The advantages of IP video surveillance

May 21, 20202 min read

Here are some advantages of video surveillance:

1. Less costly monitoring

IP video surveillance can be installed on your existing computer network.
No investment in a video switch since everything goes through a computer.
The unit cost of IP cameras is often lower than that of analog cameras.
No need to pay a maintenance contract for the hardware, and no VCR or cassettes to buy.

IP video surveillance is easy to install, without major work.
It can easily be combined with an analog installation. You can also gradually upgrade your analog camera installation to IP surveillance without heavy investment.
These cameras are compatible with different types of cabling (coaxial cables, IP cabling, optical fiber, etc.) but can also be installed wirelessly.
Adding cameras to your IP surveillance system is easier and faster than with the analog system.
IP cameras are powered via the Ethernet cable. You place them wherever you want, even away from an electrical connection!
For multi-site companies, IP surveillance makes it possible to connect IP cameras to each other, even between several buildings.
Configuration, diagnosis, and maintenance can be done remotely.

Whether to view videos or to store them on servers, you benefit from all IT security solutions to protect your data.

Viewing images or configuring cameras can be locked by a password sent only to authorized persons.

By coupling your IP surveillance with your IT, you have a large number of functions:

coupling with your security system: access control, alarm system, etc.
possibility of viewing your premises in real-time, via any computer connected to your corporate network, but also via the Internet, or even on your mobile phone
automated alert system integrated into the camera: send an e-mail or transfer files in the event of anomaly detection or triggering of alarms.
intelligent IP video surveillance solutions such as silhouette identification, counting system (objects, people, vehicles)

IP video surveillance offers a variety of image resolutions including both standard analog camera resolutions and megapixel resolutions.
Possibility of digital zoom of high-resolution megapixel images.
Progressive scan (or scan) (instead of interlaced scanning). Note that not all of these cameras operate in progressive scan mode. Progressive scanning allows better quality still image capture from a video source.
Ability to select specific image sizes and resolution for each camera in a video surveillance system.
No additional encoder video equipment is required to convert analog video signals to digital data for hard disk recordings.
Choice of video compression codecs such as Motion JPEG, MPEG-4 Part 2, or H.264.