What are IP Cameras?
Network video, often also called IP-based video surveillance or IP-Surveillance as it is applied in the security industry, uses a wired or wireless IP network as the backbone for transporting digital video, audio and other data. With Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology being applied (a standard feature of our IP Cameras), the network can also be used to carry power to network video products.
A network video system allows video to be monitored and recorded from anywhere on the network, whether it is, for instance, on a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet. The core components of a network video system consist of the network camera, the video encoder (used to connect to analog cameras), the network, the server and storage, and video management software. As the network camera and the video encoder are computer-based equipment, they have capabilities that cannot be matched by an analog CCTV camera.
In summary, IP Cameras allows your system to be integrated to the limitless Internet.
BENEFITS OF IP CAMERAS
Remote accessibility
IP cameras allows network video viewing, with which users can access real-time video at any time from any authorized computer anywhere (including your mobile phones).
Are you always on the move? Be able to have accessabiliy at your convenience wherever you are!
We offer the ability to view streams of your IP Camera Systems to any of your computer devices.
Example of Remote Accessibility:
Watch the live stream from an IP Camera in Key West, FL!
Superior image quality
Image quality is clearly one of the most important features of any camera, if not the most important!
With epic Full-HD recording, the Superior image quality enables the user to more closely follow details and changes in images, making way for better and faster decisions to more effectively safeguard people and property. It also ensures greater accuracy for automated analysis and alarm tools. In addition, digital images can be more easily stored and retrieved than in cases where analog systems are used.
A 300% Zoom of a picture comparing the video quality of a camera that we had installed and the camera that we had replaced.
This is especially seen in our high-end IP Cameras with Wide Dynamic Range.
Easy, future-proof integration
There are almost no limitations as to where a network video product can be placed. Axis network video has the capacity to provide a high level of integration with other equipment and functions, making it a continually developing system. A fully integrated IP network video system can be used for a multitude of applications simultaneously: for instance, access control, building management, point-of-sales systems, ATMs, as well as fire alarms, intruder and visitor management.
An analog system, on the other hand, rarely has an open interface for easy integration with other systems and applications.
OTHER ADVANTAGES
Distributed intelligence
These days, a massive amount video is being recorded, but never watched or reviewed due to lack of time
As a result, events and activities are missed, and suspicious behaviors remain unnoticed. With IP Cameras, intelligence has been brought into the camera itself.
Scalability and flexibility
A network video system can grow with a user’s needs - one camera at a time, while analog systems can often only grow in steps of four or 16 at a time