DVR User Manual
  User’s Manual 
DVR-4TH/8TH/16TH Series 
SPECO TECHNOLOGIES 07/10
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Appendix C: Record Duration 
The record duration relates to recording rate, image quality, HDD capacity, and event 
settings. The following tables give sample calculation of record duration according to 
different recording rate, image quality, and HDD capacity, excluding consideration of events, 
for different models with different recording mode. The recording quality refers to the 
Normal Qlty
 setting of <Per Camera Config> in <Record Setting>, assuming all channel 
are set to the same quality at all times. 
Per Camera Config 
Cameral Select 
Normal PPS 
Normal Qlty
Event Max PPS 
Event Qlty 
Event Act 
Day
7.5
Mid
30
Best
Both
Night
7.5
Mid
30
Best
Both
CH1 
Weekend 
7.5 
Mid
 30 
Best 
Both 
NOTE: Record duration times are based on actual tests and represent average file 
sizes. Performance may vary depending on specific installations and use. Audio 
recording requires 8 KB per second (or 0.7 GB per day) for data storage.   
Please refer to our recording time calculator on the Speco website for other possible 
calculations. http://www.Specotech.com Æ Support Æ Tools 
Refer to the following tables for some samples of estimated recording duration of different 
record modes in H.264 compression. 
Record Duration (Days): Full-D1, Global [Day, Night, Weekend] (without Audio) 
Recording Rate  Recording Quality Mode 
Low  Fair  Mid  High  Best 
Total PPS of all 
Channels 
NTSC  PAL  NTSC PAL  NTSC PAL  NTSC PAL  NTSC  PAL 
NTSC  PAL  (8 KB)  (8 KB)  (12 KB) (12 KB) (16 KB) (16 KB) (20 KB) (20 KB)  (24 KB) (24 KB)
160 GB Internal Storage 
30  25  10.52  12.63  4.79  5.74  276  3.31  1.81  2.17  1.29  1.55 
15  12.5  21.04  25.25  9.57  11.49 5.52  6.62  3.62  4.34  2.58  3.09 
7.5  6.25  42.09  50.50  19.15  22.98 11.03 13.24 7.24  8.69  5.16  6.19 
320 GB Internal Storage 
30  25  21.56  25.87  9.81  11.77 5.65  6.78  3.71  4.45  2.64  3.17 
15  12.5  43.12  51.75  19.62  23.55 11.31 13.57 7.42  8.90  5.28  6.34 
7.5  6.25  86.25  103.49  39.24  47.09 22.61 27.14 14.83 17.80  10.57  12.68










