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Why Use IP-based Video Surveillance?
Centralization
For organizations that want to further centralize operations centers, surveillance cameras are getting further and further away. Only LANs and WANs reach into every corner of the enterprise.
Bottom Line Benefits
In new construction, it is estimated that 50-60% of costs can be saved by using CAT-5 cable, which is simpler and more economical than laying bundles of coax, fiber, audio wires, PTZ control wires, alarm input wires, relay output wires and power cables. And when combined with power over Ethernet, the savings are even greater as well as offering easier maintenance and increased flexibility.
Increased Quality
The digital age has significantly improved CCTV video quality, just as rapidly as in consumer digital cameras. In CCTV, IP cameras and encoders use very powerful, broadcast-quality MPEG-2 and the more efficient MPEG-4 compression for very high picture quality.
Improved Reliability
Reliability helps to distinguish one IP solution from another. If all your video traverses the network and you lose connectivity, then you must be able to buffer the video near the camera until the network is available. Staff catches up on what was missed and it seems like the network was never down. This simple but unique and powerful concept, Automatic Network Replenishment (ANR), comes to you exclusively from Bosch (patent pending).
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