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Field Marshal Dr. Opti

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Crimewatch.
« on: 28 July 2015, 22:03:36 »
My question is this.

Why in 2015 is the picture quality on CCTV so piss poor?

Grainy image after grainy image. :-\

Surely the technology exists to produce pin-sharp images.
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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #1 on: 28 July 2015, 22:16:51 »
Cost mostly... Cheap cameras and cheap storage media for low resolution images...
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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #2 on: 28 July 2015, 22:21:06 »
Quote from: Harris K Telemacher on 28 July 2015, 22:16:51
Cost mostly... Cheap cameras and cheap storage media for low resolution images...

You can buy a camera from the local petrol station  for a fiver that will take sharper images.

Even the security image from the bank was as grainy as fook. :-\



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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #3 on: 28 July 2015, 23:34:50 »
It,s like putting your old VCR on extra long play, the more you try and put on it, the crappier,(if that,s a proper word :-\)
the images are.
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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #4 on: 28 July 2015, 23:49:20 »
Its a pain in the head compromise. To get nice clear pictures you need have a camera with adjustable focus of which someone has to zoom in and out of. If you just want to record then you use a wide angle lens which gives you an overall view of a situation. 4k cameras are coming on to the market, of which then needs terabytes of storage to keep it for any length of time.
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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #5 on: 29 July 2015, 04:31:16 »
My road hawk dash cam takes lovely footage? ::)
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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #6 on: 29 July 2015, 04:41:24 »
Quote from: biggriffin on 29 July 2015, 04:31:16
My road hawk dash cam takes lovely footage? ::)
Their quad cam hard drive system looks smart... 8)
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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #7 on: 29 July 2015, 13:13:48 »
Institutions such as banks can surely afford the very best. They make billions each year.

Yet still we see pathetic grainy images of  a person who could be anyone from Frank Bruno to Snow White.
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Re: Crimewatch.
« Reply #8 on: 29 July 2015, 14:18:57 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 29 July 2015, 13:13:48
Institutions such as banks can surely afford the very best. They make billions each year.

Yet still we see pathetic grainy images of  a person who could be anyone from Frank Bruno to Snow White.

Not sure about that.  Say the difference is between a £100 camera and a £300 one.  Lets say an average of 10 cameras per site, then multiply that by the number of branches and factor in the number of offices/call centers which will have even more......... for Barclays alone, assuming those figures are realistic, you are looking at a Delta of over £3m
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