Frames Per Second (FPS) Live:

This specification represents viewing your cameras live from the monitor and not from the hard drive.

Frames Per Second (FPS) Playback:

Represents the Playback frames-per-second when your images are viewed from the hard drive. Normally this setting is adjustable by user. When the FPS on a system is listed look for Total Playback FPS.

Frames Per Second (FPS) Record:

This specification represents the recording frames-per-second your images are copied to the hard drive. Normally this setting is adjustable by user and is considered the most important of all the FPS listed on your DVR.

Look for the total Record FPS for that system. Then, divide (/) the total FPS by the number of cameras.

Example

120FPS / C = FPS for each individual camera.

120FPS / 16 C = 7.5FPS

C=Total number of cameras

When you watch a movie at a theater it's normally shown at 24FPS, Television is normally 30FPS. This is called seeing motions "fluid".