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IP CCTV at IFSEC 2011

IP CCTV, we all want it to succeed, we all want it to take off , will IFSEC 2011be the launching pad we are hoping for? In 2010 we  saw lots of the big manufacturers launch IP cameras, codecs and NVRs in the hope that this new and ever improving technology would be the inevitable upgrade path for installers and end users whose analogue CCTV had reached the end of its useful life.

panasonic WJ-ND400

It did not all quite go to plan though.Very cheap CCTV imports of analogue DVRs that to there credit did pretty much everything that some of the more expensive better known DVR models did made customers and installers think twice about IP CCTV. Specifiers who were being squeezed on price found the additional benefits that IP CCTV had to offer still too difficult to sell when analogue could be installed so cheaply. In addition to this installers found that getting a network point installed adjacent to their camera position was difficult. Co-ordinating a customers IT department into action can prove difficult especially if the head of that IT department has not been actively involved in the sale. Installers also found that installations of IP CCTV far from being easier actually took longer and demanded more effort and organization than a simple analogue install.

pelco

We all hope IFSEC 2011 will change all this. More innovative products and demonstrations of massively superior picture quality will tempt end users eventually but what can the manufacturers do about price, we have yet to see a huge reduction on price for codecs. The first guys that produce a decent codec for sub £50 will see them fly off the shelves as this will empower the installers to offer hybrid CCTV systems, the first step towards a full upgrade.We all know that once an end user has seen the quality of HD and megapixel IP cameras they will be tempted to buy more each time they need a new camera.

Sistore MX hybrid DVR
Hybrid CCTV

So if anyone out there knows of such a codec or a HYBRID DVR that does not cost the earth we would like to hear about it. Actually we are more than hoping that we will find one at IFSEC2011 this year.

IFSEC – has it had its day?

CCTV insider is not very happy by the sounds of things, how does he know all this stuff? We don’t know…. but does he have a valid point below? You decide and let us know what you think.

IFSEC 2011 CCTV Exhibition

“Another big name not going to IFSEC

March Networks – disappointed with last years footfall and visitors – has decided not to exhibit

Has IFSEC had its day?

Is it just simply a ‘big boys club’ where the corporate giants show how big they can build their stands and how much they can put on their corporate credit cards?

does anyone care anymore if a company ISN’T exhibiting? It used to be quite a stigma……’Ooh, Norbain aren’t coming, are they in trouble’…..followed the year after by ‘Ooh, Norbain are coming, are IFSEC in trouble’……..

Who cares……there are plenty of more meaningful and specific expo’s to attend……Railtex, HOSDB, Counter Terror etc…..exhibitions that actually focus on specific issues, with specific attendees and specific exhibitors……no disrespect, but I am sick of visiting ‘Little Far East’ to see stall after stall (yes, I mean stall because it’s like a flea market) of ‘the Number 1 DVR’ manufacturer…………. there are more ‘Number 1 DVR’ manufacturers than Number 2……and that’s worrying at $49 a time……..

Nope, I’m staying away, nothing to see, nothing to learn, decent manufacturers will bring their technology to me, decent distributors should be already showing me their latest products…… I don’t need to travel to Birmingham and pay £8 car parking for the privilege!!!

Strong words but is he right??