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Instantly search by date, time, or event
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Long cumbersome manual search to retrieve footage |
Store months of footage at no additional cost
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Requirement to purchase videotapes |
No signal or quality loss on recording
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Video signal degradation on re-recording or duplication |
Automatically overwrites oldest video footage
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Risk of lost data with failure to change tapes or record |
Digital images are much higher quality
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Poor image quality |
Flexible configurations and settings
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Inflexible configurations and settings |
Remotely view multiple locations from anywhere
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Limited remote monitoring ability |
Record video off-premises to a remote server
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Lack of redundant off-premises recording capability |
High storage capacity
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Low storage capacity |
Multiple levels of user security |
Limited security |
Intelligent features (motion detection, remote notification)
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No intelligence |
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