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How Can a Digital Security Camera Benefit You?

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As we leave the days of analog systems behind us, it can only be expected that we experience an explosive growth in digital surveillance cameras and systems.

Digital CCTV cameras basically do the same job that their old analog counterparts did from the 1960s onwards. When placed in vulnerable locations, they enable the business or home owner to monitor areas of their property that would otherwise be targets for criminals and vandals.

Their digital nature, however, makes many things possible that analog cameras never could do. Digital security cameras and digital security camera systems offer perhaps the most powerful combination of abilities available in any type of home or business security system.

How Digital Surveillance Works

By installing a video capture card in your PC, you turn your computer into an advance digital video recording system, otherwise known as a DVR. This enables you to record super-high quality digital video direct to the hard drive of your computer. The video output from your digital CCTV camera is referred to as a digitized recording that gives you an impressive array of features and benefits.

Digital Recording Benefits

Perhaps the most popular feature is the ability to view live and recorded video remotely from any computer or 3rd generation cell phone anywhere in the world. All you need to do is log in to your secure, private system and view what's going on right from your computer or phone.

Another great feature of your digital camera system is the ability to quickly search and find recorded video data. Rather than fast forwarding and rewinding through a 4 hour video tape to get to a certain point in date and time, you can jump straight to that point with a digital recording in seconds.

With computer software you can program your digital CCTV camera to include or exclude certain movement or images. For example, you can program it to stop recording when no movement is captured after a set period of time, or to excluded movement with part of a camera's field of vision. When movement is detected you could program your system to send you an text or email. This would be great, for example, if a camera detects movement inside your garage or home when you are away.

With systems that contain more than one camera, you could even program your digital CCTV cameras so that one camera alerts another camera to pan over to its angle for another look of some unusual activity that the first camera has detected. The limit of what you can control is only limited by a camera's features and the computer software that you are managing your system with.

Disadvantages of Digital CCTV

Digital surveillance systems are not completely without their drawbacks. The files generated onto your computer's hard disk by your security cameras can quickly fill up a hard drive. However, hard disk storage these days are very cheap, so it is wise to install the biggest hard disk you can afford. Also, the ability to program your cameras to stop recording when no movement is detected will save you huge amounts of hard disk space.

Is a digital security camera right for you?

Digital surveillance cameras certainly offer you powerful features and unparalleled flexibility when compared to a analog systems. And they offer these things with the convenience of being able to monitor your digital cameras from anywhere in the world. If you're looking for a truly professional-grade system to protect your property and possessions, a digital surveillance camera system is definitely one to consider.