UK CCTV Success Story

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John Honovich
Feb 22, 2013
IPVM

A UK teenager recently exposed himself to a 71 year old woman. But fear not, this example truly shows how well analog is working for the UK. There is little doubt that moving to IP is unnecessary. Here's a photo being distributed by the police:

With this quality, it will be easy to catch the suspect.

Sarcasm aside, it's bizarre that people in the UK whine about how 95% of cameras are not 'fit for purpose', decry the move to IP yet fail to realize that MP / IP would make a huge difference in cases like this. Even a 'regular' HD camera would provide far greater details in this instance.

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Rogier van der Heide
Feb 22, 2013

but... but... you can just zoom in and enhance 20 times right ?

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Carl Lindgren
Feb 22, 2013

Although as John points out, many cameras are not installed in such a way that they are 'fit for purpose', I contend that problem is not unique to analog. Poor planning and implementation can be just as applicable to MP as to analog.

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John Honovich
Feb 22, 2013
IPVM

Sure but megapixel provides greater margin of error for error as the higher resolution (and in this case, I mean visible details, not just pixels) can compensate for implementation mistakes. So unless MP installations are far more prone to serious mistakes than analog, it's still a big benefit.

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Carl Lindgren
Feb 22, 2013

"megapixel provides greater margin... for error"

-read "greater margin for incompetence". LOL

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Matt Ion
Feb 23, 2013

Now now... it can also provide a greater margin for specs, site designs, or equipment or fixture additions that happen AFTER the cameras are installed according to plan.

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