Ten Reasons to Buy

a Network Camera
or what your analog camera vendor won’t tell you
Focus

10 of the most important

functional differences
between analog
and network cameras
1 End to interlace
problems
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

Crystal clear
Entire image images even
Progressive
captured at with a high
scan
one time degree of motion
in the scene

BENEFITS
• Superior image quality
• Full image details
• Precise, accurate information
1. End to interlace problems

One complete frame using

progressive scan
1. End to interlace problems

Interlaced scan Progressive scan

 Power over Ethernet
2
increases savings
and reliability
2. Power over Ethernet

 Not available

No need for
Industry power outlet at
IEEE802.3af
standard camera
location

BENEFITS
• Cost savings
• Reliability with centralized power backup
• Simple installation
2. Power over Ethernet

Both network cameras with and without built-in

support for PoE can take advantage of a UPS device
3 Megapixel resolution
3. Megapixel resolution

 Stuck with NTSC/PAL resolution

 0.4 Megapixel at 4CIF and 0.1 at CIF
 Limited image details

Many resolutions Different aspect ratios

1 megapixel is 10x the

resolution of CIF, Digital PTZ
2 megapixel is 20x!

BENEFITS
• More details, easy identification
• Digital PTZ, higher reliability and simultaneous
pan/tilt
3. Megapixel resolution

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

 Not available

Purpose-built, highly
Intelligent video
integrated hardware

Intelligent features: Built-in Intelligent algorithms:

VMD, Alarm management, Number plate recognition,
Image enhancement People counting

BENEFITS
• More details, easy identification
• More productive and effective means of surveillance
• Event-driven
• Scalable systems
4. Intelligence at the camera level

Included

Excluded

Included Excluded

Hallway
Door
5 Integrated PTZ
input/output control
5. Integrated PTZ and I/O control

 Cabling separate from the video signal

 Costly and cumbersome

PTZ control over Integrated I/O can

PTZ commands
the same network trigger anything
sent over the
that transports and be triggered
IP network
the video by anything

BENEFITS
• Less cabling, cost savings, increased
functionality and integration potential
5. Integrated PTZ and I/O control

Example: Typical I/O use –

integration with alarm
6 Integrated audio
6. Audio

 Only possible with separate

audio lines to the DVR

Audio captured at Synchronized with

the camera the video

Can be integrated into Two-way audio (duplex,

the same video stream half duplex, simplex)

BENEFITS
• Many possibilities: simplex, half duplex, full duplex
• Synchronized audio and video
• Easy to install, cost savings
6. Integrated audio

 Entrance control
 Remote dialogue and gate/door control

 Listen in on remote sounds

 Audio surveillance

 Provide audio feedback to

surveillance scenes

Example: Communicate and

open a door remotely
7 Secure
communication
7. Secure communication
 No encryption
 No authentication
 Anyone can tap into the video or replace the signal
from a camera with another video signal

Authentication using
Video encryption
encrypted certificates

Authorization: to verify and

Privacy
approve the identity of the device

BENEFITS
• Secure image capture
• Secure transmission
• Evidence trail secured
7. Secure communication

 Examples of achieving privacy

 VPN
 SSL/TLS (HTTPS)
8 Flexible, cost-effective
infrastructure choices
8. Flexible, cost-effective infrastructure

 Expensive coax, proprietary fiber, wireless

 Distance affects image quality
 Adding power, I/O and audio further
complicates this situation

IP = established, Digital images =

standardized, interoperable no quality reduction

A single network wire =

Many streams transmitted
hundreds of simultaneous
over the same line
full frame rate video streams

BENEFITS
• Image quality, flexibility, scalability, future-
proof
• Resulting costs comparatively low
8. Flexible, cost-effective infrastructure

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9 True digital solution
9. True digital solution
With every conversion image quality is lost:
 Analog signal digitized in camera’s DSP
 Digital signal converted back to analog for transport over coax
 Signal once again digitized at the DVR for recording

Images digitalized once Stay digital

No unnecessary
No image degradation
conversions

BENEFITS
• Superior image quality
9. True digital solution
10 Lower total cost of
ownership
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?
Conclusion

The future
belongs to
network cameras
The future belongs to network cameras

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 Easy, future-proof integration
 Scalability and flexibility
 Cost-effectiveness
 Distributed intelligence
 Proven technology
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