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Why do CCTV images are different from other common cameras?

Wonder why CCTV images always look blurry and crap.. when we're living in the age of HD cameras :/?

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    To save money. Simple as that. Probably 95% of the CCTV's purpose is to discourage criminals from committing the crime in the first place. 3D 1080p HDTV cameras and TV's aren't required to do that. I've been to stores where they have cameras that aren't even plugged in. If there's a crime, it takes a lot less image quality than you think to convince a jury.

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Good point! they should be as clear as possible since they're used to catch criminals.

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It will be toooo damn expensive to install HD CCTV cameras :/

Anne Rox ✿ *busy*

yeah i always wondered that :/ we should have blu ray technology!

It is a matter of money. There are two parts to the CCTV system and each has it's own crappy and HD versions, the cameras and the recorder. The difference in price of just a standard resolution camera compared to a HD camera is about 5 to 1. So you can buy a cheap, crappy camera for say around $50 or you can get a cheap, HD camera for around $250. Good cameras with warranty is going to be more. Some cameras are in the $1000 to $2000 range. The recorders are also available in the crappy model and the HD model. For a 16 camera recorder it can be anywhere from $600 for a standard resolution model to $15,000 or more for a top of the line model.

Steve H

They should buy better CCTV

John

who knows.

Scott Evil

Don't know. Never watch it.

♪♫♪The♪♫♪ Duchess

If people have the money to buy HD surveillance cameras, then the images will be better It is all about the investment budget

fhotoace

I have thought that when I have watched Crimewatch on TV in the past, I assumed people would at least have better quality cameras nowadays.

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