Basically we have cctv at home with 2 camera's, the main unit records on to a cassete player.

How do i connect an old PC tower to it to enable to record 24/7.

Any links/advice on how to do it would be of great help.

Thanks Phil

 

A what?!

Have you got a phone with a cord too?

 

They do cordless now??

 

you want a cctv pci card mate

 

So you fit this in the PC then plug in the old CCTV unit?

 

you need a dvi card that slots into the pc. one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4CH-50FPS-CCTV...item2eab5b8c42

you do away with the old cassette recorder

or you can get a usb version

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-CH-USB-2-0-D...item33594254d3

these all work with standard bnc connection camera,s, if you have cameras that are paired to your recorder with special plugs then you will either have to cut off the plugs and work out the wiring or buy new cameras, you can get a reasonable camera for £50

 

And make sure you have a good, fast HDD (i.e. 7200rpm) and about 8MB of cache for better writes/reads. And loads of space!!

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001ATN7T6
£39

 

Thanks for the links, will look into one of them cards. Will have to find out how quick the hdd is on the old tower, was an Medion one from Aldi around 5 years ago.

 

just buy a cctv hard drive recorder i gt 1 off ebay for £80 second hand and will record 4 cameras for 15 days also can connect to internet and watch from anywere