What is the Best CCTV System for Home Offices?

Many of us have shifted elements of our business operations to home working set-ups over the last year, and this shift in working is likely a long term one. Having installed computers, printers, and paper storage, along with an array of business-critical items and facilities, our homes should be just as secure as our business premises.

As well as an extensive selection of professional CCTV systems available for businesses, there is an expanding array of security devices making their way onto consumer markets, including Nest and Ring solutions.

But what is the best home CCTV system for today’s home-working environments?

Consumer Solutions - From Ring to Nest
These two brands provide some great solutions to help you monitor the security of your home. Ring offers a selection of doorbells, doorbell cameras, as well as camera security systems.

Nest offers Nest Secure: an alarm system that utilises a base station that includes a motion detector, with detect sensors for doors and windows, and with Nest Tags detecting motion.  

Both of these brands are accessible, easy-to-operate and effective, up to a certain point.

Professional Home CCTV
Professional CCTV can extend the same levels of quality and security you’d expect in industrial and business settings, to your home. It provides a wider range of options for your home-working environment, including a choice of camera units, along with enhanced storage, playback and monitoring options. The most significant choice is between AHD CCTV Cameras for high-quality recording, and IP CCTV Cameras, especially for relaying footage over networks, such as the Internet.

So let’s break the two types of professional cameras down…

AHD CCTV Cameras
AHD CCTV cameras (Analog High Definition) are standard video surveillance cameras that relay high definition footage via coax cables to DVRs and other storage devices. 

They are available in various bullet and dome housings, with a lens to capture any perspective.

AHD CCTV cameras connect to large hard drive, or DVDr storage devices, therefore, they capture high definition footage ideal for detailed reference, as well as legal evidence.  

IP CCTV Cameras
IP CCTV Cameras, or Internet Protocol Cameras, are like AHD Cameras but are enhanced webcam-style digital cameras, meaning they transmit and receive data over a network, like the Internet.

IP Cameras are also available in various rugged styles including dome, bullet and turret housing. They also come with lens options, as well as various aspect resolutions resulting is a home CCTV solution ideal for any indoor or outdoor, near or close-field application.

IP CCTV Cameras enable you to observe live footage of your home-working premises and environment over desktop computers at any location, and there are also numerous solutions that provide their own smartphone app. Your professional home CCTV system can also be extended to remotely control doors, lights, gates, and even your audio system.

Professional CCTV systems take home-working surveillance a step further with advanced software options, including ‘deep learning’ which encompasses human and vehicle detection and recognition.

To learn more and to secure your home-based business, click here to speak to a member of our team now. We can talk you through all the CCTV options, resulting in a system that you, your household, and your business can truly rely on!