Analogue CCTV is Finally Dead!

Why Will Analogue CCTV Cameras Soon Become Obsolete?

Within the last few decades, CCTV has become an integral part of security in the UK. We use analogue CCTV cameras to combat crime and capture important footage in both domestic and commercial settings. 

However, the growing sophistication of technology makes it important to have constantly evolving security measures, and many experts in the industry feel that analogue CCTV will soon be gracefully retired in favour of video analytics and IP surveillance methods. 

Video Surveillance and the Need For Analytics

Modern video surveillance tools can be used to provide key analytics that will help a business to make critical decisions about how it moves forward. Analytics can detect things like the number of people that visit the premises on a daily basis, the number of cars that go by, or the number of people loitering. It’s easy to program modern video surveillance solutions to track whatever analytics you want.

Businesses can use these analytics to track how they present to the public. If your business has earned a reputation for people loitering, that doesn’t look good, and if not a lot of cars or people are visiting, what should you be doing from a marketing perspective? The fact that you can get access to these kinds of benefits in addition to a superior definition of video quality that naturally comes from more developed technology, as well as a better frame rate can really shift the balance in favour of modern video techniques.

Video Surveillance Using Cloud Technology 

Something that modern video surveillance provides the analogue CCTV simply can’t do is cloud technology. Cloud technology is revolutionising the way that we look at most forms of surveillance, communication, and business. Being able to access the CCTV cameras and footage from anywhere as long as you have an internet connection radically changes the way that security systems can be built.

Imagine for just a second that you have access to cloud CCTV technology which lets you seamlessly observe the video footage, regardless of where you are. You never need a physical copy, which is better for security purposes, and you never need to travel to a central location to get access to the footage, which helps to save you time and resources. It’s possible to manage your company from the other side of the country, because you can remotely access all of the CCTV footage whenever you want. 

The New Incarnation

Ultimately, the thing that separates modern video surveillance from analogue CCTV is the fact that it’s compatible with the current way we live. Technology has to be able to integrate into the existing attitudes and ways that people live their lives, rather than the other way around. Analogue CCTV is just becoming obsolete because it doesn’t have the necessary video quality, there is no analytics, and you can’t access it through any kind of cloud system. It’s struggling to meet the existing needs of its users, and perhaps that is a sign that it is time to gracefully retire it. 

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