How Safe is your City! CCTV VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

There is an abundance of network video technologies available in the market from analogue to mega pixel video surveillance. As a common practice among vendors, designing a bigger video security network is dependent on increasing the number of cameras. But with the latest technologies now available one can easily design a system with larger resolutions and lesser number of cameras, consequently, decreasing the overall costs of operation and maintenance.

Before designing any cctv video surveillance system it is imperative to have a proper site survey done through pixel count technique in order to determine the appropriate product which could provide sufficient pixels for facial recognition at any given distance. Managing and storage of the video stream with a quality DVR is another essential part of a video surveillance system which can be installed on-site or off-site depending on the nature of project. With latest Wi-Fi enabled products end to end connectivity can also be achieved wirelessly with point to point, point to multi point and mesh sort of networks, which removes the apprehension of cable damaging and heavy civil works like digging and trenching in outdoors. The only drawback of a wirelessly connected cctv network system is the high consumption of bandwidth by the cameras therefore wireless cctv cameras are almost always preferred for an in-doors installation.

All the major brands of cctv surveillance technologies are represented in Pakistan through their authorized representatives including

LG
ARECONT
AXIS
BRICKCOM
PELCO
BENTEL
GKB
D-MAX
K-PRO TECH
HIKVISION
VIVOTEK
ACTi
ANVIZ
SONY
SAMSUNG
EVERFOCUS
AVTECH

A typical CCTV Security System for a 500 to 600 square yards house could cost around Rs. 55,000 complete with installation. This would include;

4 CCTV Cameras including two 2 mega pixel (4 mm) bullet outdoor cctv cameras (estimated cost Rs. 10,000) and two 2 mega pixel (2.8 mm) dome cameras for indoors (estimated cost Rs. 10,400). These cameras have an effective optical range of 5 meters and a resolution 1920x1080. The most popular and reliable brands available are HikVision and Samsung.[/list]

4 Channel NVR with built-in PoE (estimate cost Rs. 15,500).

1 TB hard disk drive engineered specifically for surveillance security system (estimated cost Rs. 7,200),

UTP CAT-6 high quality copper cable and RJ-45 CAT 5e connectors (estimated cost Rs. 7,000).

Installation and configuration cost Rs. 5,000.

For a bigger site of 1000 to 1200 square yards could cost around Rs. 85,000 complete with installation. This would include

8 CCTV Cameras including four 2 mega pixel (4 mm) bullet outdoor cctv cameras (estimated cost Rs. 20,000), four 2 mega pixel (2.8 mm) dome cameras for indoors (estimated cost Rs. 20,800). These cameras have an effective optical range of 5 meters and a resolution 1920x1080. The most popular and reliable brands available are HikVision and Samsung.

8 Channel NVR with built-in PoE (estimate cost Rs. 20,500)

1 TB hard disk drive engineered specifically for surveillance security system (estimated cost Rs. 7,200)

UTP CAT-6 high quality copper cable and RJ-45 CAT 5e connectors (estimated cost Rs. 7,000).

Installation and configuration cost Rs. 10,000.

Find here a list of reliable suppliers of CCTV Equipment & Systems in Lahore offering top of the line products with warranty, excellent installation and after sales service.