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<blockquote data-quote="-Pjackso" data-source="post: 2897300" data-attributes="member: 8119"><p>When shopping for your hard drive, look for a hard drive rated for DVR usage. (Also called 'AV' for audio/visual)</p><p>Security camera systems will access the HD a lot, like a DVR.</p><p></p><p>DVR's (AV) hard drives are rated for usage 100% of the time.</p><p>Typical computer hard drives are not. (i.e. it's used for a short while then off for a long time) </p><p>A typical HD will work, but may not last as long. </p><p></p><p>Hard drive differences (typical HD vs DVR rated): [PDF]</p><p><a href="http://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/product-content/sv35-fam/sv35.5/en-us/docs/video-vs-desktop-mb645-1-1403us.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/product-content/sv35-fam/sv35.5/en-us/docs/video-vs-desktop-mb645-1-1403us.pdf</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Amazon "hard drive AV":</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hard+drive+av" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=hard+drive+av</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="-Pjackso, post: 2897300, member: 8119"] When shopping for your hard drive, look for a hard drive rated for DVR usage. (Also called 'AV' for audio/visual) Security camera systems will access the HD a lot, like a DVR. DVR's (AV) hard drives are rated for usage 100% of the time. Typical computer hard drives are not. (i.e. it's used for a short while then off for a long time) A typical HD will work, but may not last as long. Hard drive differences (typical HD vs DVR rated): [PDF] [URL]http://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/product-content/sv35-fam/sv35.5/en-us/docs/video-vs-desktop-mb645-1-1403us.pdf[/URL] Amazon "hard drive AV": [URL='https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hard+drive+av']https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=hard+drive+av[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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