DVRs have evolved into devices that are feature rich and provide services that exceed the simple recording of video images that was previously done through VCRs.
A DVR system provides a multitude of advanced functions over VCR technology including video searches by event, time, date and camera.
There is also much more control over quality and frame rate allowing disk space usage to be optimized and the DVR can also be set to overwrite the oldest security footage should the disk become full.
Standalone DVR is the most popular and most used in the market, PC Based DVR is rarely used.