American Camera OEM / Online Retailer Interviewed

Author: Carlton Purvis, Published on Apr 10, 2014

A little-known company produced a marketing video comparing its cameras to Chinese giants Dahua and Hikvision, becoming a topic of conversation. Here is the video:

So who is Empire Security, and where did they come from? We interview one of the owners to find out.

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Sales *******

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Recent ************

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The ******* **** ***** ***** * ********

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Response ** ******* *** *** ** ****** *** ******* *** ****** **** ***** ** *********

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Comments (3)

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Luis Carmona

IPVMU Certified | 04/10/14 01:16pm

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***** **** **** **** *** *******. **** *** *** ****** known ** ******* ********.

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Ari Erenthal

| 04/10/14 03:31pm

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Jon Dillabaugh

| 04/15/14 01:47am

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