Arecont Vision’s Scott Schafer and Raul Calderon talk about the company’s new 4K technology with SIW.com as part of the outlet’s ISC West 4K feature. See below for their comments.
Arecont Vision, an industry leader in IP megapixel camera technology, was also among those video vendors unveiling a 4K camera solution with its next generation of multi-megapixel imaging. The company’s new MegaVideo 4K (3,840 x 2,160 pixels) ultra-high definition (UHD) camera provides a total resolution of 8.3-megapixels (MP) at 30 frames per second (fps) for extremely high resolution images.
According to Scott Schafer, Arecont’s executive vice president for sales and marketing, the camera’s exceptional resolution and fast frame rates are ideal for mission critical applications where the fastest and most subtle movements need to be captured.
“The video experience is way different. This is one of those breakthrough technologies. While more expensive than traditional video security cameras, there is a value that airports, casinos and other end users that want high frame rates are really going to like,” said Schafer. “While 4K is still early, we wanted to show people what we are working on for the future.”
The camera features a highly sophisticated one-inch image sensor and fast internal processing that runs quadruple the speed of conventional megapixel cameras, thus providing high-end performance in both bright and low light environments. The high resolution image performance provided by the new 4K camera can reduce overall system costs by covering larger areas with fewer cameras. In fact, one of Arecont Vision’s new 4K cameras can replace several 1080p cameras that produce 2MP images at 30fps.
“Our new 4K surveillance camera’s ability to capture Ultra HD resolution sets a new benchmark in professional video surveillance performance,” said Raul Calderon, senior vice president, Arecont Vision.
