With a long list of manufacturers selling various security cameras with evolved features and advanced technologies, it has actually become a daunting task to select the most suitable CCTV for your home’s CCTV installation. If you get in touch with a marketing professional to clear out the confusion, his/her lucrative words will add more confusions, instead of providing a solution. Thus, today we will discuss the top 7 things that needs to be considered while procuring a CCTV camera.
1. The Location of Your CCTV Installation:
Deciding on whether you require a CCTV for indoor or outdoor activity is the most initial step. Once you are clear with the purpose, it becomes easier to figure out the location/s where the security camera/s need to be installed. Considering this is essential, because there is a misconception among many, that any type of CCTV can serve the purpose of both indoor and outdoor activities; while the reality is, specific cameras are required to carry out both the tasks.
2. Wired or Wireless Security Cameras:
Only because wired security cameras come at a lower cost, you need not to consider installing it. The purpose of the surveillance is important. A wireless one is expensive but it is as well loaded with various contemporary features and up-to-the-minute technology. Furthermore, to operate it, you will be needing a Wi-Fi and an internet connection only.
3. The Type of Storage System:
The latest CCTVs come equipped with SD card slots in them and the user has a free hand on using memory cards of various capacity. Here a separate storage system is not required. However the less expensive ones don’t bear any internal storage and depend on the surveillance hard disk in the DVR. The preference is yours.
4. Whether Day And Night Surveillance:
Before buying a CCTV, it is also crucial to realise whether you need 24*7 scrutiny or not, because not all CCTV cameras can detect objects and activities under dim or zero light. Only the ones that are engineered with IR LEDs can deliver high-quality images even in minimum light.
5. Additional Features:
Apart from round the clock security, modern security cameras bear many more features, only to ensure your safety. For example, facial recognition, audio sensor, motion detection, pan/tilt and etc. Remember, not every CCTV will possess all the features. Thus know the features, realise your requirements and then place the order.
6. Camera Range:
If you need your camera to keep a check on your lawn, then you can’t get a CCTV that can monitor only a room. Meaning to say, as per your requisite, you need to decide its range, lens size and sensor capability.
7. External Factors:
In case you need CCTV installation for detecting outdoor activities, then you need to opt for security cameras that can withstand climatic changes and weather conditions.
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