A Guide to HDCVI camera- Dennis Mancino HD View 360

HDCVI is the earliest high definition technology, which has been developed from the ground up especially for apply in the CCTV industry. The hdcvi is a way for megapixel high definition applications, featuring non-latent and long-distance transmission at a lower price. HDCVI can send out data more than 500 meters (1640 feet) without the requirement of any additional equipment. This feature can be very advantageous in replacing installed analog cameras and DVRs without the need of running latest cables or installing data repeating strategy.

HDCVI technology offers 2 specifications such as 1080p that is 1920×1080 resolution and 720p that is 1280×720 resolution. The camera kit includes both hdcvi cameras and hdcvi dvrs. This technology gives an easy solution to the customers who are looking at their first security system or already has a security system but wants to upgrade with high definition without any problem. This hdcvi systems compatibility not only saves money but also saves time and work. It make very easy to upgrade older systems to hd-cvi systems in a smooth and an easy way.

Therefore, one of the best benefits of choosing hd-cvi technology that place out is its backwards compatibility by older systems. It has developed to work through the similar coaxial cable that has expected already been laid out by earlier CCTV setups. The coaxial cable is not only able to transmit signals but also transmits different types of signals as well. The hd-cvi cameras and hd-cvi dvrs can be connected with each other all the way through coaxial cable with high definition video signals, high definition audio signals and two-way control signals, which allow you to adjust the PTZ position of your cameras.

Other than HDCVI camera, IP security cameras and NVRs (Network Video Recorders) are new series of innovations. These are made for use as network/Internet distribution devices like web cams, which have been adapted in the CCTV. But, there are some differences in hdcvi vs ip cameras so you should choose according to your needs.

Israel agrees to video surveillance at Temple Mount- Dennis Mancino HD View 360

 

Kerry said the steps include round-the-clock video monitoring and Israel's reaffirming of Jordan's special and historic role as custodian of the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.

On Sunday morning, Netanyahu said Israel "has an interest" in round-the-clock video surveillance as the cameras will allow Israel "to refute the claim" that Israel is changing the status quo, "and in order to show where the provocations really start, as well as to thwart them."
 

John Kerry and Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman (Photo: Reuters)

"All the violence and the incitement to violence must stop. Leaders must lead," Kerry told reporters following a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman.

Kerry added that Israeli and Jordanian authorities will meet about bolstering security.

Outlining the series of understandings, Kerry said:

 Israel "fully respects" Jordan's "special role" as custodian of the site.

 Israel will continue to enforce its policy of religious worship, including "the fundamental fact" that it is Muslims who pray there and non-Muslims who visit.

 Israel has no intention of dividing the site and rejects any attempt to suggest otherwise.

 Israel welcomes increased coordination between Israeli authorities and Jordan to ensure that visitors and worshippers "demonstrate respect and restraint."

Jewish men at the Temple Mount

Noting the video monitoring, Kerry said it would provide "comprehensive visibility and transparency, and that could really be a game-changer in discouraging anybody from disturbing the sanctity of this holy site."

"Israel will continue to enforce its long-standing policy on religious worship ... at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, including the fundamental fact that it is Muslims who pray on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, and non-Muslims who visit," Kerry added.

"I hope that based on these conversations we can finally put to rest some of the false assumptions, perceptions" about the holy site, Kerry said. "Those perceptions are stoking the tensions and fueling the violence and it is important for us to end the provocative rhetoric and start to change the public narrative that comes out of those false perceptions."
 
Speaking after Kerry, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh emphasized the need to "address the root cause of the entire problem. The root cause is the need to have a Palestinian state that lives side-by-side with a secure Israel and all the people in the nations of this world and in this region in particular living in peace and security."

The Jordanian minister also said that his country "is not a mediator or an observer. Jordan is a stakeholder. When it comes to the Palestinian-Israeli peace, all of the final status issues between the Palestinians and the Israelis touch the very heart of Jordan’s national security and national interests."

In his statement on Saturday night, Netanyahu stressed that Israel is not interested in dividing the Temple Mount.

"We welcome increased coordination between the Israeli authorities and the Jordanian Waqf, including to ensure that visitors and worshippers demonstrate restraint and respect for the sanctity of the area, and all this in accordance with the respective responsibilities of the Israelis authorities and the Jordanian Waqf," said Netanyahu.
 
Israel strongly opposed a recent French initiative to place international observers at the Temple Mount, a proposal that led to the French ambassador being reprimanded by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
 
Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the PLO Executive Committee, said that during a meeting with Kerry, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas asked for the formation of an international investigative committee regarding escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

According to Erekat, Abbas was told by Kerry that Netanyahu had agreed to freeze building in West Bank settlements. Netanyahu denied this on his official Twitter account.

Kerry had met with Netanyahu in Berlin on Thursday.

source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4715519,00.html

The Importance of IP Video Surveillance in Education- Dennis Mancino HD View 360

Network Video Can Help Schools Do More With Less

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For the quality of the educational experience as well as the safety of the students, it’s important that schools view safety as the highest priority. Administrators need to closely examine the security options available to them in the video surveillance marketplace. They should begin with a thorough look at what network-based video technology can do in the community’s local educational facilities, compared to traditional analog systems.

Today, the industry is in the middle of a paradigm shift as it slowly gravitates from analog video systems to digital Internet protocol (IP). Use of IP-based video is on the rise, and nowhere else in society is this new flavor of video surveillance as well received.

According to Peter Boriskin, vice president of product management for Tyco International’s Access Control and Video Systems, IP’s current market share is roughly 15 percent.

Erron Spalsbury, account manager with 3xLogic, Westminster, Colo., said his company sees a growing interest in IP.
“About 80 percent of every DVR [digital video recorder] we sell records video from at least one IP camera,” Spalsbury said.

Use of network-based video
Since the 1950s, security companies have installed and serviced analog cameras in educational facilities as well as in commercial, industrial and retail markets. For the most part, analog technology has served the industry well, but since the introduction of computer networking in education, the number of IP video installations has more than doubled each year.

In a growing number of schools, colleges and universities, IP cameras allow officials to better track and identify suspicious individuals as they enter and leave facilities. IP cameras allow administrators to monitor parking lots, sidewalks and critical entrances with greater clarity and efficiency.

When real-time observation is not feasible, IP video allows images to be recorded on an assortment of digital media for later review. Network video offers the advantage of capturing real-time events as they happen and storing them on a computer hard drive. And because of megapixel imagers, IP video has the ability to record images in near-to-life resolution.
Because of their digital nature, images from an IP camera also can be easily exported for law enforcement use without degrading image quality. A watermark within the digital framework of each image verifies its authenticity. This is especially important when video images are removed as evidence to use in a court of law.

Megapixel IP cameras also allow schools to do more with fewer employees, which is important to cash-strapped institutions. Through the use of live and recorded video, the number of security personnel can often be reduced and replaced with IP video cameras. Instead of a school full of security officers, many educational facilities can effectively function with a handful.

Digital IP vs. analog cameras

An IP camera is designed to connect to a computer network or a recording device, such as a DVR, network video recorder, network attached storage or some other method of image retention. With an IP camera, this is accomplished using a Category 5e or 6 cable with eight-position modular plugs. An analog camera, in contrast, uses a coaxial cable plus a second cable for power.

IP cameras are assigned a unique address for identification purposes, which is also a feature that separates the technology from analog. This address enables the network to store images in separate folders corresponding to the specific cameras. IP addresses allow networks to associate specific information with each image, such as camera location, date, time, camera type, etc. This enables system operators to readily identify where a scene comes from inside or outside the facility.
In some cases, the network superimposes other data onto an image, such as cash register transaction information. Because it’s in a digital format, advanced searches can be conducted using any number of criteria. For a good example, consider the retail side of a college or university, such as a book store or cafeteria. Data from credit cards or other identification credentials can be used to locate a student in real time or through recorded video. Integration with other subsystems, such as access control, enables school officials to review an audit trail of student and staff member activities, reviewing images from nearby cameras in the process.

Another difference between IP and analog cameras is the format used to send image information over a wire. Conventional cameras use the National Television Standards Council (NTSC) standard, commonly referred to as composite video. A conventional video camera bundles everything needed to create an image within a single composite signal. This signal contains lumina (brightness/contrast) and chroma (image color) information as well as synchronization pulses for display scanning control. The typical bandwidth of a composite video signal is 6 MHz at 1 volt peak-to-peak. This is a lot of information that must be carried by the analog signal; therefore, a lot can be lost through electromagnetic interference.

Digital IP-based data is not as prone to outside interference as analog because it’s easier for the head-end system to detect the two voltage states of a digital data signal than the nearly infinite number of frequencies used in an analog signal. This makes digital IP more robust than analog, especially in locations experiencing a high-level of radio frequency interference, such as airports and industrial plants.

It is easier to place intelligence on the edge of the network using IP cameras than with analog. Software can be added to provide video analytics, e-mail and more. Some IP cameras have a built-in Web server, which adds a degree of redundancy to any video surveillance system. If something happens to the main method of image recording, relevant images may still exist.

Adding cameras to an existing infrastructure

Another advantage to using IP cameras is the relative ease with which they can be added to an existing local area network (LAN). Most educational facilities have a LAN installed throughout the buildings. This eliminates the need to install coaxial and power cables from one end of each building to the other, which must be done when installing analog cameras. Not only does this save time, but it also saves money because installers do not have to contend with the same amount of metallic cable.

“In this environment, where cost is a significant driver, being able to use the existing infrastructure allows us to reduce the installation cost to the customer,” Spalsbury said. “And not only is the wire (Category 5e) cheaper when it comes time to install a network, but it’s easier to pull. And it makes it easier and faster to expand when needed. In addition, IP technology makes it possible to record multiple facilities on the enterprise level and to do so using megapixel-type cameras.”

Not only do IP cameras use Category 5e or 6 cable, which is generally cheaper than coaxial, but sometimes the choice can be between installing a $700 megapixel camera with a 6-foot extension cord to a network’s wall outlet to get a robust, high-resolution picture or paying an installer $500 to run new coaxial cable the entire distance of a school for analog. IP video also allows for rapid deployment where there is an existing network, something educational facilities may need as security requirements change.

“An environment like that of a school is constantly changing and so will their need for covert and overt camera placement,” Boriskin said. “An IP video strategy allows for much easier camera movement.”

Balancing the need for IP video

Opponents of IP-based video cameras maintain that such a pie-in-the-sky approach to video surveillance is not worth the cost. Ask some information technology (IT) managers, and they may say attaching IP cameras to a school’s network isn’t practical because the cameras require a lot of bandwidth.

While it is true that not every school requires megapixel quality video, those that use one say you can’t have too much resolution when it comes to proving your case in court.

“The most compelling reason to use IP is the simplest one: don’t send 12 hours of an empty stairwell at 3 MB per second. Use the camera as a gate-keeper so only interesting video is sent,” Boriskin said.

In this case, when a camera is first installed, it will send a complete image of the stairwell. After that, only those pixels that have changed are sent to the head-end.

Although digital high-resolution cameras may not be ideal for every application, they are a potent new tool in the security expert’s bag of tricks.

Dennis Mancino is the CEO of HD View 360 located in Miami FL. for more information visit the website at www.hdview360.com

source: http://www.ecmag.com/section/miscellaneous/importance-ip-video-surveillance-education

Surveillance Cameras- What makes video compression important? Dennis Mancino HD View 360

What is Video Compression?

Video compression is the process of using a codec to go through your video files to reduce or eliminate unnecessary files. This makes your video files smaller, so you can store more video on your NVR hard drive or camera’s MicroSD card.
There are two main types of compression, H.264 and MJPEG, while MPEG4 is an older version. Almost all IP surveillance camera come with a video compression codec.

How Video Compression Works

To compress your files, the codec looks for unnecessary files or frames it can reduce or eliminate without impacting the final version of the video. This process is done automatically by your surveillance camera, but you can often choose which style of video compression to use and the compression level within the video:

• H.264 compression – this is the newest, and most efficient video compression codec, and it works by taking small groups of frames and evaluating them together as a series to eliminate duplicate content that appears in each frame without changing
• MJPEG compression – also called motion JPEG, works by evaluating each frame of the video, compressing them, and sending them as individual JPEG images
• MPEG4 compression – this is an older style of video compression, and has largely been replaced by H.264

If you are also recording audio with your surveillance video, the audio files will be compressed separately from the video.
For cameras that have multiple video streams, your camera may also be able to use multiple video compression codec’s or different levels of compression. This allows you to configure on stream for mobile viewing, one stream for live viewing, and one stream for long-term storage.

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Video compression is a valuable tool when your video surveillance system has bandwidth and storage limitations, since video files can be extremely large if they are long clips or recorded in megapixel resolution. If your video is compressed too much, though, the image quality can be compromised—our surveillance experts can help you find the best balance of compression and image quality.
By compressing the video files your system can more easily send the files over your network without significant delays or slowing it down, which is especially important for mobile viewing with a smart phone or tablet.
Compressed video files also take up less space on your hard drive, allowing you to store more videos or keep the files for longer periods of time.
Video compression codec’s are available in video surveillance systems and IP security cameras from D View 360.

Video compression is an essential part of recording and saving security camera footage, because it compresses the raw files into a smaller format. This allows you to store more videos on your hard drive. There are three types of video compression:

• H.264 compression - This is the best, most efficient way to compress your video files. It compresses the files by evaluating small groups of images together and removing duplicates.
• MJPEG compression - This format works by evaluating each frame of the video and compressing it. This is also referred to as motion JPEG, because it treats each frame as an individual JPEG image.
• MPEG4 compression - This is the oldest format, and is not commonly used. It has largely been replaced by H.264 compression.

What makes video compression an important part of your surveillance is the ability to compress files - this maximizes your hard drive space so you can store more videos for longer periods of time before your hard drive is full.

Large video files become a problem when you record extremely long videos, or high quality HD videos. A 30 second video your camera automatically records on motion won't be very large, but a 10 minute video of a break-in at your store will. Additionally, a video recorded at 5MP and a full 30 FPS will be helpful in identifying suspects in a video, but also be a very large file.


source: https://www.videosurveillance.com/tech/video-compression.asp

Cloud Circuit TV… The future of Change? Dennis Mancino

Who’d have thought it?
If you’ve ever been involved in the technology business, even just as a casual observer, you’ll know that innovation is often the unintended consequence of developments in other, seemingly, unrelated, areas. Google, for example, simply wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the Internet or the need for an efficient search engine to navigate the ever-burgeoning world-wide web. Similarly, the dragging of CCTV into the 21st century looks set to become the unrelated consequence of the cloud, a technology, in turn, spawned by our never-ending love affair with everything mobile.

Domino effects

There’s no getting away from it, the Internet has touched and transformed virtually every part of our modern lives. However, it’s far from static or complete – it grows, it develops and changes. As witnessed in the last few years by the ready availability of mobile Internet access using smartphones and tablets, enabling us to both work and play wherever we want, whenever we want.

By itself, however, the ability to stay connected to the web isn’t enough – we also need to be able to access shared data, connect to our inboxes and calendars, communicate with colleagues and so on. A need that is increasingly being met, not by conventional (and let’s face it – complicated) VPN tunneling to private networks, but through the cloud.

The cloud and the services it hosts are transforming the way we work, making it much easier to stay in touch as well as connected and do real work on the move. It also helps keep us and our data secure without the need for complex security measures which, when applied using conventional VPN technologies, can discourage the use of the very resources they are designed to protect.

And so to CCTV

So what’s this all got to do with CCTV? To answer that let’s start with the acronym – CCTV, or Closed Circuit TV – which, by its very nature implies limits on what the technology can do.

It’s “closed” so, for example, you can’t get at what’s being captured remotely, at least not without a lot of highly technical and expensive add-ons. And that means it just doesn’t fit in a world where we routinely expect to be able to do almost everything, from turning down the heating to checking what’s in the fridge, from our mobiles.

“But wait” I hear you cry, “IP technology can fix that, can’t it?”

Well, yes and no. IP cameras by themselves are no more accessible than their analogue counterparts. They simply digitize the analogue video streams and transmit them over an IP network, again, requiring expensive and complicated gateways to provide for remote access.

More than that, IP cameras can unintentionally take the “Closed” out of CCTV, with serious implications when it comes to security.

Get your network security measures wrong by mis-coding a firewall rule or forgetting to change the default password and, in theory, anyone could access not just your IP cameras, but the network video recorders and monitoring systems to which they connect.

Yes – that’s right – unless you expressly make it your goal to prevent unauthorized access to an IP surveillance system, anyone could find it, watch it and, even, interfere with it. Add to that the fact that you need to be a rocket scientist to install and manage an IP surveillance system at all and you start to understand why analogue CCTV still reigns supreme in the security market.
With the advent of the cloud, however, that really does look set to change.

Surveillance from the cloud

The cloud is the final piece of the jigsaw, and it changes everything. Connect cameras to a hosted surveillance system like Cloudview for example, and you can take full advantage of what IP technology has to offer, not least by making it easy to access the system remotely without the need for complicated security measures.

All you need is a browser and an Internet connection and you can check up on what’s happening from a smartphone, tablet or laptop. More than that, with the Cloudview Visual Network Adapter (VNA) you can connect both analogue and, soon, digital IP cameras to the cloud without the need for a costly and complicated local network infrastructure. You don’t even need wires as it can all be done over WiFi or a 3G mobile network.

And lastly, with security handled professionally as part of the hosted surveillance service the cloud also puts the “Closed” back into CCTV, insuring that your data can only be accessed by people authorized to see it.

You might want to think of it as Cloud Circuit TV but, whatever the name, it’s set to change the face of surveillance and, finally, bring it into our mobile 21st Century world.


source: http://www.surveillance-magazine.com/2015/07/28/cloud-circuit-tv-whod-thought/

The Importance of Proper Surveillance Camera Placement- Dennis Mancino HD view 360

 

 Below is a lesson in the Do's and Dont's of security camera placement. At HD View 360 you can trust us to make sure you don't violate the law. We pride ourselves on a professional installation each and every time and followup service that is prompt and available at any time.

 

Store says security cameras above fitting room not recording people changing

By Joe Douglass, On Your Side Investigator Published: Oct 6, 2015 at 5:59 PM PDT

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PORTLAND, Ore. – A woman told KATU she felt violated after spotting enclosed surveillance cameras above a fitting room at a local clothing store.
A manager of the store said the cameras were not pointed at the fitting room.
Corenna Khieu said she had just tried on a skirt when she looked up and saw the two cameras.
“Immediately, like, my heart just sank,” she said.
Khieu was with her 2-year-old daughter at the time.
"She's a baby,” Khieu said, “and I just thought, you know, who else is able to see this?"
The two were shopping at the Urban Kingdom clothing store on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday afternoon.
"I only looked up just because I have a spider phobia,” said Khieu, “so I was just wanting to make sure no spider was gonna get on me."

After spotting the cameras she said she tried starting a conversation with a store employee.
"It seemed like the little things that I was saying to him about something else totally different, it wasn't like it was registering very well,” she said.

Khieu said she then went home, called the Portland Police Bureau’s non-emergency line, then contacted KATU.

We then shared her story with James Lee, one of the store's managers.
"I apologize if it caused a concern,” said Lee.

He and a store employee showed us surveillance footage from the cameras going back more than a week.

In the footage, the cameras are pointed away from the dressing rooms.

None of it shows people undressing.

Lee said the cameras are locked in with screws and very hard to move around.
When asked if he’d still consider moving the cameras, Lee said, “"I could if it needs to be … Maybe we could put a plate underneath it. Let them know there is no way the camera can go down into the dressing room. Maybe that might be an idea … I want customers to have zero doubt that camera can view inside the dressing room."

A spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau said they're not investigating the case.
He said, generally, recording someone who has their clothes off without their permission is a crime.

source http://www.katu.com/news/local/Store-says-security-cameras-near-fitting-room-not-recording-people-changing-330987252.html


Dennis Mancino is CEO of HD view 360 located in Miami,FL. HD view 360 services small businesses all over the United States and can handle any size job. Whether you need 1 store outfitted or 1000 we can handle the job and it will be done right the first time,

For More information visit our website at www.hdview360.com

WHAT IS 960H CCTV?? Dennis Mancino From HD View 360 Explains

This article explains what 960H video is and answers frequently asked questions about how 960H resolution is used in modern CCTV cameras and security DVRs.

What is 960H?

960H is the latest video resolution used by analog CCTV camera surveillance systems. The “H” in 960H stands for “horizontal” and 960 is the number of horizontal pixels in the video resolution. 960H is 960 x 480 video resolution. Unlike the generation of CCTV cameras and DVRs before 960H became a standard, 960H uses the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio which makes it more suitable for use with modern widescreen format monitors and HDTVs. Almost all of modern monitors are 16:9 aspect ratio.

What resolution was used in CCTV before 960H?

Before 960H cameras and DVRs were available, the most popular video standard for CCTV systems was D1 resolution. D1 resolution is 720 x 480 pixels, sometimes D1 is 704 x 480 pixels. Notice that the width of the picture is wider when comparing 960H to D1, but the height is the same. D1 resolution uses a 4:3 aspect ratio which was much more popular 10 years ago, before the advent of widescreen monitors and high def television. CIF resolution (also shown in the top image on this page) is 360 x 240 (sometime 352 x 240). It is basically half the size of D1 and also uses the 4:3 aspect ratio. CIF resolution is typically used when bandwidth or recording hard drive space is limited.

960H vs D1

The below images compare 960H vs D1 video resolution. Please click on the image for a full sized view.

Do 960H cameras provide more video coverage than D1 cameras?

No. The angle of view / view-able area covered by a security camera is determined by the size of the lens and the size of the image sensor (the electronic chip that actually captures the image). Almost all CCTV cameras use a 1/3 inch image sensor. This includes 960H and D1 format cameras. Lens sizes do vary. In the above images, a 3.6mm lens was used. Notice that although the 960H image is wider than the D1 image, the angle of view is the same. The wider format image does not mean that a wider angle of view is captured. It just means that more pixels were used and the picture is wider.

How do I know if a CCTV camera is 960H resolution?

It is easy to confirm if a CCTV camera is 960H resolution by looking at the technical specification of the camera. Typically, there is a section in camera spec that documents the effective resolution of the camera in pixels. If the resolution width is 960 pixels or greater and the height is 480 pixels or greater, the camera is 960H. Below is a snapshot taken from the specification of a 960H camera.

Most CCTV cameras that are 960H resolution are 650 TVL or greater. TVL stands for television lines and is a another way to measure the resolution of analog cameras. You should not assume that all 650TVL or 700TVL cameras are 960H. In some cases, the image sensor of a 700TVL camera is not actually capable of capturing 960 x 480 pixels. You should always go by the effective pixels on the camera’s spec.

How can I use the new 960H format?

In order to full take advantage of the 960H format in video surveillance applications, you should use both a 960H camera and a 960H DVR.

The above picture is a screenshot taken from an iDVR-PRO4A DVR (supports 960H video format) connected to 4 960H cameras. This is what the user sees from a monitor connected directly to the DVR’s VGA or HDMI video output. The DVR actually supports full 1080p monitor resolution, but unfortunately the video capture card that we used to grab this image only supports 720p resolution. Please click on the image for a full size view.

Can I use 960H cameras with a D1 DVR?

Yes. Actually, 960H resolution cameras were available in the market before 960H DVRs were available. CCTV camera resolutions seem to always advance before DVR resolutions catch up. When you use a 960H camera with a D1 resolution DVR, the image is simply compressed by the DVR to fit the maximum resolution that the DVR supports. No view of the image is lost. The image as a whole is just shrunken down to fit. It makes sense for customers shopping for new CCTV cameras to purchase 960H cameras even if they do not plan on updating their DVR to 960H right now. When the time comes to replace their DVR, they will already have cameras that take advantage of the wider format resolution.

Can I use my older non-960H cameras with a 960H DVR?

Yes. This is also a typical scenario. Many customers have existing CCTV cameras that are not 960H but provide a perfectly good picture that they are happy with. D1 / 4:3 apect ratio CCTV cameras will work fine with 960H DVRs. The DVR simply stretches the width of the image to fit the 960H resolution. This stretch is not drastic and most people do not even notice. 960H DVRs are backward compatible with non-960H cameras.

Do 960H and D1 cameras use the same cable?

Yes, the same coax cable (typically RG59) is used for both 960H and D1 CCTV cameras. The same BNC video connectors are also used. The only differece is the size of the image that they capture. All of the same wiring can be used.

How does 960H compare to HD CCTV (HD-SDI)?

Although 960H cameras and HD-SDI cameras use the same type of coaxial cable (RG59 or RG6), they are two very different technologies. HD-SDI is a digital video signal and can support much higher resolutions than analog CCTV. HD-SDI cameras require HD-SDI recorders and support full 1080p video resolution.

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Would you like to login to an 960H surveillance system from iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows or Mac to experience 960H video surveillance for yourself? Please click here to request a demo login.

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What is AHD CCTV?

Update! Since this article was first written, AHD CCTV has been introduced. AHD is an HD security camera standard that allows 720p and 1080p video to transmit using the same RG59 coax cable as 960H CCTV cameras. If you are interested, you can learn more about AHD CCTV here. On that page, we have a video demonstration that compares 960H vs 720p AHD surveillance video




Dennis Mancino Is CEO of HD View 360, a surveillance and IT company form Miami, FL.

For more information please visit www.hdview360.com

source for article: http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/surveillance-systems/what-is-960h-video.html

Security cameras making your home safer, smarter - Dennis Mancino HD view 360

(Photo: Piper)

They can see in the dark, detect poison in the air and can even help capture thieves. The latest smart home video surveillance cameras now come with superhero powers — yet don’t require any super-sized budgets to buy or super-human skills to set up. Here are some of my favorites so far.

Combining HD, night-vision, and a bevy of sensors that detect motion, temperature, and air quality, the Canary ($249) is an entire security system in one compact unit. From your smartphone, you can check in on your home with a live stream of HD video and audio.

It’s motion-activated, so whether there’s something suspicious going down or your dog is chasing its tail, you’ll quickly find out about it. If you notice suspicious activity, you can sound an alarm from the device using the Canary app so you’re not just sitting there watching it happen. It’s a sleek, no frills way to protect and monitor your home.

Want to go even more affordable? Both Piper ($199) and Dropcam ($199) will keep an eye on your goods and sync with a few of your other smart home gadgets to boot. Piper shoots 180 degrees in HD, and you can make it tilt, pan and zoom right from your phone. You can also pair it with other Piper gadgets to monitor motion detection and control lights, appliances and even the temperature while you’re away.

Dropcam is one of the more interactive options, as it lets you create schedules, set activity reminders, and share and save your footage with a few taps on the app. It’s ideal for busy homes with lots of ins and outs. To access your previous footage, you’ll need a $10/month subscription.

Netatmo’s Welcome ($199) not only watches over your house, but can tell who’s in it with facial recognition technology. It’s super simple to program so that it recognizes who belongs in your house and who doesn’t. When your kids get home from school you’ll get an alert on your smartphone, but if your teenage daughter brings home some guy you’ve never met, you’ll be told immediately that there’s an unrecognized face on your turf.

The Withings Home ($199) doesn’t tell you “who,” but rather “what” is in your house it’s the first home video monitoring system that tracks indoor air pollution. Of course, it also streams live video, two-way talk, night vision, motion, and sound —  but the air quality alerts are the really cool part. If it picks up contaminants or pollution in your house that are reaching unhealthy levels, Home blinks red and sends you an alert. It’s great for times when you’re using cleaning products and should open a window, or your teenage daughter is clouding up the house with hairspray.

Last but not least, is an option that doesn’t require any new gadgets at all. Alfred is an app that turns your smartphone or computer into a surveillance camera. All you need is two devices (either both iOS or both Android) and the app. You simply set one device as the camera, one as the viewer and voila! You now have a use for that old phone that’s been sitting around since your upgrade. There’s also a web-viewer option in beta so you can keep an eye on things using your browser. Oh yeah, and it’s free.
There’s some real peace of mind that comes with keeping an eye on your home from anywhere. With today’s tech, these home cams can be the best way to hold down the fort. Superhero cape is optional.


source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2015/07/13/best-security-cameras/29970401/

Columnist Jennifer Jolly breaks down the best devices for securing your home.

Jennifer Jolly, Special for USA TODAY 4:07 p.m. EDT July 29, 2015