GW Security 32 Channel DVR 4-in-1 HD-CVI /TVI /AHD /960H Full 1080P Recording & Playback Surveillance Standalone DVR 1920 × 1080P HDMI/VGA Output with Pre-installed 16TB Hard Drive

hey everyone joe here and we're going to answer one of our more common questions that we get today and that is what is the difference between an nvr and a dvr thanks for joining us today as you can see here i have two recorders sitting right next to me one is an nvr and the other is a dvr you may be familiar with these terms and know that both of these are used in the cctv industry to record and capture video signals from your cameras they are different pieces of equipment however and we're going to talk a little bit more about each one their benefits strengths and weaknesses and where you would use these pieces of technology first let's take a look at dvrs firstly know that dvr stands for digital video recorder this technology has been commercially available since around 1999 which makes it a little bit older than its nvr counterpart all a dvr does is take video from an external source