12 Top Tips for Home Security Make sure your CCTV is recording, you don’t want to miss the incident if something happens! Did you know that 90% of burglars will avoid homes with CCTV? Don’t let your subscriptions pile up. If you subscribe to a newspaper or magazine, pause delivery or make sure someone collects…
Our CCTV expert gives his view on HD CCTV… Technology advances at a rapid speed in the fast-paced CCTV market and sometimes it is hard to keep pace. Here’s a quick reminder of what’s what in HD. HD-TVI What is it? High Definition Transport Video Interface or HD-TVI as it more commonly known is the…
As Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner launched a third party certification scheme last November; we asked our in-house CCTV expert what it’s all about…. An example of the logo for those organisations who have reached full compliance. In his role to encourage CCTV scheme operators to comply with the CCTV code of practice, Tony…
In the latest Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s case study published on 30 September 2015, the CCTV News Desk has learnt how….. Huntingdonshire District Council and Cambridge City Council have introduced a single point of contact (SPOC) for all CCTV issues. Martin Beaumont, CCTV manager of a shared service for Huntingdonshire District Council and Cambridge City Council…
A bit unsure what some of those unusual terms and pesky acronyms actually mean when you come across them? Well here’s a quick guide to help you…. AGC – Automatic Gain Control is a handy feature that automatically adjusts the Video amplitude under various lighting conditions. If the Gain is manually set too high,…
The latest crime statistics published earlier in the month show a 7% fall in crime in England & Wales over the past year which is great news for the general public and great to improve the overall well-being of the Nation. A good result but what does that actually mean to us the general…