| ANALOG |
DIGITAL |
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 Long cumbersome manual search to retrieve footage |
Instantly search by date, time, or event |
| Requirement to purchase videotapes |
Store months of footage at no additional cost |
| Video signal degradation on re-recording or duplication |
No signal or quality loss on recording |
| Risk of lost data with failure to change tapes or record |
Automatically overwrites oldest video footage |
| Poor image quality |
Digital images are much higher quality |
| Inflexible configurations and settings |
Flexible configurations and settings |
| Limited remote monitoring ability |
Remotely view multiple locations from anywhere |
| Lack of redundant off-premises recording capability |
Record video off-premises to a remote server |
| Low storage capacity |
High storage capacity |
| Limited security |
Multiple levels of user security |
| No intelligence |
Intelligent features (motion detection, remote notification) |
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