How Much Storage is Needed for Video Surveillance?
How much storage is needed for video surveillance is an important question for planning new system deployments and for determining total...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
How much storage is needed for video surveillance is an important question for planning new system deployments and for determining total...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
In a July 2009 report aboutĀ calculating video surveillance bandwidth, I mentioned that calculators generally suffer from not including key...
By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago
Megapixel was the most dominant trend in IP cameras over the first half of 2009. So dominant was megapixel, that not only did most manufacturers...
By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago
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Today in 2009, Managed video is becoming one of the most overhyped trends in the video surveillance industry. A number of factors drive interest....
By John Honovich - almost 15 years ago
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Recently, IQinVision releaed an article advocating benefits of MJPEG [link no longer available].[Update Dec 2010: We conducted extensive testing...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
Integrators often cite bandwidth as a key concern for deploying IP cameras. Let's examine what the potential issues are and where they may be...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
This report summarizes a presentation made by Axis GM Fredrik Nilsson on the progress and future of IP cameras (presented at the Milestone Partners...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
Much of the fear in IT convergence comes from new technology and operational issues of using IT for physical security systems. The goal of this...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
Distributed architecture is the key concept behind casino system designs. All encoding and recording is done on the single channel (blade) DVRs,...
By Ben Wood - over 15 years ago
SVC will solve a key problem of H.264: While H.264 generates a fixed quality and sized video stream, video surveillance users can benefit greatly...
By IPVM - over 15 years ago
Migrating from analog to IP can be tricky, mainly because most everyone has existing infrastructure in place. You rarely can simply throw out that...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
In the next few years, we will see a significant transition away from storing video inside DVR/NVR servers. This 'on-board' storage will be...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
Centrally recording video from remote sites is as frequently claimed as it is wrong. It is an exciting concept that fails due to basic technical...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
[NOTE: This report is FAR out of date and is left here simply for historical purposes. See ourĀ recent Avigilon coverage.] While megapixel cameras...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
Hybrid NVR/DVRs are appliances (purposed built computers) that can simultaneously support IP cameras and directly connected analog cameras. This...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
CODECs are a critical element of choosing, designing and using video surveillance systems. CODECs can lower the price of overall systems and...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
You may notice that your home cable modem offers greater bandwidth going down to your house than going up to the Internet. For instance, while you...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
For 2 years now, speculation has been high on Cisco's video surveillance play. The Harrah's announcement magnifies this fear and excitement. To...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
Arecont Vision's upcoming release of H.264 megapixel cameras will spur adoption of megapixel cameras for mainstream security organizations. Until...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
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