Samsung Goes AHD, Sets Battle with Dahua and Hikvision

Author: John Honovich, Published on Jul 20, 2015

HD analog continues to grow.

One of the biggest problems so far is the lack of big brand support. Though Hikvision and Dahua are now mega surveillance manufacturers, they clearly do not have the name recognition globally.

To date, the biggest names have been Honeywell (HQA) and FLIR (MPX), both going for Dahua's CVI.

Now, Samsung is joining a rival alliance - AHD.

In this note, we examine Samsung's move and offering, with feedback from Samsung, how they match up against CVI and TVI, plus what the future looks like for the three rival offerings.

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Comments (26)

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Sean Nelson

Nelly Security | 07/20/15 02:22pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Sean Nelson | 07/20/15 02:24pm

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Sean Nelson

Nelly Security | In reply to John Honovich | 07/20/15 02:29pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Sean Nelson | 07/20/15 02:31pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Sean Nelson | 07/22/15 10:20am

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Nelly Security | In reply to John Honovich | 07/23/15 02:46am

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07/20/15 04:13pm

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Pro Focus LLC | 07/20/15 04:50pm

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07/21/15 03:11am

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IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #2 | 07/21/15 11:17am

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07/22/15 08:39am

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IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #3 | 07/22/15 10:15am

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Andrew Del Biondo | 07/23/15 11:49am

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Andrew Del Biondo

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IPVM | In reply to Andrew Del Biondo | 07/23/15 01:14pm

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Nelly Security | In reply to John Honovich | 07/23/15 01:42pm

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IPVMU Certified | 07/23/15 03:08pm

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IPVM | In reply to Jason Wallace | 07/23/15 03:12pm

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IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Honovich | 07/23/15 06:02pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Jason Wallace | 07/23/15 08:39pm

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Undisclosed #1

In reply to Jason Wallace | 07/24/15 03:19am

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #4

07/23/15 08:17pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #4 | 07/23/15 08:24pm

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