While quality and performance should be the main considerations when selling and installing video surveillance systems, the importance of cost to customers cannot be dismissed. This fact is one reason that 180- and 360-degree cameras have gained traction lately. Offering the potential of lower equipment, installation, maintenance and other costs with reduced camera counts, these cameras have become an attractive option for a variety of customers — whether they are budget-conscious or not. The quality and performance that 180- and 360-degree cameras offer doesn’t hurt their popularity either.
To provide dealers and integrators with the ability to make the best choices for their customers, SDM is taking a look under the hood of these cameras to see how they work, and to examine the pros and cons of the various technologies they employ.