CCTV

Most sites are at a higher degree of risk when light levels are poor. Darkness conceals the identities of intruders, and gives cover for criminals to work. For many, it is during such periods that surveillance takes on an increased level of importance. Benchmark looks …

Composite video – analogue systems and devices – has served the video surveillance sector well over the years. There are still a high number of career criminals serving time because of composite images! It might be fashionable to knock composite solutions, but is such criticism …

ANPR (automatic numberplate recognition) has been around for many years, and has achieved a high degree of success in the field, especially for law enforcement agencies and border applications. However, the technology can also offer a high degree of flexibility for commercial sites. Just as …

Typically, when people think about the use of streaming video in an industrial application, the first thing they think of is surveillance. Whilst it is not disputed that video is a very valuable tool with regard to security and life safety, the truth is that …

Because of the widespread use of composite-based video surveillance, coaxial cable is still prolific across the majority of sites. Whilst it can be argued that installing new coaxial infrastructure is a path best avoided, it equally makes little sense to simply rip out and replace …