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Comment on Intersec Dubai – 15th-17th 2012 – Dubai Convention & Exhibition Centre by Tom

Tom — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:59 +0000

Hi Andreas

Many apologies for the error, although, the connection was indicated in a complementary way to highlight the status of Intersec!

That aside, I appreciate the correction and I am sure we look forward to feedback on this site from the show

I hope it is a great success for all at Messe Frankfurt!

regards, Tom

Comment on Intersec Dubai – 15th-17th 2012 – Dubai Convention & Exhibition Centre by Intersec

Intersec — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:26:21 +0000

Dear Tom,
please note that Intersec is organised and run by Messe Frankfurt and not by Messe Essen.
For further information visit http://www.intersecexpo.com

Looking forward to see all your comments and feedback in the upcoming days
thanks Andreas, Show Manager Intersec

Comment on HDcctv 2012 by Todd Rockoff

Todd Rockoff — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:00:55 +0000

Good analysis of the IMS Research forecast.

You’re right about the overall trend toward HD. The question isn’t coax or Cat-5, because HD can be sent over either medium as Ethernet or HDcctv signals.

The architectural issue for enterprise-class systems is, should the conversion to IP take place in the camera or, perhaps, at another place in the system, such as a DVR? For smaller systems not requiring IP transport to do its job, why convert video to IP at all?

HDcctv promises to accelerate the market transition to HD, especially when HDcctv total equipment cost approaches SD CCTV total cost. That could start to happen next year. In that case, as a function of their retrospective assessment method, IMS might not see the sea level change until 2015. The fact that IMS identify HDcctv as a significant trend already in 2011 is remarkable.

Comment on Thermal CCTV images. Just fantastic by blogadmin

blogadmin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:49:01 +0000

Thanks for the comment Tim. I have personally seen this camera in action. I don’t sell it, just give my opinion of it as a product. It is a very well built British product and has been installed in many locations around the world. Please check out the 360 vision technology website for more information. I’am sure if you saw the camera in action first hand you would be able to see that it does what it says it does.

Comment on Thermal CCTV images. Just fantastic by Tim

Tim — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:50:14 +0000

Nice advertising video but where is the real example of it working?
Far too many cameras are sold on great marketing with little factual information included.

I believe in recommending products for a CCTV system design based on real world facts. Not marketing

Comment on cheap IP cameras from ACTi by blogadmin

blogadmin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:36:47 +0000

Avigilon have a brilliant team here in the UK that is selling the concept of HD and IP quite brilliantly.It is no surprise to us their market share is rising. Installers and distributors here in the UK though are not seeing the growth they expected or have been promised by some manufacturers and commentators. The speculation that IP cameras in general are not selling well is a local issue within the UK, we can’t vouch for other countries. However the fact ACTi have to sell IP cameras at such a massive reduction can only be construed as lack of demand generally even if they are EOL, which we do acknowledge is correct. We are not anti IP or anti ACTi, in fact we welcome anything that will encourage growth in the CCTV industry, but day to day IP cameras cause engineers more problems than analogue camera systems. That together with the fact that they are more expensive means the demand at present is just not there. Even large distributors such as Norbain admit this privately despite the comments of their new MD in this months edition of Security Matters. He predicts (hopes) the tipping point to IP cameras in the UK will be towards the end of 2013. It will be interesting to see if this proves correct especially as we had heard previously from within the industry that this tipping point was due as long ago as 2008!

Comment on cheap IP cameras from ACTi by jhonovich

jhonovich — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:41:20 +0000

At the very least, if you wanted to be clear and fair to your readers, you should have stated the EOL point up front at the beginning of the paragraph. Instead, you speculated ominously about major market problems.

Secondly, if you analyze the public financial results of companies like ACTi, Axis, Mobotix, Avigilon, etc. you’ll notice that ACTi is, by far, the worst performance. ACTi is a negative outlier in a market segment that is experiencing robust growth.

Comment on cheap IP cameras from ACTi by blogadmin

blogadmin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:37:25 +0000

yes agreed John, megapixel is the way forward and of course any company will need to sell off old kit in order to make way for new products.The bottom line though is it still means they produced more than they could sell and they sell worldwide, not just in the UK. Anytime prices are reduced by that amount people should be taking notice and asking why they were not sold before they became end of life .

Comment on cheap IP cameras from ACTi by jhonovich

jhonovich — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:14:39 +0000

ACTi has made it fairly clear ‘why’ they are discontinuing pricing on these models. As the eblast says these models are being EOL’ed, i.e., End of Life, discontinued.

ACTi announced almost a year ago that they were planning to discontinue older models to focus more on megapixel camera sales.

Steep price drops on products that are being discontinued are common in many industries and is not typically a sign of troubles in the main business.

At the very least, you should make clear to your readers what is clear in the eblast – that this is for End of Lifed cameras. You can see it in the URL, it’s the ‘EOL Promotion’.

The UK market notwithstanding, IP camera sales are growing quite strongly around the world.

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HD SDI DVR http://hdsdidvr.co.uk — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:49:30 +0000

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