IP Cameras

IP cameras, are a special type of cctv camera, that takes a different type of input for video transmission. Most cctv cameras transmit by BNC connection or through coaxial cable. With ip cameras you can feed your real-time video through and ethernet port via RJ45 connection. RJ45 connection is the most common input for IP cameras and the jack is standard for all Internet sockets. What an ip camera does is broadcast it's data over a secure ip address. With the right ip address, a user can watch video from anywhere in the world, as long as the network is running smooth. With an ip camera you can network a group of cameras together under the control of dvr software called, "NVR" or "network video recorder. You can mask the entire network to one point and from there the software can choose to archive video and tweak the cameras for environment conditions or for optimal video output. We have many different models and styles to choose from. All the ip cameras listed here are professional cctv grade. If you have any additional questions about ip cameras or if you need help in selecting the camera that is best for you application, call our 800 line and speak to a CCTV consultant today.

IP Cameras Catalog

The Power Of The Internet & IP Cameras

You might be wondering what the fuss is all about when it comes to ip cameras; right? IP cameras exploded on the scene back in 2004 to 2007. There were a plethora of reasons why ip cameras were put into production. One of the main reasons was due to the limit or range of coaxial cable. Most RG59 coaxial cable starts to loose the analog signal at 500 feet. Although video baluns can help solve wired solution's distance issues, ip cameras eliminate the need of RG59 cable or any sort of long distance cabling issues period. Ethernet ports (RJ45 connections) and the Internet are what make ip cameras work. All ip cameras work off of an Internet Protocol addresses or better known as "static" IP addresses. These addresses enable hosting, where you can transmit your data over the Internet or a server connected to an ISP (internet service provider). In the case of closed-circuit television, if you have the bandwidth, you can transmit or stream your video over the Internet. By accessing your assigned static ip address (i.e 192.168.2.1) and entering in your username and password you can access the built in gui that your ip camera provides and watch all the live video. So you can see how powerful ip cameras can be. If you have additional questions about whether ip cameras will work for your application, call our 800 line and speak with one of our CCTV consultants today.

Wireless IP Cameras Versus Wired IP Cameras

You might notice some of our ip cameras have antennas sticking out the back and some with no antennas. So what is the big deal? The model ip cameras that have antennas, have the ability to work with a video cable. You don't even need to plug your cameras into an ethernet port. In order to synchronize the video, you need a receive. The receiver enables your cameras to transmit the video to the receiver. Your receiver will then be connected to an ethernet port where, all the feeds from your closed circuit television to your assigned "static ip address" and then your network digital video recorder takes over. The great thing about wireless ip cameras is the ability to mount wherever you need and not have to worry about running cable. However, you still need a nearby power source. Wired ip cameras will need you to run CAT5 cable to and from your ethernet port or poe switch. The headache of power and video runs can make installation a serious headache. We recommend wireless for small to medium sized networks. If you need a commercial or industrial setup, you will need a high-powered receiver or multiple access points to increase the efficiency.


April 8, 2012   New Grid Setup For All The IP Cameras We Have For Sale

Okay it is has been programmed! We are setting up the vast amount of ip cameras for sale and all the accessories that go with closed circuit television solutions. This is a very diverse category and many of the items are specifically engaged for a certain goal in surveillance video feed setup. We have a plan to help you connect to the data or find articles that we write that help point you in the right direction. Most importantly, we are probably going to just make product pages for all the items and just enable a search engine. The search engine we will install, will connect you both on keywords and content. IP is such a huge subject, largely due to the vast amount of competition and acronyms most product go by. IP can be known as "network camera" and or "internet camera". IP camera is the trendy name now; however, it just made more sense to use that term, largely since it takes an ip address to enable the cameras to work. However, the pagination grid we have laid out, we believe is better on the eyes and easy for sorting. The widgets themselves will click to the product page, where we list how the product works, give application information, list product specifications and eventually video introduction to all the cameras. We are working on putting a process in place to enable the cataloging of this data and then hosting of it. We hope to give you both the macro and micro look into each of these products and how they work so you can match up what you need. Only call us if you have or need special information, better pricing and possible price breaks. Thanks for choosing us!


April 8, 2012   Analog Over IP Solutions

While attending the ISC West trade show back in March 2012, we discovered a number of American and Asia manufactures that had solutions that took analog based video and used special ip transceivers to capture the signal and shoot it out over the Internet! This is a great solution now for those applications looking to adapt to a network to help in management of the system's video and reviewing data at any time; anywhere in the world. Analog is still a great, solid way to have data on hand locally. We still cannot see any other method that could server better; thus making it a great back-up or last resort for video storage and or access. There are video ip storage solutions now too! So you can also record video from the Internet to another remote location to. This will be great for redundancy and convenience for transit issues.