Re: Video Surveailance - kind of OT

["brobin" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While I don't think that the local bodega can afford a $333,333.33 video
system or even one for $55K, You're correct in pointing out that the el
cheapo poorly maintained sytems can be improved upon, Actuall, I have a
pretty good system at my house that records "evidence quality" video for
under $2K.


"Steve Uhrig" <Steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:30:56 -0700, "AZ Woody" <Reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> But I got to tell you, the video was so bad that you couldn't really make
>> out anybody.
>
> This is VERY typical.
>
>> I figured there were a bunch of people here who set up this type of
>> system,
>> that could explain why the video like these crime scene tapes are
>> soooooooo
>> bad.  It seems that a system with clearer video would be a great
>> assistance
>> in cutting crime in my area, and I just wonder what the problem are.
>
> You are correct.
>
> However, most businesses and even governments consider security a
> non-revenue-producing function, and an expense rather than an
> investment.
>
> So they buy the cheapest low bid garbage and do zero maintenance.
> Never change the tape, never clean the recorder heads much less send
> the recorders out for annual maintenance and have heads and all rubber
> parts replaced.
>
> We do high reliability video surveillance for governments and
> occasional VIPs. It is *very* common for our imitators to quote less
> for the entire job installed than we would pay for just the hardware.
> We did a high profile install a while back which ran $1/3 million. The
> next lowest bid under us was $55K. Fortunately the FBI was in on the
> project and their protection guy knew the ins and outs of a decent
> video install.
>
> There are some articles in the White Papers section of our website
> which go into this in more detail if you're interested.
>
> Regards ... Steve
>
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