CTC Union Video Encoders Update Your Legacy CCTV Cameras To Network IP Cameras

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:32:23 +0000

We just added the CTC Union line of Network IP Cameras, NVR Software, and H.264 Video Encoders – Decoders. The Video Encoders come in stand-alone versions, or blade versions that can go into 2, 4, or 20 channel rack mount chassis. A Video Encoder is used to bring your analog CCTV video surveillance system to the 21st century by digitizing the video, turning the camera into a Network IP Camera.

Why? Well, the video resolution is better. With a megapixel IP camera, you can cover a whole parking lot, and using an ePTZ function, zoom into the important areas, and read a license plate.

CTC Union H.264 Blade Encoder With 4 Channel Chassis

Or no interlacing problems. On moving subjects, they will be much clearer when you digitize the entire picture, not 1/2, then the other 1/2, as interlacing does on CCTV cameras. And with H.264, you can crush the size of the file down to a fraction of MJPEG, or 1/2 the size of MPEG4.

The blades come with the ability to have a hard drive onboard, thus reducing the burden on your network. Dual streaming is standard, so you can browse on a normal PC without crashing it, as well as sending the compressed videoto your NVR.

You will get D1 resolution @ 30fps, with quality that will rival Bosch, at a price of Vivotek…

If you are looking to update your aging CCTV video surveillance system, check-out the full line of CTC Union H.264 Video Encoders.

Later…

Wendell the Chameleon
Spy & Surveillance Products Expert
EyeSpyPro.com/CTC Union H.264 Video Encoders

Update Your Old Surveillance System To The 21st Century With The Vivotek VS8102 H.264 Network Video Server

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:09:42 +0000

We put up a few new Vivotek IP Network cameras, as well as their new Vivotek VS8102 H.264 Video Server.We love Vivotek because they provide good value. I read that value is where price and quality meet, and that is what you get with Vivotek.

The H.264 Video server is the perfect way to take your current CCTV set-up and move into the 21st century of network IP video surveillance w/o breaking the bank. It allows you to hook up a CCTV camera, and turn it into a network camera, since a video server is really a network camera w/o the lens. So you use your current camera to not scrap your investment, unplug your camera from the BNC connector on the DVR, and plug it into the Vivotek video server’s BNC connector, hook it up with Cat 5 cable to a switch that is connected to your LAN, and you can send the signals over your local area network to be stored in a Network Video Recorder, or NVR or PC set up to store the video.

Vivotek VS8102 H.264 Video Server Single Channel Network Video Server With Audio

The advantages of the H.264 over MPEG-4 is that the video is almost double the compression, up to 80% more compressed than MJEPG video. H.264 is MPEG-10, which saves you a lot of space on your network, so you can store more video over MPEG-4 or MJEPG.

Vivotek even provides free software so you can have your cameras up & running in the blink of a chameleon’s eye. If you have been wanting to take advantages of the benefits of IP network cameras, such as bettery video quality with no interlacing problems, yet don’t want to scrap your current investment in CCTV cameras, the Vivotek IP Video Encoders are a good bridge from the past to the future.

Later…

Wendell the Chameleon
Spy & Surveillance Products Expert
EyeSpyPro.com/VivotekVideoEncoders

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CTC Union Video Encoders Update Your Legacy CCTV Cameras To Network IP Cameras

Update Your Old Surveillance System To The 21st Century With The Vivotek VS8102 H.264 Network Video Server