Archive for November, 2008

By Michael Dunteman

So you have installed a home security camera system at your home, or are planning to install one. That is great news, because you can start using your camera system to prevent problems as well as provide evidence if vandalism or theft occurs. But if you are currently in the market for a home security camera system, then you might want to consider some of the added features that are available. Many home security camera systems can provide you the ability to view your cameras while you are away from home over the internet. But it is important to look for certain things when you are considering a remotely viewable home security camera system.

The most important thing to consider when you are selecting a remote-viewable security camera system is the security of your system on the network. It is important to ensure that the system you have selected has the ability to set up a password protected user account, so that you can ensure that you will be the only one that has access to your system. After all, you don’t want someone else being able to watch you on your cameras. Continue Reading »
Remote View Your Home Security Cameras While Away From Home

By Nahshon Roberts

As you may know, a digital video recorder server is used in DVR surveillance systems of large public places such as hospitals, sports stadiums, shopping malls, office, and office buildings. These security systems are so large that a machine should be powerful enough to handle as much as 64 video channels! Amazing, isn’t it? Here are some characteristics of DVR servers.

Operating System and Compression Algorithms Continue Reading »
Common Features And Characteristics Of Digital Video Recorder Servers

By: Kelly Hunter

Are you looking for a great way to protect your home or place of business without having to spend a lot of money? Well, one of the best ways to do that would be using Dummy CCTV cameras. These are cameras that look real, but they are really just fakes. They are not really recording, but since people think they are, they usually get turned away by them. You may have seen these dummy cameras in a lot of the stores that you shop at. If you look on the ceiling, you will see that there are tons of black balls on the ceiling. Some of these are real cameras and some of them are not. However, since you can not tell which ones are real and which ones are fake, it makes you afraid of all of them, and this saves the company money, because they do not have to buy all real cameras. The fakes are, of course, cheaper. Continue Reading »
Protect Your Home With Dummy CCTV Cameras

By: Sean Golden

A security surveillance system is no good without a CCTV Monitor as you will not be able to view images the surveillance camera captures. Depending on the surveillance and how many cameras your system has will conclude the most important consideration which is size and resolution of the monitor.

Most 4 – 8 cameras systems are able to use a smaller monitor, but when you have more than 8 cameras (16-32) you want to increase the size and resolution of the monitor preferably to 1920 x 1080 and a contrast ratio to at least 1000:1. That is because a multiplexer splits a monitor into individual screens, so each camera angel is able to be viewed. You could image if you had 32 different camera angels to look at you would want a quality picture. Luckily, most multiplexers are built into a surveillance systems standalone DVR. Continue Reading »
CCTV Monitors Security Surveillance Systems