360 vision have announced that they are to add a Predator CCTV camera to the range that is capable of of HD resolution using the new HD SDI technology.
The Predator has gone HD thanks to slip ring technology that now allows HD SDI data to pass through them without the loss of HD quality. Previously this had been impossible and had held back the development of a product that will help 360 vision capture the upgrade market whereby existing cameras run over RG59 coax can now easily be replaced with the predator camera and offer resolution that many other cameras in its class still cannot do. The HD SDI predator is the result and 360 vision see many applications where this HD SDI predator will be deployed.
360 have also produced an IP megapixel version of the Predator camera that will give HD resolution over an IP network. This foray into the HD camera market has been coming for months and is a welcome addition to the Predator range that also has analogue and Thermal versions. The complete solution in fact.
To enable recording of the HD images either the March networks VMS software is an option for the IP version or for HD SDI 360 vision have released the 2 way HD SDi Avalon. This 2 way unit will interface easily with Avalon H and T software to mean that expansion of analogue systems can be achieved in small manageable steps. 4, 8 and 16 way units are planned but as yet are unavailable.