SVAT CVP800 Mini Portable DVR Digital Video Recorder with MPEG4 Compression

by SVAT

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GIUH9A
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• Item model number: CVP800
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #73 in Electronics > Security & Surveillance > Surveillance Video Equipment > Surveillance Video Recorders
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Want to not only monitor your home or business but also record what the camera is viewing? The CVP800 is a miniature portable digital video recorder that provides you with the ability to record camera images on a SD card. Set it to record on motion detection or at a scheduled time. The search and play option and the time and date stamp allow you to find the footage you need with ease. The CVP800 also ensures you do not miss a sound or voice with its audio function. A 512MB card provides up to seven hours and forty minutes of recording time and up to 30 frames per second, and a 128MB card is included. Use the CVP800 with most SVAT wired cameras using the included A/V cables. This small and portable device will perform wherever needed and is quick and easy to set up and to use. Use the included AC adapter for power and included A/V cables to output the images to your TV or computer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best mini-DVR I found that would loop record., September 24, 2008

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OhioBob - See all my reviews

This review is from: SVAT CVP800 Mini Portable DVR Digital Video Recorder with MPEG4 Compression (Electronics)

I purchased the SVAT CVP800 with the CCDCO camera. After some minor initial bumps, I am very satisfied. When first received, the camera had a defective video cable. It took a while for me to figure out the problem, but once done, SVAT customer service was very responsive and sent a replacement cable immediately. The only significant negative comments that I have are that the CVP800 does not include or offer as an optional accessory a 12VDC plug-in car power supply; also the instruction manual is not very helpful in several areas. On the positive side, the CVP800 is extremely small (easily fits into a shirt pocket), light weight and consumes very little power (under 1.5 watt). It has a powerful feature not found on other similar mini-portable units that I evaluated, specifically, the ability to loop record, i.e., continuously record, writing over the oldest data when it reaches the capacity of the SD card. This allows the unit to record 24 hours a day forever without any attention whatsoever. If an event happens that you are aware of and want to review and save, simply stop the recorder and selectively play back the last minutes/hours recorded, and if you want to, download the data onto your computer to save it or simply pull the SD card with the recorded data, and insert a new one in the CVP800. Overall, I have found this unit to be well designed - user friendly, easy to understand, and highly flexible in both recording and playing back. The only reason I gave the CVP800 a 4-star rating (rather than 5-stars) is the absence of an out-of-the-box way to power the unit in a car other than depending on the internal AA batteries.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Using it in my car for 1+ year...flawless, October 2, 2008

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Sam (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SVAT CVP800 Mini Portable DVR Digital Video Recorder with MPEG4 Compression (Electronics)

There's no other DVR of it's type that I could find. I have it in my glove box wired to a forward seeing sony lipstick cam and microphone for insurance reasons. I set this thing to record at full frames full fps and to always record when powered. So it only records when I have the key in the ignition and save about 3 hours worth on a 2GB card. Hasn't failed me yet.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Itty bitty files, January 22, 2009

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Remco Dejong (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SVAT CVP800 Mini Portable DVR Digital Video Recorder with MPEG4 Compression (Electronics)

Seems to work okay but it breaks up the video into ~10 second pieces when recording HQ (708X480?)@12 FPS. This is about an MByte. These files can be stitched together if you want to play them back with software, such as MS Movie Maker, but is a pretty big PIA.

It would be nice to find a file on your SD memory stick that started when you pushed the record button and ended when you pushed stop.

It would also be nice if it could use 12V.