To help the motorist.
To help the motorist
And insurance does not always guarantee compensation to car owners in seemingly 100% insured cases. High-tech devices such as video recorders are designed to make the life of car owners less stressful. This is a relatively new product on the Russian market, which has already gained recognition among motorists.
Digital video recorder(Digital Video Recorder, or DVR for short) is a kind of computer designed to receive an analog signal from video cameras, convert it into digital format, record and compress it. A video recorder is a kind of automobile «black box», the data from which helps car owners in case of car theft, «set-up» on the road, illegal actions of traffic police officers, or in the event of an insured event.
If you think it is necessary to protect yourself on the roads by installing a video recorder, here is some useful information that will help you make the right choice.
First, contact only professionals. Only a real specialist in the field of automobile security will be able to advise you on all aspects of the operation of surveillance and recording devices, help you choose the equipment that fully meets your requirements and financial capabilities. And, of course, installation of a video recorder in a car should be carried out only by professionals.
Secondly, the price certainly matters. In the case of video recorders, it directly depends on the quality of information compression. Video recorders with the compression algorithm H.264, as well as MPEG-4, are among the best, and therefore are more expensive.
Thirdly, it is necessary to say separately about BestDVR video recorders, manufactured by ByteErg. The company was one of the first to appear on the Russian security systems market and since then has been constantly concerned about the high quality of its products and their compliance with the needs of the time. BestDVR video recorders are the largest selection of digital video recording devices, presented in a wide price range.
Fourthly, installation of a car video recorder, as a rule, is carried out in the front part of the cabin, this is done for the convenience of the driver (if you are stopped by a traffic police officer and you want to turn the camera to record a conversation, you will not climb into the back seat) and, in addition, the cigarette lighter (from which the DVR can be powered) is located right here. It is necessary to remember that there is an engine nearby, from which a lot of heat comes. Therefore, when choosing a video recorder, pay attention to the range of temperatures in which it normally operates (it must withstand not only heat, but also frost), and to the ventilation system — this is very important. And, here, vibration resistance and shock resistance of the case are no less important for work in the car.
And, finally, a few words about the «heart» of digital video recording. As was said earlier, the DVR is a computer, a highly specialized one, but a computer. And, like in our PC, it also has «stuffing», which can be replaced if desired or necessary. In other words, if you, for example, a year ago purchased and installed a video recorder designed to receive a signal from two video cameras, now you can simply purchase a DVR-2000 video recording board, which allows you to process a signal from four cameras at once, view data remotely, and more. It is not at all necessary to use outdated technology when improvements are quite affordable.
I hope that the information presented here will be useful to everyone, both current car owners (including those who have already equipped their cars with a video surveillance system), and those who are just thinking about purchasing personal transport.