Volume 11, Issue 1
jan-Mar 2014
Security Shredding News Serving the Security Shredding & Records Storage Markets
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Digital Camera Security Systems Poised to Overtake Analog Cameras By Todd Williams
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ossessing the ability to interface with the most advanced computer technology, today’s newest digital camera systems are starting to capture a larger share of the lucrative security and surveillance business, at the expense of the older analog camera systems. According to several security experts, IP (Internet Protocol) digital camera systems are being deployed at a record pace, especially in large systems such as those installed in gaming casinos and shopping malls. However, traditional analog camera systems still dominate the market for smaller setups such as homes and small businesses. “You might not to want to install an expensive IP system in your home or mom and pop business when you can go to a home improvement store and pick up an eight-camera analog system with all the cameras, cables and a DVR for under $500,” notes Robert Sprague, a project manager for the New Jersey-based R. Grossman & Associates, an industry security consultant. According to Sprague, analog security systems such as these still dominate over 85 percent of all new systems installed. “It’s really simple to go out and buy an analog system, set the cameras, run your cables and hook everything to a DVR. With IP systems, however, it becomes more complicated,” says Sprague. He notes that as IP camera systems become more popular and prices drop, more and more new installations will be IP. “I’ve found that the older analog systems are normally set up and run by security personnel while the new IP systems are ordered and operated by the corporate IT people,” Sprague explains. IP camera systems are essentially a computer and thus have many of the same set-up problems that plague computer installations, he says.
Once properly installed, however, IP camera systems have a tremendous number of advantages over the analog cameras, not the least being superior image quality. IP camera resolution ranges from 1280 x 720 pixels (high definition) to 720 x 576 (DVD quality) or 352 x 288 (video CD quality) for lower range models. The standard analog system is 704 x 568 pixels. Another way to look at it is that an analog camera of 540TVL equates to about 0.4 MP, whereas a standard IP camera of 2MP, can give over five times the resolution as the analog. With some IP cameras going up to about 10MP, it’s easy to see how the technology can reduce the number of cameras required. For example, you might replace analog Pan, Tilt and Zoom (PTL) cameras with one IP/Megapixel camera.
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