In this video a thief is caught on tape stealing a car from a parking lot. The quality of the video isn’t great, but imagine if this business owner had installed Megapixel IP Cameras. There’s a good chance they would have been able to identify this guy using the zoom capabilities of a megapixel security [...]
One of the first things I hear when beginning a conversation about using IP cameras on an existing network is “Will it eat up all my bandwidth and slow everything way down?” The answer, not unless you’re using extremely high resolution cameras, but using cameras with 1-megapixel of resolution or less should have little effect [...]
License Plate Recognition is opening a new chapter in law enforcement, turning street poles, stop lights, and squad cars into surveillance platforms. In the past most people would rush through a yellow light without a second thought. However, statistics over the last five years show that accidents caused by running red lights have dropped by [...]
There are several reasons why many customers want to move from there current DVR and analog systems into the world of network security. Better picture quality and the ease of merging into the IP world, are just a couple of reasons. One of the reasons the conversion to IP cameras and network security is so [...]
Alarm systems have been a part of security since the beginning. We all know that when an alarm goes off, police are called to respond, but how many of those alarms are false? To just one person or business it seems reasonable for police to respond to even the false alarms, but multiply that by [...]
As a salesman in the CCTV and access control market, I have learned that educating the customer is the key to making the sale. Often I interact with resellers who are new to the security industry. I also have many customers who have never ordered, installed, or built a security system before. Both groups need [...]
As technology changes along with the price for IP based solutions, is our reliance on the DVR decreasing? As we look to the future, it is estimated by some that in the next three years IP based video storage will near the 6 Billion dollar mark, which could mean the need for the DVR could [...]
Recent advancements in technology have created an explosion of surveillance possibilities. The ability to track and record cash transactions using POS (point of sale), capturing tag numbers with license plate cameras, storing photos in a database, networking with cell phones, and logging in remotely are just a few of the security benefits that have resulted [...]
With the recent conversion on broadcast television from Standard Definition to High Definition, HD has changed everyone’s life. With HD becoming the standard for television, the security industry has begun to integrate HD into new video platforms. As an installer, I have received several requests for megapixel cameras on recent jobs. Some of the most [...]
In the past, Access control was typically a very bulky system with lots of cables and dozens of components. Thanks to advances in technology access control has gone IP and system requirements have been reduced to only a few key components. Similar to the surveillance marketplace with its NVR (Network Video Recorders), IP cameras, and [...]
