Hey everyone, Mike from CCTV Camera Pros here.
In a minute, I'm going to show you some video surveillance footage recorded using this 4K
security camera.
It was connected to one of our new iDVR-PRO DVRs that are now 4K compatible.
The reason why I'm making this video is many of you are used to 30 frames a second or 15
frames a second recording, and that's not possible 4K.
Although 4K resolution is much larger due to the amount of throughput and processing
that that requires, the frame rate has been scaled back by manufacturers, as far as the
output from the camera.
These cameras only output 15 frames, and then the DVRs typically are recording at seven
and a half or eight frames a second.
Our iDVR-PRO records at eight frames a second and some of our customers were concerned,
"Hey, I'm used to 30 frames or 15, what does eight frames a second look like at 4K resolution?"
So that's the reason why I made this video, so you guys can see what it looks like before
you fully commit to 4K resolution.
So, let's take a look.
This is the live video display from our 4K security camera using the HDMI output from
the DVR that the camera's connected to.
What you see here is 15 frames per second, the DVRs recording video continuously.
In a minute, I'll show you what the recorded video surveillance footage looks like.
I recorded this video while testing this new camera out, so you are also going to see the
infrared night vision mode with all of the lights off.
We are still looking at 4K resolution at 15 frames per second, because this is still the
live security camera view.
This is what the live camera view will look like using a 4K monitor connected to a 4K
ID VR surveillance DVR, and our new 4K over Coax cameras.
The DVR is still recording and we'll play back the recorded video surveillance footage
next.
By the way, this is the 4K camera that is being used to capture this video.
It is our 4K-D9 Turret Style Dome Camera.
Finally, let's take a look at the recorded video surveillance footage.
On the iDVR-PRO, I'm using a mouse to navigate the menu to the search and playback screen.
I am using the video timeline scrubber to locate the recorded video that I want to play
back.
After I locate the exact date and time when I want video playback to begin from, I press
the playback button.
I double click on the view of my 4K security camera so that it displays full screen.
This is what 4K video resolution recorded, eight frames per second, looks like.
In my opinion, eight frames per second is still excellent quality when it comes to the
fluidity of the video.
Yes, if you look closely, you can definitely notice a difference if you are used to 30
frames per second, but for most residential and business surveillance applications, eight
frames per second is sufficient.
Here's the infrared night vision footage that was recorded.
This is still 4K resolution at eight frames per second.
In case you are wondering what I am doing with the light on my phone, the room is completely
dark, I was using the flashlight on my iPhone so that I could see where I was walking, then
I turn the flashlight off and the screen off so there are zero light in the room.
So there it was, that was a 4K security camera, specifically a 4K HD over Coax security camera,
recording 4K resolution at eight frames a second.
My personal thoughts, eight frames is plenty for any residential or typical commercial
application.
Now, if you're doing license plate capture or monitoring some high speed manufacturing
process, then maybe you need 15 or 30 frames, but eight frames is fine and it's not choppy,
it looks good.
If you want to learn more about 4K security cameras, I'm going to be posting this video,
along with still pictures, the equipment we use to make this in a blog post.
I'm going to post that at www.cctvcamerapros.com/4K-recording so you could go there and learn more about
this video.
Thanks for watching.
If you have any comments, and you watch us on YouTube, leave them in the comments.
I'm pretty good about replying to those pretty quick.
Thanks for watching.