MJPEG vs. H.264
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
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
This 16 page premium report explains why and how new video surveillance products offer value. The goal is to help industry professionals quickly...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
Many people want to go IP but 95% of deployed cameras are analog. Encoders are the most common solution but is that the best approach? What are...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
Pivot3 has added a datasheet on their storage arra [link no longer available]y and a brochure claiming energy savings from using their storage...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
Certain IQinVision cameras can record locally without the need for network bandwidth or a third party management system. Their Event Recording...
By John Honovich - about 15 years ago
Intransa and Pivot3 continue to market aggressively their storage solutions. One major positioning difference is that Intransa is focusing more...
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 - over 15 years ago
This 20 page report helps you decide amongst the leading megapixel camera products in the market. If you are evaluating megapixel cameras or moving...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Storage is one of the most confusing and debated aspects of video surveillance solutions. Continuously rising expectations for TV or HD quality...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
While Mobotix sells the most megapixel cameras in the world, Mobotix's product strategy is significantly different from other well known megapixel...
By John Honovich - over 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
Cisco offers a DVR/NVR to be plugged into their office routers. Despite the appealing concept, Cisco's IP Video in a router solution will be...
By John Honovich - 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
Megapixel cameras, storage solutions and managed video are the 3 areas with the greatest momentum of new product annoncements. A brief review of...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
While video analytic promotion focuses on stopping and solving crime, the greatest value for video analytics historically and for the immediate...
By John Honovich - over 15 years ago
Emerging technologies can significantly improve security operations. At ASIS, I encourage you to learn more about 3 particular technologies and to...
By John Honovich - 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
The overwhelming majority of people buying cameras today do not choose IP cameras. While most people see the move to be inevitable, serious debate...
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 our 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
[UPDATE: This article is deprecated. The H.264 has now been widely accepted for years and is the surveillance market de facto standard. In 2013,...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
Megapixel cameras have brought renewed interest in measures to maximize NVR/DVR storage duration and use. Cost is a big factor as the potential...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
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