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A CCTV System Buyer’s Guide
Here we have a great looking and useful infographic that we have designed that is packed with information that will help you if you are thinking about buying a CCTV system for your home or business. Learn about why you should purchase a CCTV system, questions to ask before buying a CCTV system, what to…
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Infographic – The Use of CCTV in Criminal Investigations
This infographic explores how police and investigators use CCTV footage in the investigation of criminal activity. It pinpoints the benefits of using CCTV, how it can impact on the outcome of an investigation, the process in retrieving CCTV footage and the steps involved in using that footage for the purposes of the investigation.
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Hikvision iVMS – 4500 Version 4.2.0 Affected by Malware Notice
Important Notice Hikvision have announced that their iVMS-4500 (version 4.2.0) mobile phone app that was available from the iOS app store has been affected by Malware and subsequently removed from the app store. It is important if you h ave this version of the app – you delete from your apple devices. A new version…
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New Firmware updates for Hikvision – Improves Password Procedures
Hikvision have recently updated firmware for their products to improve the password procedure – the latest products will require you to “activate” them, before use. This basically happens the first time you log in – you will now be prompted to create a new password of between 8-16 characters, once you go through this procedure…
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Demonstration fingerprints cause IR bounce back on CCTV Camera
Hi all, I wanted to show you a quick demostration of how you can ruin a cameras night vision simply by getting your fingerprints all over the glass on a high definition dome camera. See below video: The above short video shows a 3.0 Megapixel camera in night vision mode, image quality is fine –…
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Brief History of CCTV in the UK
Almost everywhere you go in UK today, someone is closely watching your movements, thanks to CCTV systems which are now common. CCTV technology has become widespread in the UK in a very short period of time. The history of CCTV within the UK dates back to 1940 where its development, growth and popularity took shape.…
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9 Reasons to Consider Installing a CCTV Camera on Your Property
There is nothing more important than home security, especially if you have children or other loved ones you are looking after. There is never a reason to not have home security but a lot of reasons why you should. High definition CCTV, can be the difference, sometimes, between recognizing the intruder or not. Below, this…
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The Solar Eclipse as seen through a JMC Secure CCTV Camera!
When i woke up this morning all the news channels were talking about the solar eclipse and everyone all over the country seemed to have “solar eclipse sunglasses” – except for me! So, when i got to the office i thought i would try an experiment – use a CCTV camera to look at the…
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Benefits of HD-TVI High Definition CCTV
HD-TVI is now Available to buy online Share this Image On Your Site Please include attribution to jmcsecure.co.uk with this graphic.
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1000TVL, HD or NOT HD?
I had a conversation with a customer recently (lets call him Adam) who had bought several 1000TVL cameras from another company, and wanted a suitable recorder. During our chat it became obvious Adam thought these cameras were high definition – in fact that is what he had been led to believe by his supplier. He…
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