SVC - A Better H.264 Coming For Video Surveillance
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 - almost 16 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 - almost 16 years ago
Though available for many years, Auto-Tracking PTZs are generating renewed interest with Axis' recent release of their 233D camera. The claim is...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
Specifications are valuable but often are done poorly, creating problems or biasing the bid. Such challenges are magnified with digital and IP...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
Below is a recording of the actual CCTV footage from the Marriott bombed in Pakistan. It looks like it's from a DVR, recording about 5-8fps at CIF...
By John Honovich - almost 16 years ago
Manufacturers say video analytics work. Customers and integrators often say they do not. Are manufacturers simply lying? Are customers simply...
By John Honovich - about 16 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 - about 16 years ago
One of the most exciting impacts of megapixel cameras is how they enable improvements in system designs that deliver better surveillance. This...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
While APIs are key to 'open' platforms, they are a frequently misunderstood and over-hyped aspect of physical security. While APIs can provide...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
Using video analytics beyond security may be the most important trend in video analytics. While marketing and business intelligence applications...
By John Honovich - about 16 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 - about 16 years ago
While the publicity goes to mega-cities deploying video surveillance, city wide video surveillance is becoming very cost-effective, valuable and...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
SightLogix is optimizing a video analytics solution for outdoor use in harsh weather conditions and over large areas. The product aims to be more...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
Megapixel IP security cameras deliver one great benefit that traditional analogue CCTV cameras just cannot match, you'll all be using them...
By IPVM - about 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 - about 16 years ago
You are making a mistake by not blogging. It does not matter who you are. Blogging can have a very significant impact on your business at an...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
The most novel or powerful product is usually viewed as the best. Though usually wrong, it is attractive nonetheless. The solutions most likely to...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
The camera system is compact and has good packaging, but the overall embedded system design and firmware has to be improved. The system has some...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
While we continue to spend more on public CCTV systems, the debate on CCTV effectiveness has reached a polarizing and inconclusive standoff. On the...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
Performing analytics at the DVR/NVR is a very popular choice in video surveillance. Reading the trade magazines and viewing marketing materials,...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
Maximizing simplicity will be a critical factor in IP Video success. In the early days, having a feature was enough. Now, with so many providers...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
While Axis is best known for its cameras, it does provide NVR software (with limited functionalities). Axis recently released a new version of this...
By John Honovich - about 16 years ago
H.264 megapixel camera support may be the hottest topic in all of video surveillance today. Nevertheless, details on how H.264 megapixel cameras...
By John Honovich - about 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 - over 16 years ago
While video analytics holds great promise, people are still asking about the viability of using analytics in the real world. Indeed, as stories of...
By John Honovich - over 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 - over 16 years ago
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