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Date: 30th Aug 2010
Over 50% of the network cameras to be
HD or megapixel resolution by 2014
IMS Research, in its latest report "The World Market
for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment - 2010 Edition"
suggested that by 2014, over 50% of the network camera shipped
will be HD or megapixel resolution.
IMS reports video surveillance systems are transitioning
from analog video to networked systems; however, there is
discord regarding the system topology needed to achieve
this. For customers looking to capture high definition and
megapixel video, this can be done using a "pure"
network video solution or by using an HDcctv analog video
surveillance solution that brings the data onto the network
using an Ethernet enabled DVR.
"HDcctv cameras will not impact the uptake of IP cameras
in the short term", states report author and video
surveillance research analyst Gary Wong. "Many large
and well-known vendors of video surveillance equipment have
already invested heavily in developing and marketing network
security cameras. It is unlikely that these vendors will
adjust their technology roadmaps and marketing messages
to accommodate HDcctv products into their product portfolios
in the near future". The lack of recognised brand exposure
will prove detrimental to HDcctv equipment sales at the
enterprise-class project level. However, HDcctv cameras
could potentially limit the available market for network
security cameras. Wong continues, "HDcctv may gain
traction in the low and middle segments of the market. These
market segments are serviced by small, local and regional
security systems installers who have generally been slow
to embrace network security cameras. HDcctv allows installers
to offer the benefits of HD to their customers without having
to operate outside of their technical comfort zone".
IMS Research forecasts that by 2014 worldwide shipments
of HD and megapixel network security cameras will outnumber
sales of HDcctv cameras by a factor of 6 to 1.
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