A great image has great value in a security application. Learn how to select a security monitor that gives your customer the best possible image — without overkill.
As in the consumer market, prices for flat-screen monitors for security applications continue to fall dramatically. If CRT monitors haven’t disappeared completely, then that day will come soon. Propose using CRT monitors in an application and see how long it takes your customer to burst out laughing. People just expect flat screens. That CRTs also take up more space and are less energy-efficient only serve to underscore their coming demise. In the world of flat-screen monitors, LCD monitors appear to have taken the lead over other technologies. Advances in the technology have resulted in monitors that offer improved image quality, truer color reproduction, increased clarity and better contrast — all factors that are crucial in security applications where life-or-death isn’t just a saying.
Brickcom Corporation, Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan, combines its know-how of broadband wireless networking, optical image processing, and networking surveillance into a one-stop-shop solution, the BrickOne Solution®, for all the equipment needed to build a complete IP surveillance system.
ComNet, Communication Networks, released a unique product that transports IP video from the camera using existing coaxial cable while delivering operating power for the devices to be transported back through the same coaxial cable to provide operating power for the Power over Ethernet (PoE) camera.
Cernium and Sprint announced they will offer CheckVideo|Sprint 3G, an intelligent, wireless mobile broadband video surveillance and alarm verification solution.
The fastest growing segment of the security video market is the network or IP camera. And the fastest growing IP camera technologies are HD and megapixel. Therefore, it is important to understand the difference between standard definition (SD), high definition (HD), and megapixel cameras.
Read about announcements and projects throughout the industry from Brickcom Corporation, Arecont Vision, Continental Access, Altronix, Codebench, and CNL software.
From compression, to storage, to lenses, and more, project designers and technicians will find this guide to be a useful resource on the desk and in the field.
May 12, 2011
If you had to identify the topics that seemingly everyone is talking about, high-definition and megapixel video would rank at or near the top of the list.
OnSSI, Pearl River, N.Y., announced that its video management platform, Ocularis, passed compatibility testing with iRa C3 from Lextech Lab, Lisle, Ill.
Niscayah announced that its secure, more profitable video hosting program, called InSight 24/7, is designed to enhance security dealers’ recurring monthly revenue (RMR).
OnSSI, a provider of open-architecture, IP-based video surveillance software, released a new software module integrating OnSSI’s video management system with the latest version (v1.93) of Software House’s C•CURE 9000 security and event management system.