Avigilon's Revolutionary H4ES Announcement

Author: John Honovich, Published on Apr 01, 2016

Avigilon has a revolutionary announcement, according to Avigilon.

Have they solved terrorism as their CEO explained? No, not yet at least.

Avigilon's big ISC West announcement is the "revolutionary H4 Edge Solution Camera line". In this note, we examine the tech details of the lineup, looking at key applications and contrasting it to offerings from Axis, Exacq, Genetec and Mobotix.

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Comments (13)

Itamar Kerbel

04/01/16 03:07pm

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04/04/16 01:40pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

04/05/16 06:05pm

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Undisclosed #2

04/05/16 06:43pm

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Matt Leonard

04/05/16 07:13pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | 04/06/16 12:45pm

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Michael Miller

04/06/16 03:24pm

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In reply to Michael Miller | 04/06/16 04:00pm

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Michael Miller

04/06/16 04:30pm

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Undisclosed #2

In reply to Michael Miller | 04/06/16 06:31pm

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Undisclosed #2

04/06/16 06:43pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #2 | 04/15/16 10:46pm

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Undisclosed #2

In reply to John Honovich | 04/15/16 11:10pm

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