traditional tape-based systems...

Tapes are sequential-access: it can take hours to scan through a video tape to find exactly the footage you want. DVRs allow you to select the desired camera(s), select the date and time range, and instantly display only that segment of video you want to review.

Tapes wear out: even a high-quality time-lapse VHS tape will not last more than 6-10 uses, and quality degrades with every cycle. If you use a set of 7 tapes on a weekly cycle, that means replacing them every two months.

Tapes are bulky: our ultra-compact LPS DVR takes up less space (by volume) than a set of 31 VHS tapes, and can store anywhere from a week to several months of video.

Tapes are limited length and quality: time-lapse VHS recorders can fit up to 72 hours (3 days) on a single T-160 tape, at substantial loss of quality, and tape playback quality degrades with every use. DVRs record continuously to their maximum storage capacity and only then overwrite the oldest footage. Digital quality will never change over time or usage, and specific image quality can be user-controlled by size, compression and video framerate to make the best use of the storage space available. And of course, more storage can always be added as necessary.

Tapes are one-of-a-kind: if law enforcement requires your surveillance tape of an incident, you are probably handing over your only copy of that incident... and any others that may be on the same tape. If you cycle tapes on a regular (weekly/monthly) basis, that also requires replacing a tape. DVRs allow you to export any number of video clips to external media (CD-R, DVD-R, external hard drive, etc.) while never disturbing your source material.

Tapes are single-tasking: if you ever need to stop and review a tape, or even just to change tapes, your VCR will not be recording for that period of time, potentially missing new incidents. DVRs continue recording constantly, even while you're reviewing and exporting video clips.

Tapes are localized: to watch video on a tape-based system, you must be sitting in front of the system. Most DVRs are networkable and can be viewed over any network. Our LPS DVR system even has a built-in webserver and can be viewed from any web browser, anywhere in the world.