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Closed Circuit
Television
CCTV systems
have been with us for a number of years now
and have provided countless businesses and
establishments with an effective and
efficient means of protection. |
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CCTV, whether
internal or external, enables all types of
businesses, buildings and establishments to
respond considerably faster to the threat of
theft, vandalism, criminal damage, physical
attack and all types of crime.
Video evidence
assists companies and Police to identify
criminals and other offenders, promoting
their early apprehension. This provides
savings in security running costs. |
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As time moves
on, so does the technology, premises now
benefit from remote monitoring of newly
installed and existing systems from almost
any location, using the cheapest digital
video storage we can find at the time and
transmission technology via ISDN telephone
lines to a selected monitoring station.
Digital Recorder
Modern-day CCTV systems no longer utilise
mechanical video cassette recorders. These
units cost lots to buy, require daily tape
changes, wear-out quickly and take hours to
find an incident.
There is a solution, the Digital Recorder!
The Digital Recorder is a computer unit that
stores information on hard-disk units
similar to your home computer, but unlike
your home computer it's designed to process
24hours-a-day 365-days-a-year without going
into disk cleaning and defragmenting
(causing problems). Digital recorders can
record up to 16 cameras at a time and,
depending on the capacity of the system, can
record for periods of weeks. Accessing the
images is as easy as putting in the
time/date and pressing enter! Saving the
information can be via a number of methods
including cd & dvd disk and usb memory
sticks. There are also lots of other
facilities the Digital Recorder can help
with such as internet viewing of images and
email alerting, the sky is literally the
limit.
Reduced Cost
The cost of manned guarding often creates a
costly burden on budgets, however, with a
remotely monitored CCTV system, annual costs
can be reduced considerably.
Using external detection to complement a
monitored system also ensures visual
verification of criminal activity and
precious evidence in the event of an arrest.
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