Q-See QSTD2408-500 8-Channel H.264 CIF Real-time Recording DVR with Mobile Phone Surveillance, Remote Internet Monitoring and Pre-Installed 500GB HDD

by Q-See

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 7 x 22 inches ; 19 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 23 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001HU4AYE
• Item model number: QSTD2408-500
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 9, 2008

Product Description

Q-See 8CH DVR W/ PREINSTALLED

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall Nice product but..., September 20, 2009

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This review is from: Q-See QSTD2408-500 8-Channel H.264 CIF Real-time Recording DVR with Mobile Phone Surveillance, Remote Internet Monitoring and Pre-Installed 500GB HDD (Electronics)

Overall this is a nice product. There are somethings that will make you want to run to the nearest medicine cabinet and pull out the asprin but overall the DVR works as advertised.
CONS:
1. Noisy, if you planned on placing this somewhere in the open plan on hearing it run, the fan is very noisy. Not a problem for my installation as it is in an area which I seldom enter.
2. Big. The unit is larger (Depth) than some others but again not a big issue if you have the room for it.
3. Manual. Ok, this will make you run and buy another bottle of asprin. The manual is written in an "interesting" fashion. You can download a copy of it from the Q-See website if your interesting in seeing it before you buy it. Most of the setup is easy, you may have some problems with the internet portion, but most teenagers should be able to get that hooked up for you in no time.
4. Mouse could be alot better quality than what they put, but with the cost of a good mouse being as low as they are not really a problem overall. Mouse is USB by the way.

PROS:
1. Handles the inputs of both PAL and NTSC without problems (yes, only one type at a time and you can not mix them but most people do not worry about that so pretty much a non issue).
2. Is 110/220 volt. Nice for those who may move around alot or live outside the USA.
3. Good quality recording, monitoring and overall video feed. The live view has a very slight delay but nothing to really worry about. The recording comes out a very good quality. Have not been able to test all 8 cameras at same time yet but will update when I can for now this comment is based on 5 cameras at once.

Overall I would give this a 4 as the item works exactly as advertised.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent!, March 31, 2010

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Jianre Hsiung "jack" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Q-See QSTD2408-500 8-Channel H.264 CIF Real-time Recording DVR with Mobile Phone Surveillance, Remote Internet Monitoring and Pre-Installed 500GB HDD (Electronics)

great product! our DVR died and as soon as we plug this in, it started working. excellent picture!!!

con: noise... not a problem if you put it under the table... however, if its on the table, it is noisy.
mouse came dead.. used a spare usb mouse
iphone driver needs to be downloaded from istore (for free though).

pro: easy interface, great picture, 500gb hd is awesome for about 2 weeks worth of recording. option to recycle hd automatically.
viewing option: 3x3,2x2,1x1
good remote control
ability to add extra sata harddrive easily via a server like slot
ability to add esata hd
internet viewing works great

5.0 out of 5 stars Feel safer, August 30, 2011

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P. Russell "thirsting for knowledge" (Valparaiso, Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Q-See QSTD2408-500 8-Channel H.264 CIF Real-time Recording DVR with Mobile Phone Surveillance, Remote Internet Monitoring and Pre-Installed 500GB HDD (Electronics)

i bought this DVR with a new Qsee security system. It doesn't come with much of a hard drive so I bought a 1 TB SATA hard drive as well as the Qsee extension 100 foot cord, for the camera's.