Examining IR Illuminator Bandwidth Savings and Raytec's Test Results
In the past few years IR illuminator vendors have made strong marketing claims about dramatic bandwidth savings achieved by using IR (80-95% reductions). In our IR testing, we found that wide outdoor scenes (common in surveillance) either received minimal or no benefits.
Raytec explained their test methodology. The tests demonstrating 95% bandwidth reduction were done indoo...
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