DPS Q-See QSNDVR4R - security digital video recorder Reviews

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I've had this thing for over a year now and have been pretty disappointed from the beginning. I saw it at costco but then contacted q-see and got a much better price. The only cool thing is the internet viewing but lately it has been freezing up which requires a restart of the dvr. from Cnet.com Where to start? I purchased this from Costco 1/8/2007. It sat in a box for 6 months because I was busy getting married, honeymoon, work - little stuff you know. When I finally got around to installing it on 23-25 November 2007 quite some time had passed. from Cnet.com Poor quality product with frequent lock-ups. 3 months into it completely frozen. Tech support from Q-See is no where to be found. After 15 mins on hold they transfer you to voice mail and do not call back. from Cnet.com I have no previous experience with monitoring/surveillance DVRs, so I'm a newbie in this area. That said, I researched a system that would rely on IP-based cameras and PC, and determined that it would cost more than I wanted to spend. The Q-See unit was reasonably priced through Costco and included some cameras, so I decided to take the plunge. 2. from Cnet.com That was it's first strike. Not only was it NOT web based access (it was a VERY poorly written windows applications) but the windows app was the ONLY way you could interact with this machine from another computer. If they had made it so I could have access these video files via a simple website, FTP, Windows Share, anything I would have simply shucked their app and access the videos directly and viewed in my video player of choice (Windows Media, VLC anything). To make matters worse, try as I might, while I was able to view the live feeds in the windows apps, I was never able to download any recordings. from Amazon.com I chose this Q-See QSNDVR4R for 2 reasons 1) it has a network jack for internet connectivity/monitoring 2) price. It works most of the time but has some serious shortcomings. from Amazon.com Q See Quality????? I purchased the Q-See QSNDVR4R as part of a security system complete with four cameras. While performing an initial parts count and visual inspection, the following discrepancies use found: from Amazon.com Second problem is that the directions are terrible, and clearly not written by a native English speaker. For example this nugget, "Insert the removeable hard disk case to the end and lock it up. (turn right the hard disk lock; connect the power, the machine start to work." Or this one -"turn off the machine when the system shut down.. especially not to turn off the machine while recording. from Amazon.com That was it's first strike. Not only was it NOT web based access (it was a VERY poorly written windows applications) but the windows app was the ONLY way you could interact with this machine from another computer. If they had made it so I could have access these video files via a simple website, FTP, Windows Share, anything I would have simply shucked their app and access the videos directly and viewed in my video player of choice (Windows Media, VLC anything). To make matters worse, try as I might, while I was able to view the live feeds in the windows apps, I was never able to download any recordings. from Amazon.com I chose this Q-See QSNDVR4R for 2 reasons 1) it has a network jack for internet connectivity/monitoring 2) price. It works most of the time but has some serious shortcomings. from Amazon.com

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