WHY DIGITAL?

Not so long ago, when a business owner/security officer needed to find a piece of video as the result of an alarm trigger or an incident report, he or she had to go to a different location and spend hours, possibly days searching for the relevant segment of tape. Once found, analog recording gave no guarantees on the quality of the images on that segment. This meant organizations wasted tremendous amounts of time and often had little to show for their investment.

Today’s digital surveillance systems are much more advanced. Digital security devices which were once separate are now networked together into a single, seamless system, operated from a desktop PC, giving companies the ability to remotely access live and archived video over their corporate networks and over the Internet.

A networked digital surveillance system records camera images on a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and relays them through the network to a PC monitor for observation. Digital Video Surveillance systems offer high quality, flexible security features such as:

OFF-SITE MONITORING
CCTV technology allows remote monitoring of locations thousands of miles away—say at a branch office. Digital video cameras let users observe from any PC within a network or any PC anywhere (with the client software and high speed Internet), eliminating the expense of high-end dedicated phone lines.

IMAGE CAPTURE
Digital images and the related ability to control the viewing experience through software configuration greatly enhances visual recording quality. For instance, the camera can be set to record only when it detects motion—saving on playback time and hard drive space. Additionally, when incidents occur, high quality individual snapshots or video clips of a suspect can easily be pulled and given to police on a CD or via email.

ARCHING/STORAGE
Most companies desire the ability to play back the tape when conducting video surveillance to view incidents in greater detail, or discern patterns. With digital video surveillance, media is saved on hard disk and easily searched. Advanced search capabilities allow the user to quickly get to relevant areas of the video, greatly reducing time spent viewing video clips.