How many days can I recorder with this DVR?
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The recording time is dependent of your setting on your DVR, whether you save more recording time by activating motion detection. And the size HDD you buy. You can leave your system to record non-stop but the amount of recording time is subjective to your HDD size.
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Yes, depens how big is your harddrive. A 2tb will record more than 30 days.
2180414
Did you put a CD memory card in? This DVR records on CD card. Each file contains around 5 minuts of recording.
1547355
DVR = Digital Video RecorderWhich is exactly what this device does... sounds like you ar emisunderstanding the term.
419174
The 500GB it came with seem to cover about 30 days. I have three of the four cameras recording continuously. There is a way you can also view the cameras remotely thru the Internet...I have not tried that feature yet but I have it hook with my local network and I can access the cameras from cellphone and PCs as long I am connected to my Internet network.
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I never tried it but it seems reasonable that it would record from a DVR. Since I got rid of it years ago I can't test it to see if it would, however. Good luck!
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Thanks for your reply. I've had mine for a little over 2 weeks and I'm able to record everything off the DVR. I had to call Toshiba twice because I didn't know what I was doing. Their customer service was incredible!! I will definitely buy Toshiba products again.Just wondering... why would you use DVD+R disks? Am I correct that those cannot be used again? I've used DVD+RW.One more question... is there a way to delete shows that are on the DVD without formatting the disk? Like if I have watched some shows but not others and I want to record more.Thanks for your help Thanks for your reply. I've had mine for a little over 2 weeks and I'm able to record everything off the DVR. I had to call Toshiba twice because I didn't know what I was doing. Their customer service was incredible!! I will definitely buy Toshiba products again.Just wondering... why would you use DVD+R disks? Am I correct that those cannot be used again? I've used DVD+RW.One more question... is there a way to delete shows that are on the DVD without formatting the disk? Like if I have watched some shows but not others and I want to record more.Thanks for your help
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Only if you sit with it and fast forward through the commercials on your dvr remote and hit stop on the dvd recorder. Or just let it record you fast forwarding. I just dont worry about it. I just hit the ez record button untill it displays 30 min or 1 hour after hitting play on the dvr and come back in an hour and do it again. Note: You need to set up the recording mode to fit your space needs. I do the one that lets 2 hours on a single dvd and it looks crisp.
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I have mine set to continuous recording and get about 20-25 days. I'm running three cameras.
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I have a nightowl 8 camera setup with 500Gb drive. I choose to record all eight cameras 24x7. You can go to the playback function and the calendar will highlight the dates it has available. When I check mine it shows 6 days. I would assume at least you would get 12 days. This is at the dvr's default frame rate. lower frame rates will yield longer record times but lesser video quality. You can extend by switching to motion record where the dvr records only when it senses motion. just experiment by changing frame rates, motion, etc. Go to playback and check the results, but this will take time.
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To Stephen Clute: So why is it said to be able to record for 30 days?? If it keeps looping every 40 hours, it makes no sense to say it can record 30 days, since all you get will be the last 40 hours' activities. (Won't be suitable for weeks' vacation absent)
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Depends on the hard drive, 350gb hard drive can record 23 to 24 days, depend on the cameras, this answer is for 4 cameras, a 500 gb hard drive can record 31 days with 4 cameras, for 8 cameras divide it by two. Hope i helped.
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Hello Cole,How much video you can store on your DVR's hard drive depends on several factors. Please follow this link to determine how many days of footage you can get based on your resolution settings: http://qsee.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14/kw/how%20long%20will%20my%20dvr%20record%3F
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500GB Hard Drive support about 16 days continuous recording for 4 cameras, 8 days for 8 cameras, if you set motion detection mode, it will save more time, thanks.
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I wish I had an answer for you. We did not install our system until we had it for 60 days due to husband having a heart attack. The dvr worked about 30 days and Amazon said I had to deal with company. Company wasn't helpful. Never will buy another.
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It depends on how you set up your hard drive to record. If you set it up to record non stop a 500GB will last you one week. Remember you can always set up your system to record with motion detection, and the system as automatic over ride in case you run of space in your HDD.
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I never noticed a limit. It just let me record and didn't impose anything like a time limit.