{"id":3480,"date":"2021-09-14T10:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbc.a1securitycameras.com\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2023-11-21T08:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T08:06:14","slug":"hd-cctv-technologies-hd-cvi-hd-tvi-hd-ahd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/hd-cctv-technologies-hd-cvi-hd-tvi-hd-ahd\/","title":{"rendered":"HD-CCTV Differences: HD-CVI vs HD-TVI vs HD-AHD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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HD-CCTV or High Definition-Closed Circuit Television is analog CCTV\u2019s answer to the\u00a0IP security camera<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0high definition image quality. This technology can transmit uncompressed high-definition video over point-to-point coaxial cables. However, the most significant benefit we saw at the advent of HD-CCTV was that\u00a0newer\u00a0HD-CCTV cameras<\/a>\u00a0did not need cabling upgrades. This is because the original coaxial cables from the CCTV era had enough unused data spectrums to be used for the new HD-CCTV cameras. This made it easy to install brand new cameras while not needing to overhaul your entire cabling system. When considering how much time and money some have invested into their CCTV systems, this was a huge deal!<\/p>\n

The race to produce HD-CCTV standards first gave us HD-SDI. It is a significant development, but we will focus on HD-CVI, HD-TVI, and HD-AHD as these are the most powerful analog technologies currently going into the future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is HD-CVI?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. 300-500m coax cable distance<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. 720p up to 60fps, 1080p up to 30fps<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. PTZ control signals transmitted over coaxial<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. No transmission delay<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    HD-CVI (Composite Video Interface) was developed by\u00a0Dahua<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in 2012 and began to see wide release in 2014. This technology was a breakthrough for CCTV cameras. It brought HD images and allowed high-definition analog images to travel well over four hundred and even five hundred meters of cable. (Once an image is traveling far enough, it begins to need boosts to help it get through.) HD-SDI, a digital technology that got its first footing in the late 80s, could only send these same images up to 100m. With composite video transmission technology, all information, including video, audio, and serial data, could be sent down just one line of cable.<\/p>\n

    (Note: image quality tends to weaken as it travels over longer distances. The first thing that a user will usually notice is a warped contrast, usually by way of fading. Black lines and shadowing will soon follow suit. This is why it is a good idea to choose a suitable cable for the job. RG59 Siamese cables are most recommended, while the standard RG59\u2019s will pull their weight up until around 250-300ft.\u00a0Cat5e<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Cat6e<\/a>\u00a0are serviceable up to 50-100ft. After that, the image quality will continue to decline. Also, cables should be kept away from high voltage sources as they may cause distortions or rainbow colors to appear.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    What is HD-TVI?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    1. 300-500m coax cable distance<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. 720p up to 60fps, 1080p up to 30fps<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. PTZ control signals transmitted over coaxial<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. No transmission delay<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      It wasn\u2019t long for other forms of HD-CCTV to begin popping up on the market. HD-TVI (Transport Video Interface) was developed by Techpoint and adopted by many manufacturers, most notably Hikvision \u2013 Dahua\u2019s primary competitor. Hikvision is the largest manufacturer of HD-TVI in the world.\u00a0LTS Security<\/a>\u00a0is the biggest reseller of their products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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      What is HD-AHD?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      1. 300-500m coax cable distance<\/strong><\/li>\n \t
      2. 720p up to 60fps, 1080p up to 30fps<\/strong><\/li>\n \t
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      4. No transmission delay<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThen came AHD (Analog High Definition), developed by NextChip, a Korean manufacturer. AHD is interesting because most of its distribution has come in the form of no-name brands. However, it was recently adopted by\u00a0Hanwha Vision<\/a>, making the technology considerably more legitimate as far as mainstream markets and long-term sustainability go. In addition, HD-AHD cameras are very cheap and are intended to occupy the low-end market.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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        So what are the primary differences between these technologies? You may have noticed that none of the technical specs really differentiate from each other. There are minute differences in what chips or image sensors they\u2019re using, but ultimately, there\u2019s not enough to make a point of it for the end-user. Now, suppose you were to ask the individual vendors and manufacturers. In that case, they\u2019d probably have enough to fill your ear for days (sometimes splicing in enough animosity to give the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a run for its money!). But what if you\u2019re just an end-user looking for a solution to your security camera problems? Well, by 2015 and heading into 2016, you can be reliably assured that most analog HD cameras will offer up to 1080p image quality and can transmit data over 500m+ of distance. These resolutions will only get better as time goes on, too!<\/p>

        What concerns you as a customer is the split in how these technologies encode their videos or, to be more specific, in their\u00a0DVRs (Digital Video Recorder)<\/a>. While IP cameras can encode from the camera itself, as IP cameras are essentially tiny computers,\u00a0HD-CCTV<\/a>\u2019s send their data to DVRs for encoding. The problem is that each technology must use its own DVR. So, for example, you cannot cross an HD-CVI camera with an HD-TVI DVR. This is important because the consumer will be sticking with the technology they purchase first.<\/p>

        (Note:\u00a0Initially,<\/em>\u00a0even old\u00a0CCTV<\/strong>\u00a0cameras<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0did not work with newer digital video recorders, but some newer DVRs have amended this. For example, HD-CVI\u2019s Tribrid DVR, which supports analog, HD analog, and IP channels. Having such a DVR allows one to slowly upgrade their camera system instead of being forced to do a total system replacement just because of a bottleneck at the DVR. However, no new DVR has yet to allow these three HD-CCTV technologies to communicate with one another. Therefore, if you buy an HD-DVR for HD-CVI technology, then you should stick with HD-CVI cameras (or otherwise, you will need to buy a new HD-DVR!).<\/p>

        Another significant difference is just who, precisely, is manufacturing these technologies. HD-CVI products are both developed and manufactured by\u00a0Dahua<\/a><\/strong>. Based out of China, Dahua surprisingly does very little marketing, although their HD-CVI technology can at times be found masked by behind other names like HD-AVS or HD-MPX.<\/p>

        Conversely, HD-TVI was developed by Techpoint, but Techpoint is a chipset manufacturer. HD-TVI products are instead sold through other manufacturers, most notably Hikvision, which, as mentioned, is the largest camera manufacturer in the world, and\u00a0LTS<\/strong>\u00a0Security<\/strong>\u00a0Cameras<\/strong><\/a>, which stands as the largest reseller. HD-TVI was also made to be open-source, so there are a\u00a0lot\u00a0<\/em>of smaller manufacturers moving HD-TVI products around the market. HD-AHD is the most notorious for being distributed by no-name brands, which means its price point is also considerably lower than its two competitors. However, as mentioned before, HD-AHD was also recently picked up by\u00a0Hanwha Vision\u00a0<\/a>(<\/b>Samsung<\/a>\u00a0Hanwha<\/a>), which makes it much more formidable on the market today and especially going forward.<\/p>

        So what\u2019s with the boring manufacturing talk? Generally speaking, while these cameras have few technical differences, you are likely to see\u00a0quality<\/em>\u00a0issues depending on who you are buying them from. A no-name cheap brand is definitely going to be more interested in cutting costs to ship out a low-cost product. You don\u2019t just magically cut manufacturing costs; quality will be taking a hit somewhere. You, the customer, just need to keep in mind that you get what you pay for. If you\u2019re seeing giant gaps in pricing between similar products, then you also need to be looking at who is manufacturing the product.<\/p>

        Ultimately, these technologies are not that different from one another. You can really drive it down to the overly detailed technical levels, if you want, and debate about the differences between PO3100K+DH9801 and OV9712+NVP2431H sensors, but it\u2019s just not that important to the average camera consumer.\u00a0What most needs to be understood are these two factors<\/strong>:<\/p>

        1. Digital video recorders cannot communicate across technologies.<\/strong><\/li>
        2. A manufacturer\u2019s reputation is crucial to purchasing a reliable product.<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

          Please refer to our\u00a0Security Camera Manufacturers with Country of Origin<\/a>\u00a0section for a list of reputable sellers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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            HD-CCTV or High Definition-Closed Circuit Television is analog CCTV\u2019s answer to the\u00a0IP security camera\u2019s\u00a0high definition image quality. This technology can transmit uncompressed high-definition video over point-to-point coaxial cables. However, the most significant benefit we saw at the advent of HD-CCTV was that\u00a0newer\u00a0HD-CCTV cameras\u00a0did not need cabling upgrades. This is because the original coaxial cables from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,101],"tags":[163,161,162,151],"class_list":["post-3480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-guides","category-information","tag-hd-ahd","tag-hd-cctv","tag-hd-cvi","tag-hd-tvi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3480"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13181,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions\/13181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}