Thanks to the recent advances in technology, camera systems are the fastest growing area in the electronic security industry.   Aside from the picture quality being much better than in previous years the recording and transmission of images have been greatly improved.  Many businesses  and residences alike are installing cameras system that record on a digital recorder.   The benefit of the digital recording is that a lot more data can be stored on the hard drive and accessed later.  Depending on the amount of cameras and memory of the DVR (digital video recorder) many months can be stored and if an image needs to be kept indefinitely it can be burned  onto a disc and kept forever.   Customer’s also enjoy being able to view their camera system remotely via the internet.

In addition, in some applications (such as many cameras desired to be viewed into an office network or cameras in different buildings) IP (internet protocol) cameras are tremendous advancements.  American Alarm can install many IP cameras thoughout a location and tie them into the company network with password access only allowing any authorize employees to view any or all of the cameras at once.

The ability to view the cameras from any where that there is internet access has proven to be the most appreciated feature that the newer camera systems are able to do.  This has proven invaluable for companies as a training tool as well as a way to catch criminals in the act.  Some companies even log onto the camera systems to check out alarm activations to see if there is an intruder or what set the alarm off.