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Originally Posted by JohnnyCarson
It can then be recorded on to a cd-r for the police or whoever. Very cool systems....
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The funny part is the look on the cops face when you hand him a disc. They tend to just shake their heads, mumble and then babble about needing a tape.
The police have not quite caught up with the technological advances in security systems.
I actually got in the habit of selling a cheapo VCR to my customers so that they could use the video to record to a VCR and give the cops a tape.
The other problem involves evidentiary standards. Because the video is digitial and capable of being edited, the video used in an investigation (and any future legal action) must be watermarked when it is originally recorded.
The problem is that there is not a single standard for watermarking. Every DVR manf. has a different means of doing it. So, if you give the cops a CD or a DVD, they have no way of playing it back.
Because of this, some companies have their machines automatically include viewer software every time the video is burnt or the give the option of burning the video in an .avi file. However, the .avi file cannot be use in court because it is not watermarked.
The industry has made huge advances in the last 5-10 years but still has a long way to go.
/some of the features on the DVR's are really, really cool.