The Amcrest ProHD 1080p Wi-Fi video camera helps you stay in touch with what you love anytime, anywhere. With its quick mobile setup process, you will have secure access to your camera's video stream in no time. Stream live and playback recorded video of your home, your kids, your pets, or your business on the go with the Amcrest View app. Amcrest Cloud offers optional cloud recording with free live viewing and 4 hours of free video storage accessible from any device including Apple Mac, Windows PC, iPhone, iPad or Android devices. Amcrest cameras also record to an internal MicroSD card (not included), upload to an FTP as well as record to any Amcrest [...]

Types Of CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) Cameras and Definition Throughout the early 2000’s consumers saw a surge of prebuilt CCTV type systems come to market. Most of these “Chinese made” CCTV in a box system were okay for the era, but recent technological advancements in CMOS, optics, and DSP technology have rendered many of the systems inadequate even for the most basic installation. It is important to note that what makes or breaks a good CCTV system is the selection of cameras given the particular room or area they will be monitoring. Many factors have to be taken into consideration when making the selection. Today Closed Circuit Television systems and cameras have [...]

What is CCTV? The phrase CCTV is an acronym for Closed Circuit Television although the name is somewhat out of date. Today it is still used to describe a system where live images captured by a camera or group of cameras are viewed, monitor and or recorded but not broadcasted and is restricted to who has access to and or monitoring capabilities. That CCTV system was originally developed by Siemens in the 1940s during World War II to allow the monitoring of several locations within the military base. Some of these facilities included Test Stand VII in Peenemunde, Germany in 1942, for observing the launch of V2-rockets. CCTV systems became more mainstream [...]