Adopting MPEG-4 compression, PDR-M5000 Series DVR offers full triplex remote control software. The highest recording speed is up to 480 fps for NTSC and 400 fps for PAL. Besides, the multi-tasking operation and quadruplex provide more recording functionality.

The alarm notification includes automatic e-mail for alarm, video loss, power loss and HDD failure prevention. RS 422 port for PTZ and keypad is also embedded.