emholic 0 Posted September 2, 2011 I have been reading a lot about different methods of CCTV and how one is better than the other. I've used Axis quite a bit and analog most of the time, but I feel there is something better, less complicated and future proof. what is the future: Coax, IP, WIFI, Wireless, Fiber, or ??? ----------- Where do you think these companies will be?? (below) Axis, Bosch, Pelco, American Dynamics etc and then the middle: Speco, Everfocus, Bolide, CNB, etc and then: Unix, LTS/Lasertech, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birdman Adam 0 Posted September 2, 2011 IP will be the future. Once it costs the same as analog... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted September 2, 2011 Wireless over cell service Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 187 Posted September 2, 2011 Hi. emholic. i think you have started a good topic which is not just limited to the americas. in the UK this has also just started to be a discusion. wifi-ip-wireless being the main problems of the future for CCTV. we have just seen the report on the hurricane that hit parts of america (you can read on google) NY did a network shut down in parts of the city (to stop others broadcasting from the likes of traffic land street cams) this also blocked out the likes of femma who wanted to monitor parts of the city. the same thing happend at JFK airport 2 years ago. in a training exercise when the airport goes on high alert things like wifi and network shut down. and JFK found that this also shut down 43% of there IP cameras. that is on a big scale. but you also have to look at the little stores or homes that use offsite recording. the same will happen there. Coax, IP, WIFI, Wireless, Fiber, Fiber. will always be around and can be addapted to any transmision. wifi and external network. works but can be switched off by a source you have no control over. coax and local network. is the safest no third part to shut down (except power company) but still always best to have local recordings on every system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fa chris 0 Posted September 2, 2011 Coax is all but done. If you have a private dedicated CCTV network, it won't be shut down unless you shut it down. Problem with JFK is they were riding on the airports network, probably on their own vlan but some trigger happy network admin pulled the plug on the entire network instead of just shutting down the public vlan. That's IF they have a properly designed network. With cameras quickly moving towards all IP, the cctv guys need to adapt and really start understanding network design so they can get in with the IT guys from day one (if the cameras are going onto someone else's network). Instead of proprietary DVR's with expensive cards we now have servers which can be bought from anyone anywhere (with unlimited expandability in size, we can get away from the super expensive NICE systems!), slap on the NVR software and connect to the network and we're done. No encoders, looping matrix's, etc. Any workstation can easily attach to the network and run an entire command console. I'd even guess PTZ's will be outmoded sooner than later. With camera manufacturers now releasing high megapixel cameras with 180 and 360 degree views (by including 4 or more imagers in the same housing), there's really no need for PTZs which are always pointing the wrong way when something happens anyways. Now we have an entire image full time instead of panning and tilting... and hopefully we have high enough resolution so the digital zoom offsets the PTZ's zoom for most applications. Future of cctv is a fixed IP camera powered by PoE, running back to a network switch. For outdoor or distance we'll see a local power supply powering a camera, possibly a heater/blower, and a fiber module which will run back to a network switch. All recording done on a storage server with NVR software on it. It's not just going there, it's already there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
