Ranking The Lowest Cost Outdoor Cameras 2015

Author: Derek Ward, Published on May 14, 2015

Outdoor cameras can be expensive. In our last study of this segment, the variation amongst manufacturers for their lowest cost outdoor cameras was nearly 10x.

In this new analysis, we examine 13 manufacturer products (ACTi, Arecont, Avigilon, Axis, Bosch, Dahua, D-Link, FLIR, Hikvision, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Vivotek), breaking down the following:

  • Fixed Focal Outdoor IP Cameras (lowest to highest)
  • Fixed Focal Outdoor HD Analog Cameras (lowest to highest)
  • Varifocal Outdoor IP Cameras (lowest to highest)
  • Varifocal Outdoor HD Analog Cameras (lowest to highest)
  • The 4 Major Competitive Trends / Differentiators

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Sagy Amit

05/14/15 09:00pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Sagy Amit | 05/14/15 09:07pm

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05/14/15 09:05pm

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05/14/15 09:13pm

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Sean Nelson

Nelly Security | 05/14/15 10:52pm

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Luke Maslen

IPVMU Certified | 05/15/15 05:09am

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Luke Maslen | 05/15/15 10:59am

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Luke Maslen

IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Honovich | 05/15/15 02:54pm

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05/15/15 05:34am

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05/18/15 07:38am

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Alan Dodds | 05/18/15 10:28am

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Alan Dodds

In reply to John Honovich | 05/18/15 04:14pm

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