Ten Reasons to Buy a Network Camera

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Ten Reasons to Buy a Network Camera

• or what your analog camera vendor wont tell you

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Focus
10 of the most important functional differences
between analogand network cameras
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1 End to interlace problems
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1 End to interlace problems

• Interlaced scan
• Each image formed from two interlace fields
• Blurriness from capturing moving objects, even
  when connected to a DVR

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1 End to interlace problems
En komplett bildruta med progressiv scan
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1 End to interlace problems
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2 Power over Ethernet increasessavings and
reliability
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2 Power over Ethernet

• Not available

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2 Power over Ethernet
Both network cameras with andwithout built-in
support for PoEcan take advantage of a UPS device
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3 Megapixel resolution
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3 Megapixel resolution

• Stuck with NTSC/PAL resolution
• 0.4 Megapixel at 4CIF and 0.1 at CIF
• Limited image details

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3 Megapixel resolution
Megapixel
CIF
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3 Megapixel resolution
Resolution comparisons
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4 Intelligence at the camera level
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4 Intelligence at the camera level

• Not available

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4 Intelligence at the camera level
Included
Excluded
Excluded
Included
Hallway
Door
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5 Integrated PTZinput/output control
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5 Integrated PTZ input/output control

• Cabling separate from the video signal
• Costly and cumbersome

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5 Integrated PTZ input/output control
Example Typical I/O use integration with alarm
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6 Integrated audio
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6 Integrated audio

• Only possible with separate audio lines to the DVR

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6 Integrated audio

• Entrance control
• Remote dialog and gate/door control
• Listen in on remote sounds
• Audio surveillance
• Provide audio feedback to surveillance scenes

Example Communicate andopen a door remotely
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7 Secure communication
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7 Secure communication

• No encryption
• No authentication
• Anyone can tap into the video or replace the
  signal from a camera with another video signal

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7 Secure communication

• Examples of achieving privacy
• VPN
• SSL/TLS (HTTPS)

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8 Flexible, cost-effective infrastructure
choices
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8 Flexible, cost-effective infrastructure
choices

• Expensive coax, proprietary fiber, wireless
• Distance affects image quality
• Adding power, I/O and audio further complicates
  this situation

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8 Flexible, cost-effective infrastructure
choices
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9 True digital solution
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9 True digital solution

• With every conversion image quality is lost
• Analog signal digitized in cameras DSP
• Digital signal converted back to analog for
  transport over coax
• Signal once again digitized at the DVR for
  recording

• Benefits
• Superior image quality

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9 True digital solution
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10 Lower total cost of ownership
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10 Lower total cost of ownership

• COMPARE
• The cost per channel
• Flexibility and performance
• CONSIDER
• Back end applications and storage
• Industry standard, open-system based servers vs.
  proprietary hardware like a DVR
• Infrastructure used
• Can it be leveraged for other applications?

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Conclusion
The future belongs tonetwork cameras
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The future belongs to network cameras

• Market reports
• Remote accessibility
• Easy, future-proof integration
• Scalability and flexibility
• Cost-effectiveness
• Distributed intelligence
• Proven technology

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• Worldwide 1 in network video
• The worlds leading expert
• Broadest product portfolio in the industry
• The largest installed base of network video
  products
• Over 20 years of networking excellence
• Worldwide presence
• Global partnerships

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• Around 7,000 individuals trained as of 2007
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