Sabrent SC-PVS4 4-Channel CCTV DVR Surveillance System Video Security PCI Capture Card

by Sabrent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.3 x 1.8 inches ; 7.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PHAWDS
• Item model number: SC-PVS4
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

SABRENT SC-PVS1 4-Channel CCTV DVR Surveillance System Video Security PCI Capture Card - 120fps - Stackable - Turn your PC into a DVR! Turn your PC into a DVR. This card plugs into your standard PC and allows you to view and record 4 video feeds. This PC Based DVR PCI Card has 4 channel video input, and Display/Recording rate up to 30 fps Per port and put up to 4 PCI Card maximum in a PC, and can connect up to 16 Cameras. Features: 4 channel video input with one audio channel Recording Rate : 30 fps(NTSC) per port Motion detection alarm Playback of Pre-recorded video files on a SDVR Digital Recorder Station Supports PAL and NTSC standard Online Remote viewing of live video connected to the SDVR Server Station, both LAN and internet will be available Integrated video Player with comprehensive playback control Inherently designed with flexibility of different video camera inputs and display different camera images in real time Video frame capture and print out Total resource is 100 fps under PAL format, and 120 fps under NTSC format. 1-16 channel video input, 1/4/6/8/13/16 screen display modes are available. Multi alarm triggering method: sensor alarm, motion detection, video loss, and ?HDD sources shortage. Support schedule recording mode. Video compression format: MPEG4. 5 level recording quality options available and the recording frame rate range from 1 to 30 fps adjustable for each channel. Support multi-channel playback, searching by time/date and recording events,images can be zoom/capture/save/print/backup. Support multiple mode of connectivity, LAN, PTSN and ISDN Support full resolution video (768x576 PAL, 640x480 NTSC) Provide real-time digital video compression Multilingual Capability

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works mostly but runs very HOT!, March 9, 2009

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Gold 2008 (California Coast) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sabrent SC-PVS4 4-Channel CCTV DVR Surveillance System Video Security PCI Capture Card (Electronics)

Bought this card because, amomg other things, it works at 120FPS (30 per camera) instead of 30FPS (7.5 per camera)- Also offers free software upgrades for this Ether9404 pci card at the Mfg.'s website: wave-p.com.
I'm using 3 Swann Maxi/day/night 420 lines/resolution cameras, 1/4" Sony Super HAD; 6mm lens and 1 gadspot.com thats similiar but has 480 lines/resolution & 3.6mm lens.
This card handles them well with a clean video image and does 640X480 easily, however the card gets so hot I can SMELL the burning electrical odor coming from my PC! Going to buy & install small heatsinks for each chip. But waddaYa expect for 22.50! LOL
Software is only OK as it will NOT do motion detection!
As long as Ya just use it to monitor & manually push the record button or record continously, it seems to work OK. Tried other S/W but found nothing better that would actually work......
This card uses a Phillips SAA7130 & 4 ADC chips instead of the more common BT8**** so it appears I'm stuck UNLESS Ya wanna try UBUNTU O/S with ZoneMinder in place of Windows XP PRO. -IMHO-
DE!! 530, C2D E7300 @ 2.66, 640Gb WD AAKS, 3Gb DDR2 800Mhz, cheap ATI X600 graphics card, Antec 380W PSU.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good DVR Card for the price, November 27, 2008

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A. A. Naar - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent SC-PVS4 4-Channel CCTV DVR Surveillance System Video Security PCI Capture Card (Electronics)

I order this card from amazon, and have it for a week with 1 cam, the manufacture is (http://www.wave-p.com/) and the card is reconize as ether9404, i got a updated version of the DVR program from the website.
you will get a little more info about this card on http://www.cctvforum.com i will order more cams to test this fully, for the price this is a good product and easy to use. Down point is there is NO wdm driver for if you want to use this card with other programs. for wdm drivers choose a card with BT878 or BT848 chip on it.

1.0 out of 5 stars Motion detection doesn't work, October 28, 2008

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Big Daddy Ray (Becklay, WV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sabrent SC-PVS4 4-Channel CCTV DVR Surveillance System Video Security PCI Capture Card (Electronics)

The Sabrent SC-PVS4 4-Channel CCTV DVR Surveillance System Video Security PCI Capture Card is a good idea.It has 4 independently processors to decode your video. It ran 4 cameras at 640-480 with no drag. The trouble is the motion detection does not work, I have tried different drivers for the card and a different program (webcam) and the motion detection just will not work. I can't find any help on the net for tech support.