4mp vs 4K security camera. Good morning, everyone, Mike from CCTV Camera Pros here. In this video,
I'm going to run you through a demo of the 4K dome camera that I have installed on my front door
as part of my home surveillance system and the 4 megapixel camera that monitors my walkway and
just compare the video resolution. That's not the entire point of the video though. First off,
let me mention, in order to take advantage of this video resolution comparison, you have to have a 4K
monitor or TV when you're viewing this, and you'll have to set the YouTube player
to 4K resolution. Otherwise you're really not going to see the full resolution of the 4K camera
or the 4 megapixel camera. Let's run through the demo first. Stick with me after, though. I
want to discuss why I chose mostly 4 megapixel cameras for my home security camera system.
Here's the live view of my security camera system and the front door camera
is the only 4K resolution camera. The other five cameras are all 4 megapixel.
We're going to take a look at the 4K camera first. So I just switched to the full screen view,
and I'm just going to come out the front door here and move around
and give a little wave and give you guys a chance to take a look at the 4K IP camera first.
And then I'll switch back to the multi-camera view. And on these Viewtron NVRs, you can drag
the cameras around, so I'm going to drag one of the 4 megapixel cameras over here to this screen,
and then double click on it to switch to the full screen view. So this is the 4 megapixel IP camera,
and I'm just going to walk around and wave and move around a little bit again
to give you a chance to see the resolution of the 4 megapixel IP camera.
I want to mention here, obviously, both the 4 megapixel and 4K IP cameras that I just demoed
were connected to the same Viewtron DVR. I have an eight channel Viewtron... Sorry, NVR.
I have a Viewtron NVR at my house, and both those cameras are hardwired to the network ports on the
back of it. Those are PoE ports. I was using the HDMI video output from the NVR, which obviously
can output at 4K resolution. So why did I choose mostly 4 megapixel cameras for my home security
camera system? You probably noticed in the video, again, if you were watching on a 4K monitor,
that the 4K camera front door is obviously higher resolution than the 4 megapixel.
4K resolution is the equivalent of 8 megapixel, so it's twice the resolution of 4 megapixel.
However, there are some trade-offs. Number one, 4K IP cameras only output 20 frames per second.
That's a great frame rate, but 4 megapixel IP cameras output 30 frames per second. So if you
need a super high frame rate of recording, the 4 megapixel is going to be a better option for you.
The bigger reason that I chose mostly 4 megapixel cameras for my home system is
the AI software that's built into these Viewtron 4 megapixel IP cameras.
These are really a game changer, guys. They're able to do object detection, they're able to
detect human objects, vehicle objects, cars and trucks, as well as facial recognition, and
the software that's used to detect those objects is really much more advanced than standard video
motion detection. It's very accurate if you want to set up intrusion zones or trip wires
and detect humans coming into areas on a schedule or continuously.
I'm not going to go into too much more detail on that. I have a ton of other videos on our YouTube
channel and on the website. I'll link to them down below if you're on YouTube. If you're on our blog,
I'll also link to them down below. If you have any questions about any of this,
you can reach out to me anytime. I can be reached via email at mike@cctvcamerapros.net. If you want
to learn more about these Viewtron security camera systems, and by the way, we also have Viewtron BNC
security camera systems. I have an IP camera system on my house, but we also have BNC DVRs,
it's the same user interface you just saw, we have BNC 4K cameras. We have a whole bunch of
Viewtron equipment, 4K resolution, 4 megapixel, and 2 megapixel in both BNC and IP cameras.
If you want to learn more about any of that, please visit www.cctvcamerapros.com/viewtron.
Thank you for watching.