EasyCap Model 002 - 4 Channel USB 2.0 DVR Video Audio CCTV Capture Adapter

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001M547EM
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,766 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 24, 2008

Product Description

Implement a video surveillance security system! 4 screen display modes are available. Multi alarm triggering method: sensor, motion, video loss, and HDD space shortage. Supports schedule recording mode, recycling recording method available. Supports multi-channel playback, search by time/date and recording events, image options include zoom, capture, save, print, backup. Supports remote surveillance and PTZ control through web browser. Package Includes: EasyCAP 4 Channel USB 2.0 DVR, Audio Cable & USB Cable, Quick Install Guide, Software CD. System requirements: Intel P4 CPU - 1700MHZ; HDD 80G; RAM 256M; Microsoft DirectX 9.0C; USB 2.0 port and Audio Card Dimensions: 3.5 in x 1.1 in x 0.59 in.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars EasyCap USB 2.0 Capture DVR, March 2, 2009

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Michael Joseph - See all my reviews

Satisfactory product, hardware is great, software is weak. Would be nice if clearer to explain only records on one channel at a time, even though you can view all 4 channels. Attempted third party software solutions, but can only get other programs to recognize channel 2 as a record input. For the price, makes an excellent one channel video capture. If they redesigned the software for 4 cam capture I would be 5 stars satisfied! Compatible with both my XP and Vista 2.0USB computers, not compatible with 1.0 USB.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars [Worst ever.] NEW REVISED WITH HELP!, September 6, 2009

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C. Champion-stucker "minnin" (CA) - See all my reviews
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[It never worked the seller was unable to communicate and i don't have the time to file a claim against every rip off con-artist here. BUYER BEWARE! DO NOT PURCHASE THIS ITEM.]

Ok i have recently discovered that this is not as bad as i thought. With no help from the manufacturer i gave up originally, i put it in my drawer and forgot about it, and then I'm like lets try it again. I hooked it up to my usb 2.0 hub and then i tried the Multiviewer software and no luck. Read the steps below if you use vista or windows 7.

1. go to the shortcut on your desktop or the program in C://programs/... and right click
2. then go to properties near or at the bottom
3. first click the tab at top reading compatibility
4. first select the box next to "Run this program in compatibility mode for"
5. then click the box under and make sure it says Windows XP can be normal or SP2
6. after you select Windows XP go to the bottom of the "Multiviewer Properties" window and then check the box next to "Run this program as an administrator
7. click apply at the bottom and then once apply has gone gray click on OK
8. try and run the program and it will work fine and ?'s send mail to [e-mail]

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So close yet so far..., March 6, 2010

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Joseph St Lucas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EasyCap Model 002 - 4 Channel USB 2.0 DVR Video Audio CCTV Capture Adapter (Electronics)

As others have said, s/w is weak. I bought this to upload my four outside cameras to a website. In order to do this, I need a constant filename. I had been using an ancient snappy w. snapcap s/w with a video switcher to upload to my website but the snappy started having problems. This device lets you view all four channels at once, and will save a jpg of the channels at a timed interval. However, you can't name this jpg what you want, it defaults to date/time format, no matter what. You can manually name a shot, but since I wanted a jpg at five minute intervals, this is too much manual for me. It will also not ftp automatically, but there's other free s/w to do that. Computer is a 1.2ghz pentium running XP. No other s/w except my weather station s/w runs on this so there appears to be lots of computing power for the app. Three *'s for this.

Update: Worked with limitations as stated above for two months, then suddenly died. Will not get recognized by XP anymore, another computer will not see it either. Because of the limited lifetime I lowered my review *'s.