What is HDcctv?
HDcctv is all about HDTV-quality video surveillance:
+ Broadcast industry compliant forensic evidence
+ Digitally transmitted full HD HDTV signals
+ Conventional CCTV cable lengths at over 100m
+ No packet loss or compression delays
HDcctv upgrades preserve sunk costs:
+ Plug-and-play resolution upgrade for regular CCTV
+ Also plug-and-play for IP-camera based systems
What is the impact of HDcctv in the megapixel IP Camera Market?
The HDcctv Alliance is not “anti-IP”.
The Members of the Alliance recognize that surveillance systems will continue to rely on IP Video for integration beyond the premises.
We also believe that HDcctv systems are commercially superior to megapixel IP camera-based systems within the premises for most physical security applications.
An HDcctv camera presents 3 to 12 times more pixels per second than a normal CCTV camera, which data is back-hauled as appropriate.
What are some of the advantages of HDcctv to the end customer?
Surveillance-Grade Reliability: HDcctv does not break up the video into packets and then attempt to transmit the packets via an occasionally congested network.
Plug-and-Play Resolution Upgrade: Transition from D1 to HDTV is as easy as swapping one or two cameras from 380 HTVL to 520 HTVL while also upgrading the DVR from M-JPEG to H.264.
The UI You Trust: For the installer/operator, the only difference is HDcctv DVR recording configuration screens show higher values (1280 x 720 and/or 1920 x 1080) in the pull-downs for record resolution in addition to the conventional D1 values.