Camera Manufacturer Comparison

Camera Manufacturer Comparison


Manufacturer

Bandwidth

Stream reliability

Smart Codec

Smart Codec Quality

ONVIF Support

Encoding Profiles

Security

Support

HW Reliability

AXIS

Low

High

ZipStream

High

High

Multiple

Average

High

High

Uniview

Low

High

Ucode

Average

Average

Few (up to 4)

Low

High

High

Hikvision

Average

Average

H.264+

Average

Average

Few (up to 4)

Low

High

High

Hanwha

Low

High

Wisestream

High

Average

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Average

High

High

Dahua

High

Low

H.264+

Average

Average

Few (up to 4)

Low

Average

Average

JUAN

High

Low

NONE

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Average

Few (up to 3)

Low

Low

Low

XM

High

Low

NONE

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Average

Few (up to 3)

Low

Low

Low

TVT

High

Low

NONE

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Average

Few (up to 3)

Low

Low

Low


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