Since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic there has been a noticeable rise in crime across the UK. CCTV is a powerful tool in your business’ fight against it and has become a must have for company’s looking to protect their future.
If you have decided to install CCTV you have already taken the most important step but there are still many things you need to get sorted out. The biggest choice facing a business looking to install a commercial CCTV system is whether to install a wired or wireless CCTV system.
Lot of people believe that it is as simple as wired CCTV for commercial sites and wireless CCTV for domestic sites but this is not always the case.
If you only intend to be on the site for a short period of time as a business or operate a company in the construction industry where things change pretty much every day, a full wired CCTV system might not be the most sensible thing and may not even be possible.
Read on to learn more about the benefits of both wired and wireless CCTV technology.
Wired CCTV systems
Wired CCTV is the most traditional form of CCTV, with cables powering and connecting CCTV cameras to a central monitoring screen or screens located on site.
That isn’t to say that wired CCTV can’t be integrated with cutting edge technology. It certainly can be and alarm monitoring, movement detection, and shape identification are all common in systems installed by professional companies such as trust hire security.
The pros of wired CCTV over wireless include:
- Reliability – There is a much lower risk or interference or tampering with a wired CCTV system than with a wireless one. It’s not impossible but it is unlikely.
- Consistency – Lost signal, poor transmission quality? All extremely rare with wired CCTV systems.
- Affordability – If you are looking to install a CCTV system that will last you for many years to come, wired CCTV is a great investment. Short term, wireless CCTV probably has an edge but wired systems have the durability factor on their side.
Wireless CCTV
Wireless CCTV systems come in all different shapes and sizes from the ring doorbell on the front door of your home to high-quality CCTV towers protecting major infrastructure projects and commercial premises.
Wireless CCTV is much more flexible and customisable than wired systems. If you go down the CCTV tower route, you will also save much more money in the short term as you will rent the system from a security firm rather than purchasing the system outright. Once you no longer need it, back it goes.
These systems are easy to install, fully scalable and can be altered, moved, or taken down at a moment’s notice. On the potential downside, they can be slightly less reliable than a wired system but this isn’t the case when you do your research and pick the best possible security firm with a great track record of CCTV tower production.