{"id":90783,"date":"2011-03-28T16:10:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T20:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2016-07-05T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T13:37:44","slug":"dont-let-cost-be-your-guide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/dont-let-cost-be-your-guide-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let Cost Be Your Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an\u00a0<a title=\"IP network camera buyer's guide: do's and don'ts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcesecurity.com\/news\/articles\/co-3289-ga.5481.html\" target=\"_blank\">IP camera buyers guide<\/a> article at <a title=\"Source Security\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcesecurity.com\" target=\"_blank\">Source Security<\/a>, Simon Nash, Senior Marketing Manager of Sony Europe, stresses:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Don&#8217;t let cost be your guiding light. Most people buy surveillance cameras with cost as their highest priority and effectiveness as the second, which results in grainy, out-of-focus images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0great deal of\u00a0knowledge\u00a0and expertise\u00a0is shared in this article from points to conider when converging from analog to IP, evaluation criteria for IP cameras, and do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts when making a selection.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that cost and budgetary concerns are always paramount.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s important to know and hear that the right system for you isn&#8217;t simply the cheapest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Consider these factors<\/h2>\n<p>Other important factors that Nash outlines which are the same concerns we share with customers when drawing up a surveillance solution are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand your application &#8211; do you need to read license plate numbers or is just knowing that cars are moving through an area?<\/li>\n<li>Experts advise favoring crisp images over smooth motion.<\/li>\n<li>Consider the efficiency benefits of centralizing your video surveillance system.<\/li>\n<li>How open is open &#8211; do different brands play as well with one another as advertised?\u00a0 Instead of a smorgasbord solution of cameras and software in your system, consider opting for one manufacturer to not only ensure compatiblity but to limit the number headaches you&#8217;ll get installing the system.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an\u00a0IP camera buyers guide article at Source Security, Simon Nash, Senior Marketing Manager of Sony Europe, stresses: Don&#8217;t let cost be your guiding light. Most people buy surveillance cameras with cost as their highest priority and effectiveness as the second, which results in grainy, out-of-focus images. A\u00a0great deal of\u00a0knowledge\u00a0and expertise\u00a0is shared in this article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2933],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ip-camera-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194203,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90783\/revisions\/194203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}