NetVideo: Smile--You're on Candid (IP) Camera!
July 25, 2005

Mozcom announced the availability of its latest model of the NetVideo Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The NetVideo DVR is a network appliance that can replace traditional closed circuit tv (CCTV) video surveillance systems.

The base model supports four (4) standard coaxial cameras with four channel CIF (352 x 240) digital recording. Images can be browsed, managed and played back on standard web browsers like MS Internet Explorer or the bundled software over a wide area IP network.

"NetVideo DVR is easy to install and maintain because it does not require a PC unlike most IP-aware video surveillance systems in the market," said Dick Chiang, COO/CTO of Mozcom. "You just install it in one corner; attach your traditional CCTV cameras to it; and you are ready to monitor your office or your store over the Internet."

Measuring only 168 x 236 x 64 mm, the NetVideo DVR runs on an embedded Linux platform. It uses a customized MPEG-4 chip to provide optimal compression and quality, with low-bandwidth network transmission. High compression results to smaller storage space requirement allowing a unit equipped with a high capacity disk to store up to a month of continuous recording.

Different compression rate and frame rate based on user requirements are supported. A regular analog TV may be connected to the unit for local display. Viewing may be done in single display, quad display, or sequential display of the four attached cameras.

Regular IDE hard drives of up to 200GB are supported. Network storage using FTP or Network Attached Storage (NAS) is also supported. Recording can be continuous, scheduled, manually or event-based triggered. NetVideo DVR has advanced motion detection capability to initiate actions upon motion, such as, start of recording, sending an email, or alerting the remote surveillance station.

For more demanding requirements, Mozcom offers higher-end PC-based models with quad MPEG-4 chips. Higher density models are also available to support 8, 16 or more cameras. Visit http://www.mozcom.com/netvideo.

Established in 1994, Mozcom is the Philippines’ 1st commercial ISP. Its nationwide pure-IP backbone was the first of its kind, and to this day, provides the infrastructure that runs corporate virtual private networks (VPNs), the campus network of the major educational and research institutions, and provides true dialup roaming for mobile users from Northern Luzon to Southern Mindanao. For more information, call 848-2606.