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You might be thinking, yeah right! everyone says that. Well we stand by our word. We find the best deals and bring them to you so that you know that you’re getting what you paid for. Since 2010 we’ve been installing camera systems for our clients and we have experience with both the old and new technologies.
Dome Cameras
These cameras as the name states look quite like a dome, and some refer to them as eyeball cameras. Nevertheless these cameras are probably the easiest to setup given that they can be adjusted on multiple axes. Our recommendation is that you should invest in these types whenever possible because of its resitance to tampering.
Bullet Cameras
Most bullet cameras are designed for outdoor use and they perform very well out in the elements. Bullet cameras do not necessarily have an advantage over dome cameras apart from being of a different design. Because of their weakness of easy tampering, most bullet cameras are installled high up that they’re not easily reachable. You can feel confident installing these cameras with no major worries.
PTZ Cameras
The P, T and Z means something in camera language. It stands for Pan, Tilt, Zoom. Pan is indicatiing left to right movement, Tilt, up and down motion, and Zoom increases or decreases the field of view to get a sharper image. Because of the motors used in these cameras, you can usually find them being the first to go bad or loose functionality in a set of cameras. They are usually found in a dome configuration, however, they can also come looking like bullet cameras as well. These cameras are perfect if you want to capture different views on the fly. The big drawback is that once the camera is turned, you loose the ability to view the area that you moved from.
Similarly, they allow you to track a moving target if you need to, and some newer ones come with auto-tracking built-in. Most PTZ cameras cost way more than their dome or bullet equivalents because of the added functionality. Some cameras are labelled as PT and these just do not feature a zoom function. As a security device, you may find that a PTZ does not give youthe footage which you need, especially if it incorporates a recording tour.
Speciality Cameras
Some examples of speciality cameras are pinhole cameras, or explosion-proof cameras or fish-eye cameras. These are used for specific puposes and are not required by the average customer like yourself.
DVR / NVR
DVR is usually used to refer to a recording device with an analog input, and NVR is used to refer to a recording device with a digital input. If you open up one of these, you will find a storage device, and a control circuit board which records the inputs to the storage. The basic ones come with a small footprint, however, there are much more complex systems which process video images using artificial intelligence to help humans decipher what may be happening in realtime.