At its inception, CCTV technology was nowhere near as advanced as it is today. The camera enclosures were very bulky and the images they recorded were low resolution, mono colored, and consisted of very few frames per second. These original CCTV cameras were fixed to their mounts and they were not able to rotate or track people or object. In the modern world today, however, technology is such that any home CCTV Kit can have ultra-high resolution video recording technology built into miniature cameras. These cameras can be set to automatically follow interesting events happening in the areas surrounding them. To be more concise, modern CCTV security systems are so far ahead of the original models that they can almost be considered an entirely different type of technology.

CCTV was first implemented midway through WW2 and it was initially used to observe military outposts and bases where top secret information was stored. Gradually over the years it then filtered through society, starting with the wealthy elite who could afford to implement these expensive video recorders at their large estates. As time has approached the present day, it then spread to medium sized enterprises and onto small businesses, and now the cost has lowered to the point where home owners and small businesses can install a CCTV kit for a fraction of what the price once was.

The arrival of the CCTV kit heralds an ease of installation and use that was previously unknown. The quality of the recorded video is fast approaching that of modern HD televisions and tapes have made way for Digital Video Recorders (DVR’s) that capture all footage onto internal computer hard discs. Add to this the trend that wireless IP CCTV kits are now available, which eliminate the need for wires to link the cameras and the recording device, and you can see how different the CCTV industry has become.

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