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The Digital Revolution: No other area of security has seen such dramatic change in recent years as video surveillance, with analog systems being rapidly replaced by IP-based digital video management systems. Digital systems transform video signals into a digital resource that can be distributed across the organization's network or the Internet. Any workstation attached to the network can access video feeds using client software and access privileges. Video is no longer confined to security offices; it is now shared by many people from many locations, vastly increasing its use and value. SDI has implemented a variety of digital video management systems with thousands of cameras distributed across wide area networks spanning across the United States.
Hybrid Solutions: Even organizations that have large investments in analog video can have the capabilities of digital video management. By using analog-to-digital video encoders, analog and digital can co-exist in a hybrid system. These hybrid systems offer the advantages of digital video without the cost of replacing existing cameras. SDI has designed and implemented hybrid systems with thousands of cameras, providing clients the functionality of digital video without the cost of total system replacement.
Video Analytics: The widespread availability of video feeds underscores a fundamental problem: the difficulty of effectively watching all those video feeds. Studies show that even the most diligent staff lose focus trying to watch large numbers of cameras, with eyestrain ad fatigue reducing effectiveness even further. Video Analytic systems watch for you, looking for intruders, patterns of behavior, or other changes that you pre-program into the system. When the system detects unacceptable conditions or actions, it automatically alerts security staff. SDI has implemented crowd management and license plate recognition Video Analytics for large public safety clients that play a key role in law enforcement and anti-terrorism efforts.
Wireless Video: It is not always possible to run cable to every area that needs video coverage. SDI has implemented wireless systems for clients that need video coverage in areas where it is impractical to use hard-wired connections. Using high-bandwidth, high-security wireless links, mesh networks, and solar power, SDI can provide video coverage in any location.
Super high-resolution video: Mega-pixel video cameras can clearly identify people and vehicles from over a mile away. SDI's high-resolution video systems are in use at some of the nation's most critical public safety focal points.
Infrastructure: But the cameras, control systems, and video analytics are only half the story of digital video. Robust networks, vast amounts of digital storage, and advanced security techniques are required to transport and manage the huge data streams of digital video. If these components are not planned carefully, even the best cameras and video management systems will not perform up to expectations.
Large-format video displays (Video walls, LCDs, projection): Large format video allows everyone in the room to be 'on the same page' about the incident being managed, by displaying video, documents, computer screens, video conferences, or any digital source. For smaller applications, LCD screens are effective and affordable. When larger video walls are needed, modular 'cube' systems can be built as large as your organization requires. SDI has implemented video displays from multi-monitor desktops all the way to huge video walls for large command centers.
SDI's Comprehensive Video Capabilities provide a single source provider. No matter what your video need, SDI has a reliable solution for video coverage, and can help solve any challenge your organization faces.