Panasonic WJ-ND400 network video recorder


The WJ-ND400 is a network video recorder that  will allow up to 64 IP cameras to be connected to the unit. In addition Panasonic’s WJ-ND400 will allow both images and audio to be  recorded at the same time giving a high level of flexibility. As standard Panasonic have equipped the WJ-ND400 with 8 HDD slots. This allows expansion from the standard 500gig hard drive that comes out of the factory. In fact, in total the WJ-ND400 can be expanded up to an impressive 27TB,  ideal for large scale IP installations making it a real candidate for consideration when installing large data generating megapixel IP camera systems. A hot swap facility means that harddrives can be replaced without any interruption in the recording process.

panasonic WJ-ND400

The WJ-ND400 is oozing with features and benefits such as filtered searches, FTP transfer, alarm recording and e-mail notification to name but a few. Avanced search facilities mean movement within specified areas can be searched on as well as time and date and event searches. The WJ-ND400 is primarily an H.264 recorder but can accommodate MPEG-4 and JPEG.

Two NICs mean the recorder allows the client network to be separated from the camera network. This clever idea means the camera network performance is not affected by users monitoring the system. This is also an additional security measure. Cameras placed within a separate network means access can only be obtained through the NVR.

i-Pro network cameras are auto-sensed  by the WJ-ND400, meaning their IP addresses are easily detected. This really helps the engineer save time in setting up and configuring a large IP surveillance system.

The new Panasonic WJ-ND400 is a great example of an NVR that boasts both usability and reliability and caters for both users and engineers when looking at large scale IP CCTV surveillance systems.

 

HD cameras but no Video Analytics

HD Camera manufacturers are struggling to offer Video Content Analytics on their HD / Megapixel IP cameras……… they don’t tell you why – it is simple, their hardware cannot cope with it and needs updating……….probably too much stock of legacy kit though

At least one company (VideoIQ) has cut out the middle man and gone straight to hardware that can support it – clever people

iCVR Video IQ camera
iCVR Video IQ camera

Megapixel IP cameras and Emmerdale Farm????

Megapixel IP cameras show what they can do.

Dont worry Iam not going completely scatty and i need to make it absolutely clear I am not a soap fan!!. My family however are addicts and I get sadly exposed to snippets of Emmerdale, Coronation Street , Eastenders and so on a more than palatable daily basis. This blog though is not about soaps but an observation about a recent scene played out in an Emmerdale episode this week.

It  was based around CCTV footage of a guy leaving a shop, well the comments from one of the cast was that how was anyone going to recognise the face of the guy leaving the shop. Well  the guy who was playing with what we know now must have been some kind of VMS software cropped the image and zoomed in on the suspects face. Bingo a crystal clear image of the perpetrator .

What does this tell us though? It is the first instance I have seen on TV of Megapixel IP cameras in action and lets be honest its exactly what the CCTV industry has craved for for years. So slowly but surely the public will realize that megapixel IP cameras and VMS software is the way we have to go. Once this realization dawns upon  business traders then analogue CCTV will start to be replaced. So as we have said on this site many times before , we love megapixel IP cameras which to be fair is more than i can say for Emmerdale Farm!

CCTV BLOGS from the last year.

CCTV Blogs  from the integrated CCTV team.……. Well its been a good year for innovation and advancement in the world of CCTV and here at Integrated CCTV we have been lucky enough to be able to tell you all about it. From advanced analytics to Thermal CCTV cameras we have covered it all here.

So for those who have missed some of our best CCTV blogs of 2010-2011 then here are some of the CCTV reviews for you to look back on.

Thermal CCTV is going to get big here……………..we review why and who the main players are in the thermal market

Thermal CCTV…..click here for more info

Thermal CCTV
Thermal CCTV is here

The iPhone has single handed changed the way we can view CCTV images remotely but what has been remarkable is how sales have increased purely down to…… The iPhone factor

iPhone is selling CCTV …see how

Dahua iPhoneGetting some of the top companies to talk with us was important last year and they don’t come much bigger than Avigilon. Rick Ramsey granted us an interview and gave us some great facts about how he saw the future of HD cameras, IP cameras, Megapixel IP cameras and CCTV in general.

Avigilon CCTV blog

Avigilon Camera HD Pro
Avigilon CCTV

Metal MIC V the Predator…….Nothing better than a clash between two great rivals and the 360 vision technology Predator and the Bosch MIC are two excellent cameras. But how do the compare? We carried out a review of both cameras in our epic CCTV blog Metal Mickey V Predator.

Bosch V 360 vision.

Thermal Metal Mickey
Metal MIC

And its great rival…but which came out on top?

Thermal CCTV cameras
Predator Camera

It has also proved a difficult year for the CCTV industry and we were able to blog about why the CCTV industry is being squeezed at the moment. Some interesting points in this blog, but what do you think have things changed so greatly and will the the CCTV industry fight back to recovery?

CCTV gets Squeezed from all angles….but see why……..

CCTV industry

2010 was the year we saw Panasonic launch its iPro range and one of the big success stories was the WJ-NV200 NVR recorder. Since its launch the fantastic features it has built in has seen it shoot to the top of its class…….take a look and see what you think.

Panasonic WJ-NV200

panasonic WJ-NV200
WJ-NV200

So just a few of the CCTV blogs from our site from last year. Use the search bar to look for other products not listed here or feel to contact us if you would like to find out more………….

IP camera systems.Time to upgrade from analogue

IP camera systems  have long been the preferred upgrade path for the CCTV industry as whole. This is however a little behind schedule as far as we see it and mainly due to the reluctance of end users to waste the investment they have already ploughed into their analogue CCTV solutions. This is where the use of Hybrid CCTV solutions can gently push the industry into the area where they really want to go. IP camera systems have been around since around 1996.

IP camera
Videosphere MegaPX nanodome

Bandwidth and network capability have always been the factor that has slowed the move to IPCCTV however recent advancements in broadband speeds and network performance means that all possibilities are now very much in the frame. Security equipment manufacturers are however pushing harder for their kit to be totally all IP based .This is also backed by IMS research figures that predict a spending of 2.6 billion US dollars on ip video systems by the end of last year. Other limitations on the growth of IP camera solutions has been the global recession and an apathy towards IP CCTV training from entrenched CCTV installers. This will of course change as the price of IP video systems fall and the benefits become ever clearer. In the meantime however as we mentioned earlier Hybrid solutions will help ease us all into the IP surveillance way of thinking.

ip cameras

Why though has the transition to IP camera solutions and Video management systems been so slow? Well cheap imports have meant that many end users have decided to make do for the time being. With money tight in the UK spending on security has gone into reverse something that none of the IP camera manufacturers could have predicted when they planned their upgrade paths some 5 years ago. All is not lost though.The pure quality and flexibility that can be produced by HD cameras and now megapixel IP cameras mean that at some stage the tipping point will be reached.  IP camera systems will become cheaper and the natural progression to IP camera systems will start to snowball.