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Using an IP Camera with Audio.
IP cameras are getting more and more sophisticated. Many of the newer cameras include two-way audio, but what do you need to know to make the best use of audio capability?
IP Surveillance Systems compared to CCTV Systems
What's better?
The video surveillance industry has changed over the last few years. One major change is the increasing popularity of IP or digital surveillance systems. Why is this happening?
Frequently
Asked Questions about IP Cameras.
The answers
may suprise you
Selecting the Right
Camera and Where to Place Them. Doing the
site survey.
So you have decided to install a surveillance system at your site. It may have been that the bad guys are breaking into cars in the parking lot or someone is helping themselves to equipment or products in the warehouse – for whatever reason you need to see what’s happening.
High Resolution cameras are not all a like.
How to tell the difference.
Seeing in the Dark. Can you see as well as an Owl? Many of the cameras can.
There are choices of cameras available ranging from low light, IR sensitive and thermal imaging types. This article decribes the differences in the technology.
How people use IP camera systems. Who?
What? Why?
No, this is not about the old Abbott and Costello routine, "Who's on First." But if it were, and if the ballpark had one of the video surveillance cameras we sell, you'd be able to see the ball player slide into first, as the umpire declares him safe. Safety. That's one of the reasons our customers purchase surveillance systems, but it's not the only one. Scenarios run the gamut from artistic creativity to zooming in on nature.
The Complete
Surveillance System
A complete Surveillance system consists of cameras, software and video storage. In this article we put it all together. We create a real life requirement and then assemble a complete surveillance system. Everything is included from the cameras and lenses to the mounting brackets and power supplies.
How
to Calculate
the Bandwidth Required for Your Network Cameras
Is there enough bandwidth?
How
to Calculate
Video Storage Requirements
And a Free Calculator included
Selecting the Resolution
of the Camera and the Lens
What you see is what you get. Here's how
to select the right camera.
Beyond
the DVR
First there was tape, then DVR's and now it's Network Video Recorders (NVR). How to select the right video storage
Selecting
the camera, lens, video storage, enclosures
and software
Understanding Camera
Specifications
What do all the specifications mean in real world applicaiton.
What are MPEG
and JPEG formats and What's better
The type of compression depends on your application. |