Hikvision: Hiring a Superhero and saving bandwidth
Posted by S. Charles on Oct 23, 2020
If I were a business or homeowner looking to purchase a new
surveillance system, I would think, as a diehard comic book fan, “well, why
can’t I just hire a superhero? They can see in the dark, lift cars, and
fly.” Unfortunately, due to superhero labor costs and their alleged nonexistence,
I can't hire one. Luckily,
Hikvision has software solutions that can do most of
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What's the Big Deal About Video Codecs in IP Surveillance?
Posted by S. Charles on Oct 23, 2020
Codecs
A video codec is a mechanism that takes analog data, like light, color, and sound, and compresses (the “co” part of codec) that data into information the computer can understand. From there, the video is decompressed (the “dec” part of codec) so it can be played on our screens. Codecs are an essential part of all digital video recording and
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