CCTV
Your location: The digital alternative
At BT Redcare, we're working with clients from across a wide range of industry sectors, from the public sector to the corporate and service provider sector. Camera signals can be stored anywhere on the network and can be accessed from anywhere with the network. Digital video technology brings a fault tolerant infrastructure, faster high quality video, and more efficient storage, access, reliability and distribution than conventional CCTV deployment. |
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The Network Advantage
With a built-in Web server, a network camera does not need a direct connection to a PC or any other hardware or software to capture and transfer images. It operates as a stand-alone unit and requires only a connection to the network.
| True network camera | PC-based camera | |
| Flexibility | Place it anywhere. You can connect the network camera to the network, modem, cell phone or wireless adapter | The PC-attached camera needs to be within 3 feet (10 metres) of the PC |
| Functionality | Everything needed to stream live video over networks is included in the network camera | You will need three components: web camera, PC and software |
| Installation | You set the IP address and you're up and running | The installation of drivers and software on the PC is complicated |
| Ease of use | You can administer and view the images using a standard web browser on any PC | You will need specific software and remote administration will not be possible |
| Stability | It works without any additional components to give greater stability | It depends on the attached PC's stability |
| Quality | High picture quality using Motion JPEG | Often low quality components and proprietary streaming techniques |
| Cost | The cost of the network camera only | Total cost of web camera, PC and PC software |