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Who is looking beyond IP surveillance?

PSI magazine, a very well respected monthly security publication has recently ran an excellent article with the very clever headline “Know IP or no IP” . Essentially the article centred on how the security industry is embracing (or in many cases not embracing) IP technology in order to drive sales and move the industry forward to another level. Several commentators take a view on whether the CCTV industry as whole has the technical knowledge to advise, sell, install and service IP CCTV in a way that will bring improvements, reliability and satisfaction to the end user.

What all the commentators seem to agree on is that IP is inevitable, analogue CCTV as a technology is finished and it is now just a matter of time before those who have invested in IP surveillance training, ICT staff and IP CCTV products will prevail. In market that before IP CCTV came along, was dominated by installers who generally operate with 5 or 6 hard working staff and have little or no time to invest in a discipline that is far more demanding than installing simple closed circuit analogue systems, this news is quite daunting!

Now it has to be noted that IP CCTV brings many benefits but the most obvious is HD quality. This is the driving force for IP CCTV to really take off and this is what will cause forward thinking end users to upgrade. It was noted that  in a later article on P40 there is a quote that suggests” if you want a high resolution system you have to go IP”, ironic then that the advert directly following the “Know IP or no IP” article is for the new HD SDI CCTV range from Videcon.

Now that is forward thinking!!!  HD SDI CCTV offers high definition images over coax. It is widely acknowledged that coax makes up over 70% of all CCTV systems here in the UK at present. Many of those systems consist of less than 16 cameras and many of those systems need upgrading. Many of those systems are installed and maintained by CCTV installers who have little desire to go over to IP CCTV technology.

It would therefore be fair to ask then who is looking beyond IP surveillance? Is HD SDI CCTV a technology that can allow smaller traditional CCTV companies to compete against the tide of IP CCTV products flooding the market place? We certainly think it is!

Who are HD CCTV solutions

Here at HD CCTV solutions we are able to provide anyone who has an existing analogue CCTV system using coax with an upgrade to HD . That’s HD CCTV cameras using your existing infrastucture with no need to put in cat 5 or try to implement an IP solution in order to get high definition CCTV pictures.

How you may ask?  Well HD SDI cameras and HD SDI DVR’s are able to send high def images over coax so all you need to do is upgrade the ends and re-use all your original investment in your coax infrastructure.

We upgrade and enhance existing CCTV systems and re-use cable and existing analogue cameras where appropriate. A perfect solution for anyone who wants HD CCTV

 

BUY HD CCTV camera

HD CCTV is the new technology that lets you view true uncompressed HD CCTV over coax. The benefit of this is obvious. There are literally millions of CCTV systems currently in the UK that can be upgraded and enhanced with HD CCTV technology. HD SDI cameras and HD SDI DVR’s are simply added to an existing analogue CCTV system . All of a sudden we can see a tired old analogue system transformed to give HD images and recordings. The CCTV industry has been blighted over the years with poor cameras giving too wide images with inadequate resolution. Quite simply this means that whenever an incident occurs the end user is faced with recorded video that is next to useless. Now though this infrastructure investment does not have to be wasted. By using existing coax we simply upgrade the “ends” to give true HD quality to an existing analogue system. So to upgrade and enhance your existing CCTV system to HD CCTV cameras,  look no further than HD CCTV solutions  for the perfect picture .

 

 

Apollo HD SDI DVR

The new Apollo HD SDI DVR has now been officially launched. This 4 channel HD SDI CCTV package is capable of producing high quality images at 1080P using existing coax as its transmission medium. This keeps the installation simple and infrastructure costs low at the same time as providing HD images without the need to go down the IP route.

Apollo HD SDI DVRFor more information the unit can be viewed at IFSEC this year in Hall 5 stand 5B40, but simply put, it is the Dahua badged HD SDI DVR that has been expected to be released for some time.

Features include iPhone and iPad connectivity, while a duel core CPU presents excellent recoding playback and network performance. PTZ dome control, easy back up via USB or DVD-RW and network download.

Importantly the Apollo HD SDI DVR can support up to 12TB and comes with a built in webserver.

Forget cat 5, Coax becomes the new buzz word!

For many years now the CCTV industry has been gearing up for change. Coax infrastructure that has been in place for years was looking like it had served its purpose and manufacturers and installers everywhere started to gear up towards CAT5 and IP. The reasons were simple, IP CCTV offered unlimited flexibility and HD images . This is what our industry has been hoping for for years but the process of upgrade to IP has been slow. Recession and lack of commitment to training by CCTV installers meant that IP has been held back it seems that analogue CCTV has made a miraculously strong showing over the the last 3 years against a technology that seemed to be the only answer out there and the future of all CCTV systems.

Now IP CCTV has its place and it will continue to give end users the choice especially where larger systems across multiple sites are concerned. However end users who have an existing analogue CCTV system in place can now upgrade and get HD over coax thanks to a new technology called HD SDI CCTV..Effectively high definition images are no longer the domain of IP. HD SDI CCTV is coming to IFSEC this year from many manufacturers across the world and coax will be the buzz word this year. So Don’t throw away your coax just yet.

HD SDI over coax

The HD CCTV alliance is working very hard behind the scenes to get a common protocol for HD SDI products and as more manufacturers jump on board it strengthens the credibility of this technology . In addition prices that looked way too high just over a year ago have fallen to levels that mean even smaller businesses can upgrade to HD SDI CCTV without breaking the bank so at IFSEC 2012 HD SDI  CCTV products will be getting most of the headlines. Now its just a case of who can give the best value from their HD SDI DVR to the end user…that we will have to wait and see.