The DVR is Dead! Long live Video Surveillance!
The Digital Video Recorders (DVR) provide enormous improvements over the video tape (VCR) systems they replaced. But they haven't been a perfect solution. Video image quality of DVRs are dramatically better than VCRs. But the safety of the recorded images after the event, and access the video images to solve real problems persist as two achilles heals of modern surveillance systems.
DVR is a wobbly forensic tool--despite the "CSI Effect"
Video recorded on a DVR can be lost through natural disaster, DVR theft, employee tampering or accidental deletion, DVR hard drive failure, and several other factors.
The legal value of video data is difficult to maintain because it requires the user to extract the images.
Perception of tampering is very difficult to disprove. Further, viewing the video data in court typically involves proprietary software which can blur credibility.
- It's not easy to operate and maintain a DVR.
- How long you can retain video images is driven by the size of the hard drive.
- Your storage needs may change, but the DVR is stuck in time.
- Has surveillance technology evolved? Have your surveillance needs expanded?
- Your DVR makes changing from Analog to IP cameras very expensive.
- DVRs come in 1, 4, 8, and 16 channel increments, so you'll need a clarivoyant to estimate future capacity
- Managing a DVR isn't rocket science.
- But your staff will need to be continually trained on DVR processes to remember them.
- Want to view the DVR images off site on your PowerMac?
- Forget about it. Apple OSX has been largely ignored by the DVR industry. Internet Explorer is usually the only browser that works with DVRs. Firefox, Safari and other compliant browsers can't operate the standard commercial DVR
Innovation has moved away from DVRs. The industry feels the commercial and residential DVR market is saturated. Suppliers are looking for "green field" large scale installations--fewer high quality DVR manufacturers remain.
Conventional DVR images are available until they're over-written by newer images. Accessibility isn't easy. DVR backup requires additional hardware, software, and high-priced labor.
Enter VideoSave Off Site Recording Solution!
What VideoSave Does
- Remote Camera Management
- View Remote cameras through internet
- Multiple sites and cameras simultaneously
- Round-the-clock system monitoring
- Centralized control
- automatic S/W upgrades
- Immediate notification of system health
- Fully managed tamper-free video storage
- See video anytime, anywhere
- Unlimited number of cameras
- Flexible capacity increments
VideoSave Benefits
- Video securely preserved
- Images protected immediately by on-site server
- Secured servers monitored 24/7
- Nothing to see or manage by employees
- Provable 3rd Party Chain of Custody
- Encrypted transmission prevents tampering
- All images Date/Time stamped and protected
- Secure Video Vault: images cannot be deleted
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Simple Video Operations
- Authorized Viewing through secure portal
- Flexible video retention based on need
- Recorders professionally maintained off-site
- Platform Neutral:
- Analog AND IP supported simultaneously
- All browsers: IE, FireFox, Safari, others
- OSX and WinXP/Vista Compatible
- Transferred images viewed on Apple QuickTime
Actual VideoSave footage captured through a WEP-128 bit encrypted wireless network! If you can see this, you'll be able to use VideoSave--it's that easy.