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CCTV Master
Buying guides, side-by-side comparisons and straight answers from the CCTV Master team.
ANPR number plate recognition reads a vehicle's registration with a camera and converts it to text in under a second, so a barrier, alarm or log can respond to…
Choose the recorder type first: a PoE NVR for IP cameras or a DVR for coax (Turbo HD) cameras.
The best building site CCTV system is the one whose power, data and recording are matched to your site before you look at camera specs.
A business CCTV system passes an audit when its written spec states the purpose, retention period, evidential target, time source and access rules, and the…
Before you compare any CCTV system, write down five things: what each camera must identify (a face, a plate or just activity), where each camera will be…
Round-the-clock CCTV for a construction site means more than recording: a camera or sensor detects an intruder, an operator verifies it on live video, and the…
A video door access control system combines a door station with a camera, an electronic lock, a credential method (card, PIN, app or face) and a log of who…
No single camera is best for night vision, because the right choice depends on whether your site has ambient light after dark.
Keep your DVR if the coax cabling is sound and 2-4MP footage is enough for what you need to identify.
An NVR (network video recorder) records digital streams from IP cameras over your network, and for a multi-site business the right choice is one sized to each…
An NVR (network video recorder) records footage from IP cameras over your network, and the cameras do the video encoding themselves.
DVR stands for digital video recorder: in CCTV, it's the box that takes video from analogue-style cameras, converts it to a digital format and stores it on a…
