Sorry Manufacturers, ADI Is Beefing Up W Box
Author: John Honovich, Published on Sep 01, 2015
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Comments (21)
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
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Jack Sink
The commoditization of megapixel cameras has arrived, no doubt the top tier manufacturers are going to be forced to deliver innovative features or technological advancements on a scale not seen before or become Just Another Brand. Like the Dusenberg, or the Triumph TR-250's that ruled automotive news for a time they're now museum and collectors pieces. I hope and pray that doesn't happen, since tech and post-sale support are foreign concepts to most of the low end manufacturers in any industry.
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Undisclosed #2
Aren't they part of Honeywell who is a member? That said I don't see those models listed.
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John,
Why would you post ADI Dealer prices on Tweeter ?
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Michael Miller
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.
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Undisclosed Integrator #4
Do we have Hikvision model equivalents to the WBOX line? I like the fact that they are dirt cheap, and with a 5 year warranty...
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Undisclosed #5
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.
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #6
Isn't HikVision brand offers 3 years and this WBox line offers 5 years?
I wonder what other brand is going to react to this?
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Alan Dodds
5-year warranty is phenomenal at this price point.
This seems like the natural evolution. And yes, they will need to innovate, ie offer more, to ask for more money.
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Undisclosed Integrator #7
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.
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