4K is making the leap from the consumer space to the security industry, bringing with it the promise of higher resolution, greater detail and better overall video.
It seemed that the biggest buzzword to come out of this year’s ISC West was 4K — just as it was the biggest buzzword to come out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2012. Like 720p and 1080p before it, 4K is making the leap from the consumer space to the security industry, bringing with it the promise of higher resolution, greater detail and better overall video.
What is 4K? It is a generic term for resolution that contains approximately 4,000 horizontal pixels, offering four times the resolution of 1080p. Full ultra-HD is 33.2 megapixels, and ultra-HD is 8.3 megapixels.