IP Camera is an advanced CCTV camera that
utilizes Internet Protocol to transmit video data over the Ethernet. Two technologies
create the IP camera: digitalization of the picture and broadcasting the digital data.
On a daily basis we experience both technologies; the digitalization we see on our digital
camera especially when we take short video and the broadcasting of digital data we see when we
send those movies to our friend through the email.
Analog surveillance cameras exist many years and still dominate the market, but there is no doubt
that the future is digital. When you see a surveillance camera, it's hard to tell if it'd an IP or
an analog camera. The difference is in the hardware and more important the video quality.
The IP camera has an onboard processors and web server software. The IP camera can be connected
directly to the existing home office networks. Images can be viewed from any web browser in the
world and full configuration can be done from anywhere as well. There are many types of video
recorders that can work with IP cameras or even with an analog and IP at the same time, this type
called HYBRID DVR. Most common IP video recorder is a custom build PC or your existing PC,
in general the amount of cameras and the size of the images will determined the recorder's
characteristics.
So what we said so far about IP cameras:
IP cameras has superior image quality, fully digital and they are the future.
It's no secret that IP cameras are more expensive;
however as aforesaid, IP cameras offer a lot more than a conventional security cameras.