Sorry Manufacturers, ADI Is Beefing Up W Box

ADI is not even listed as a member of ONVIF, so by definition the cameras are not ONVIF compliant.

Aren't they part of Honeywell who is a member? That said I don't see those models listed.

I wonder what the Hikvision reps think of this? I mean Hikvision is bascily pitting all there partners including themselfs agents each other and laughing all the way to the bank.

Also looking like TR-ied/ Northern is doing the samething now but the pricing is not good as the W box line.

Personally, I think this is a good thing.

We have moved past significant advances in camera technology (IMO). h.264 is universal across the board, as is ONVIF (granted not always a perfect implementation, but functional for the most part). We have sensor options from 1 to 30MP, multiple form factors and so on.

There is no need to continue to "innovate" on basic camera specifications, we should see a downward trend in price and/or more value for the price (eg: "darkfighter" style low-light capabilities standard, WDR standard, etc.)

By removing the need or requirement to innovate on basic camera functionality we can hopefully move on to better things, like camera-side features, or VMS-side features (for the manaufacturers that make cameras and VMS).

In order to stay competitive, cameras will need to have real value-add. We *should* see higher quality motion detection or analytics in more cameras, or companies put more R&D effort into VMS functionality. Retail analytics functions (people counting, or hotspots) overlaid on the video streams or carried as simple meta-data.

Several years ago there was still a lot of value-add for an integrator in choosing the "best" camera from what was available on the market, but those days have passed. It makes sense for ADI to do this because the sub-3MP/sub-16channel "basic" CCTV systems are built from highly commoditized components now. There is no more logic needed to pick a basic camera system than there is to pick a multi-function inkjet printer for the office.

I wonder how many integrators out there aren't offering some form of low cost Chinese cameras as part of their offering? Looks like Axis is losing a dealer a week to HIK.