What features must NVR standalone include?

[Jasonsmi]

In the beginning of 2011 i talked with my Japanese SI friends,
he told me that they are using the QNAP NVRstandalone especially impressed by its local display function,

he told me how much cost he saved by excluding a PC at local site in the retail stores,
i agreed, and actually i am planning to bid a project by using QNAP.

however, what other features you think the most important for a NVR standalone, for retail markets?

Jason:cool:

[SIW Editor]

That's a pretty glowing review of QNAP...care to share why? And if you're affiliated with them, please state so clearly.

Now, back to your original question -- the essential features of a standalone NVR don't seem to be much different than any other NVR. It seems that the only thing about a standalone NVR is that you get the monitor/display attached to the recording hardware. It doesn't seem particularly ground-breaking; you saw this happen a decade ago with PCs (and Macs), so not much surprise that it would happen to NVRs. Thus, then the essential features really are the same as any NVR, record, playback, and review video. In today's age, remote access support is pretty much standard, and if you want it for retail, it better not be so proprietary that you couldn't integrate with POS if you wanted to.

And the #1 feature, I'd say, is that it better be easy to use, because the best security system in the world is no good if it's too complex and people don't know how to use it.

Maybe I'm missing the finer point of the standalone NVR concept that make it significantly different from an NVR, and if so, please enlighten me.

P.S. Welcome to the forums.

Geoff

[LARMGUY]

I have one thought. It would be a bitch to troubleshoot.

[SIW Editor]

How so? The fact that it has the monitor built in? I've never repaired an NVR, so I'm not questioning you, just want to know what complexities that would add...

I'm sure it would mean all the components are much more densely packed together. I can compare experiences working on a PC box vs an all-in-one iMac. It was nice to have some space in the PC box, whereas working on that Mac was somewhat challenging. From a consumer/user perspective, it was nice not to separate monitor and motherboard, however.

[Jhonnysentry]

There is an ever growing selection of NVR Standalone systems nowadays with an even more diverse set of features and capabilities than ever before. But the modern version of NVR Standalone gives simultaneous recording and remote access to live views and playback of IP Network Security Cameras including PTZ Network Cameras, Megapixel HD High Definition Cameras and traditionally offer on-board storage, Linux or windows embedded platforms with a wide range of software and hardware features.

[chicagolocksmith]

There is an ever growing selection of NVR Standalone systems nowadays with an even more diverse set of features and capabilities than ever before. But the modern version of NVR Standalone gives simultaneous recording and remote access to live views and playback of IP Network Security Cameras including PTZ Network Cameras, Megapixel HD High Definition Cameras and traditionally offer on-board storage, Linux or windows embedded platforms with a wide range of software and hardware features.

The features you just described is very important for a standard NVR system. Its also includes quick search by alarm, time or date.