HD Cameras Come of Age

Sanyo HD cameras lead the way.

Just two years ago High Definition cameras were considered to be nothing more than very highly priced niche products that were ‘a solution looking for a problem’ rather than offering a genuine  mainstream alternative and higher performance option to standard CCTV cameras.

Much has changed and in the last year in particular, the price/performance ratio of SANYO’s Full High Definition cameras is now meeting and in some cases exceeding customers’ expectations. Whereas in the past the question might have been “why High Definition cameras”, the question nowadays should be “why not”, and there are clear signs that CCTV users are looking for image quality from their CCTV systems which match what they can watch on their High Definition Tele-Visions at home. They certainly could ask the question as to why they should use CCTV cameras, to protect their property, assets and staff, which capture fewer pixels per image than the cameras on their mobile phones.

In simple terms Full High Definition cameras provide the opportunity to capture images which will allow a suspect to be identified rather than just using CCTV to verify that an incident has taken place.
A camera producing a Full High Definition image of 1920 x 1080 can, depending on the field of view, do the job of four to five standard cameras. This means that if you are looking to monitor a wide area with standard CCTV cameras, you would need to install a number of cameras to look at different sectors of the same area in order for those individual cameras to achieve the image quality and high resolution provided by a single Full High Definition camera. Depending on the project, this point alone makes a compelling commercial case for choosing Full High Definition cameras over standard CCTV cameras, but there are other benefits as well.

Recording at the highest resolution of four mega pixels offers major advantages over standard CCTV cameras in respect of post incident analysis. With high definition you can enlarge an image and digitally zoom in on detail with a clarity that is just not achievable with a standard CCTV camera.

‘Face detection’ is a good example of the additional benefits offered by Full High Definition cameras. This function equips the camera to recognise that a face or a group of faces are present in an image. If so, the camera optimises its focus, contrast and backlight compensation functionality so that a clear image of any face is achieved, regardless of whether the scene is high or low backlit.. All SANYO Full High Definition cameras are 40% smaller than conventional CCTV cameras as a result of utilizing SANYO’s miniaturization and mounting technical know-how acquired through the development of its digital movie cameras and digital cameras..</br>

An HDMI output allowing the full quality of the cameras’ images to be observed on a High Definition monitor and PoE (Power over Ethernet), which provides additional installation economies, are built into most* of the cameras as standard. In addition there is the option of adding an external HDD (Hard Disk Drive) for storing recorded video local to the camera.

* The VCC-HD5600 external dome does not support PoE.

ADT is able to offer our clients a choice of nine SANYO Full HD cameras. Collectively they are  designed to provide a solution for virtually any project with vandal resistant domes, PTZ cameras and a zoom camera included in the range, as well as a choice of three fixed cameras with CS mounts to provide a choice of lens. If you would like to know more about what High Definition CCTV can do for you or would like to see it demonstrated contact ADT and we will arrange for one of our security consultants to visit you.