how to decide which cctv surveillance suits you best
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How to Decide which CCTV surveillance Suits you Best
Be it your business, or your personal belongings, or your beloved ones; their safety is your primary concern. In the recent years, we have seen advancements in video surveillance technologies that have immensely improved the security systems. We have resolution, and video capturing quality that was ‘top end’ a few years back, now available at the ‘entry level’. But not everyone requires the same type of CCTV surveillance. So how to decide which CCTV surveillance suits you the best?
Read on the following features to find out:
Image quality of a CCTV camera is defined in terms of its resolution, which is the number of pixels in the picture. The greater the resolution, the better is the image quality. Now you can decide upon your camera resolution according to your needs, for instance, an industrial surveillance of manufacturing processes need not have as greater a resolution as the bank does.
Image Quality
This criterion depends on the usage. For instance, if you want to install CCTV surveillance system in a factory whose manufacturing is monitored at a control room, you might not want night vision, since the work is never done in dark. But if you are looking for surveillance for security of your home, you need to have a camera with night vision because the most burglary and intrusion is done under the covers of the night.
Night vision
The control of lens for proper image capturing is done by a control system. You can decide whether you want a remote controlled, mobile surveillance or a fixed one.
Remotely Controlled or Fixed
The cameras installed outdoors, are very much prone to damage by dust and moisture in the environment. Therefore, it is advised that you look for cameras that are resistant to damage by these agents or look for camera housings that prevent this damage.
Resistance to Damage
A DVR (digital video recorder) is a storage device installed with the CCTV Surveillance system that can help you record footage instead of transmitting it live to a control room. A CCTV control room is a place where all the footage recorded by the cameras is viewed. The choice here is dependent on usage as well. If you need 24 hour surveillance and you can employ a person to look after the live footage, the control room is a good idea; in fact prevents any mishap beforehand. But, if you cannot have someone look after a screen 24*7, you need to have a DVR where the footage is recorded so that one can always see it afterwards.
DVR for Recording
When a DVR is attached to a camera, it also enables to watch the footage on other devices that could be connected to the camera. It often requires Wi-Fi and an application.
Remote View
Now we have cameras that can start recording when they sense movement and stop as soon as the movement does. This is done through motion sensors. This is beneficial, because it prevents memory usage by unnecessary footage, like that of an empty parking lot. This not only saves space, but as well as allows you to look only at the useful pieces of footage when reviewing.
Motion Activation
These features combined in CCTV surveillance systems give you high end security. These CCTV security systems can be made to be controlled at a control room, where they will be attached to monitors that transmit the footage or like mentioned, recorded in a DVR, which gives you the liberty to watch it on various other devices as well as remotely control the footage using an application.
Now that you know the basics, decide which CCTV surveillance suits you and your budget and are secured!
