What is CCTV?
CCTV or Closed Circuit Television is/are composed of video camera/s connected to a consumer electronic device/s or application software/s with a monitor that records video for surveillance and monitoring purposes.
Why do we need to have a CCTV surveillance system?
It is a great solution for protection in your homes and commercial establishments and it provides evidence in case something goes wrong. In addition, to keeps an eye on vulnerable, sensitive and critical areas in your properties.
How does CCTV works?
There are many different types of CCTV systems – Digital and analog, wired and wireless and their modes of operation.
Where do we need to install CCTV?
CCTV surveillance system is a must for every business establishments whether it is small or big, private or government especially Banks, Stores, Supermarkets, Malls, Factories, Warehouses, Hotels, Restaurants, Condominiums and etc. including our Homes.
When do we need to have CCTV?
Your home and business security is in your hand. Don’t wait for anything bad happen to you. Avail CCTV surveillance system now and protect your properties.
Tips to be consider in buying CCTV Surveillance System…
Buying CCTV Cameras
We need first to know what kind of CCTV camera is suitable for your place. Do you need outdoor or indoor? Or even both. Is it fixed or rotating camera? Is it for day or night application? It all depends on your need.
Buying Recorder
In CCTV video recorder, it usually uses DVR (Digital Video Recorder) for arranging the camera footage and stores images from the cameras. There are two types of DVR – PC based and Standalone DVR. PC based uses card type DVR installed inside the computer where the camera will be connected to it, meaning it is PC dependent, everything happens to computer affects the DVR. Standalone DVR has its own Linux operating system, easy to maintain, to diagnose faults and to troubleshoot.
Buying (HDD) Hard Disk Drive
In standalone DVR, it needs Hard Disk Drive to store its recorded footages. It depends on the capacity of the hard disk on how long it takes to record the footages from the camera and it also vary on the recording resolution.
Buying CCTV Camera Cables
There are two options in choosing CCTV camera cables, Coaxial cable and UTP cable. Coaxial cable provides good advantage in terms of long range application and video quality but slight costly. UTP cable is used as an alternative for coaxial cable for it is much cheaper and its video quality and range application is not much different from coaxial cable.
Buying Monitors
Most of standalone DVR’s uses VGA port for video output and VGA type monitors are compatible for those type of DVR. Monitors come with different sizes, the bigger the size the higher the resolution.
