Is Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) A Necessity

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) why it has become a necessity and the do's and donts. CCTV has always played a vital role in combating crime. From sophisticated systems fitted in large retail premises to a simple system fitted in a shop or a home.

In recent years it was not considered to be part of a necessity to have CCTV, however now it can play a big part in giving a business or home owner peace of mind. When setting up in a business premises a CCTV would now be built into the initial costs. A business must consider the costs and type of equipment in order for the investment to pay off. Crime, burgles and theft is on the up. CCTV plays a vital part in attempting to manage the overall problem. Local authorities have invested heavily in on street cameras

Allowing them to see or look back on footage of possible attempts or actual crimes being committed. Both the Police and larger retailer can work tougher to solve a crime.

Many larger retail stores would have full time staff dedicated to watching there sophisticated CCTV system installed on there premises. In a smaller business a CCTV system would play an important part it tends to create a visual role with the wannabe thief. As most criminals are opportunists having CCTV should deter them not to enter your premises and move them to premises that have no security. In recent years CCTV has helped solve and avoid the possibility of many crimes by identifying a person, a vehicle color or make/ model. Or simply placing a missing person in a place at a last know time. Due to larger storage space in a DVR and not having to change a cassette tape on regular basis this allows the owner to store footage for longer periods of time.

CCTV has transformed itself and come a long way. The use of a recoding image on to a professional video recorder have long gone. The interdictory of the digital video recorder (DVR) with this new technology allows an image to be recorded on to a hard drive as what you get in PC. Picture quality has increased three fold. The use of infa red and led built in to the cameras allow pictures and night time viewing as clear as day time. DVR Technology All new CCTV equipment would now consist of DVR at its core. DVR is records footage from a camera to a hard drive. A DVR would allow their images or footage to be downloaded to a DVD disc or usb memory stick. Most customers nowadays would prefer the DVR to be networkable allowing footage to be viewed live from anywhere in the world remotely through a broadband connection. There is the option of sending images or footage to a mobile phone.

CCTV and DVRs have themselves become more cost effective to buy whether buying in a high street store or a wholesaler. Wholesalers are now looking further afield to import these products from countries like China and Asian courtiers

CCTV Camera have being offering CCTV services in Dublin for the past ten years. For cost effective CCTV solution to home or business we can provide a salutation to suit you. Our services include CCTV repairs and maintenance contracts and any CCTV in Dublin problems resolved, we have all the answers.

When considering a CCTV System a typical system should include the following important things:

CCTV
If you want to prevent crime or to reduce the chances of being burgled another time, CCTV (Closed-Circuit Television) is a good solution. CCTV is security for you, your staff and your business.

Camera
Day or night or both. Vandal resistant. Distance range required in meters. Internal or external.
Domes standard or high speed. Standard camera or not. External housing or not. All in one camera
To include day/night and infra red.

DVR
How many channels required 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 to run amount of cameras that are required. Always consider investing in a larger DVR to avoid further cost should you need to add more cameras at a later stage.

Do you require CDRW OR DVD/RW or just USB memory stick back up? How big do you require the hard drive to be (Base this on amount of days you require recording and amount of cameras you have).

Do you require IP remote control?

Monitor
What resolution do you require? Do you require speakers? Do you need to wall mount? What size screen would suit best? Most CCTV systems require a monitor to have VGA input to connect to DVR.