Video surveillance delivers unprecedented abilities to monitor and manage the risks of today’s business environments. These easy to use systems are successfully working to help reduce theft, workplace violence, and fraudulent workman’s compensation claims. <\/p>\n
IP Video System :<\/strong> IP video cameras broadcast their video as a digital stream over an IP network. Like an analog system, video is recorded on hard drives, but since the video is an IP stream straight from the camera, there is more flexibility as to how and where that video is recorded. The DVR is replaced with an NVR (network video recorder), which in some cases is just software since it doesn’t need to convert analog to digital. Video footage can then be stored on new or existing network RAID drives as directed by the NVR software.<\/p>\n And the biggest factors driving interest in IP video systems is the high resolution that they can offer. Analog cameras max out on resolution at about 680 TVL which equates to roughly 0.6 mega pixels. High end IP cameras on the other hand, are currently available at resolutions above 5 mega pixels. This high resolution in turn gives users the ability to zoom in on video after the fact, and still have usable video. <\/p>\n Another benefit to IP video is that it is much more compatible with wireless. Wireless analog systems are available, but they either have to convert to IP anyway and broadcast over the 802.11 IP network (which adds cost for encoders), or they get crammed onto the over saturated regulated frequencies and often encounter interference.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Video surveillance delivers unprecedented abilities to monitor and manage the risks of today’s business environments. These easy to use systems are successfully working to help reduce theft, workplace violence, and fraudulent workman’s compensation claims. Analog System : Cameras on an … Continue reading