Choosing The Right Video Surveillance System Can Be A Challenge
There are many resources to be found online that discuss the benefits of an analog surveillance over an IP Security Camera System or the other way around. But there is a need for both analog and IP surveillance systems, and the system that uses analog and IP together, called a hybrid system, offers value, too.
Analog Security Camera Systems – In Use for Decades Quite simply, analog security cameras are not as expensive as IP cameras. Analog technology tends to excel in low light environments more so than IP. Unlike analog cameras, IP camera systems cannot always be made up of different camera brands. Analog CCTV coaxial cable is more expensive than the Cat5/6 cable used in an IP surveillance solution. The cost for a larger analog surveillance solution can exceed the cost for a networked security camera system.
IP Surveillance – Greater Functionality IP surveillance cameras are typically more expensive than analog security cameras, but there’s no mistaking the higher image quality that an IP camera provides along with a host of other benefits. Built-in features such as video motion detection, audio tampering alarm and active tampering alarm enable the cameras to analyze and automatically respond to events and send alarm notifications to users anywhere. Technologies such as Wi-Fi and PoE (Power over Ethernet) provide flexibility not possible with analog cameras. PoE allows for IP cameras to be placed without having to worry about running a separate power line. Power for the camera is provided by the Ethernet cable. Wireless security cameras are available for areas where running cables is not possible.
Hybrid Camera System – A Combination of IP and Analog A video server (or encoder) gives you all the benefits of IP technology while continuing to use your existing analog CCTV security system. A video sever converts analog video signals to digital making it possible to use an IP network, essentially turning an analog security system into an IP video surveillance solution. This lets viewers look at images using a Web browser or management software on a computer network.
Don’t Scrap Your Analog Security Camera System A video encoder makes it easy to combine the features of traditional CCTV and IP camera systems. Protect your investment while gaining additional functionality and flexibility that comes from networked security camera solutions.
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November 30, 2011 | Posted by Bodhi Sattva
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