Eyes on the screen

Bosch monitor unveiled

Bosch Security Systems has launched its MON201CL 20-inch colour LCD flat panel display monitor, which its says offers high resolution and high performance.

The attractive, ergonomic, state of the art monitor includes a 20-inch colour TFT active matrix LCD panel with 800 x 600 pixel resolution. Its LCD panel depth is only 8.64cm, and it comes with a base mount and uses the VESA standard 100mm hole pattern on the back panel to secure it to a wall bracket.

It features a DC power outlet for a 12v DC camera, user-friendly on-screen menus accessible via front panel controls or a remote control transmitter, and a front panel lockout feature to prevent access once the monitor setup is completed.

It includes two looping composite video inputs, two looping audio inputs, and one looping Y/C input, as well as an analogue VGA input.

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Eye on the lobby

Vista's 20.1-inch TFT LCD monitor with built-in colour camera is designed for entrance lobby monitoring. Mark Pritchard, Divisional Director of Vista, says: "The addition of a built-in camera ensures the monitor is easy to set up, while its range of mounting options and lightweight design makes the unit a dream to install."

The Vista VFSM20CAM/DS features a high quality TFT LCD screen, a built-in 1/3-inch high resolution (470TVL) colour camera with integrated varifocal lens (4-8mm) with the option to add another camera remotely to the unit. The unit is fully programmable via remote control and the internal camera features motion detection for optimum surveillance.

The LCD panel has an active display area of 408mm x 306mm with a screen resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and an expected minimum lifetime of 50,000 hours. The screen is viewable from a typical angle of 85 degrees from any direction.

"Style is a prerequisite of many installations in modern and fashionable environments," says Pritchard. "The built-in nature of this monitor's camera adds to its appeal, not simply from the perspective of an easier install, but because its covert nature adds to the overall aesthetics of the installation. Good looks combined with effective monitoring will make this unit highly popular."

Typical applications include retail, designer stores, sports / health clubs, hotels and all public display applications.

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Quality SMT

Samsung Video Security Systems' SMT-170(P) is a professional 17" TFT-LCD Monitor with built-in looping video and audio circuits. This TFT-LCD Monitor can be connected to external devices such as cameras, DVDs, VCRs, etc.

It supports built-in circuits to deal with an analogue asynchronous switching input and is designed to accept a 75mm x 75mm VESA-compliant mounting interface pad.

The SMT-170(P) is equipped with a worldwide compatible power supply allowing it to function in both NTSC and PAL environments and uses a Wise-view TFT LCD panel manufactured by SAMSUNG.

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Wide range of displays

JVC offers a wide range of CRT, LCD and rear projection monitors as part of its CCTV display range.

"A strong part of JVC's business is the wide range of displays offered across a number of screen sizes and categories," says Yash Patel, Executive director, CCTV Europe at JVC Professional Europe Ltd.

"The JVC wide range gives customers the chance to select the screen size they need and the technology they want to use, be it CRT, LCD or projection command wall."

JVC maintains a commitment to CRT monitor development, and says that for security applications there is still a large demand for high quality and cost effective monitoring. Its monitors offer a high end, low cost solution, the company says.

The CRT monitors come on sizes ranging from 10-inch, 15-inch, 19-inch and 20-inch. The LCD monitor range offers extremely high resolution images, space saving design and consume low amounts of power. They come in varying sizes including 15-inch and 17-inch.

The JVC command wall incorporates the lightweight, low power consumption DLA-SX21 projector and CinePro screens. It uses JVC's D-ILA projection technology.

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Enter the Predator

Zandar's Predator VC16 is a real time high resolution multi-image display processor that can handle computer data sources.

The Predator VC16 handles 16 video inputs (including composite and s-video and up to four computer sources) and manipulates them for display on a single screen using a projector or display device. The MultiViewer processes information in full motion and in real-time, producing high resolution images of up to SXGA (1,280 x 1,024 pixels).

Enhanced viewing for operators is achieved and the MultiViewer eliminates the restrictions of desktop viewing commonly associated with the more traditional CRT monitors.

Screen layouts can be flexibly managed to suit the needs of every security system with the availability of preset. Network control software can be utilised for larger control rooms where more than one Predator VC16 MultiViewer is installed and requires centralised control.

Designed for future expansion, unlike multiplexers or screen splitters, the unit can be expanded to add four additional composite video or S-video channels or four RGB HV or DVI computer graphic inputs, meaning 20 sources can be monitored.

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Robust and reliable

CBC has a range of ZM-CR range of Ganz colour monitors, designed to provide high quality images and to be robust and highly reliable.

Four sizes are available - 9", 14", 15" and 21" - and all come in sturdy metal casing. The monitors all work with both PAL and NTSC signals, and operate in a voltage range of 100-240V AC.

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All new LCD

Panasonic has introduced a new 43.2cm (17-inch) LCD colour monitor, the WVLC1710, which comes equipped with a 1,280 x 1,024 high-resolution SXGA panel, 500 TV lines of horizontal resolution, and 8-bit full colour display, plus proprietary Panasonic image-processing technology that delivers images with greater sharpness and clarity.

It also comes equipped with three video terminals (composite, S-Video and Y/Cb/Cr component video) plus RGB for PC input, audio output and a Max. 0.5W built-in speaker.

Its real-time Picture in Picture (PIP) feature allows simultaneous viewing of surveillance camera images and PC screens. The PIP window can be placed in any of the panels four corners. Buttons on the front of the monitor and seven language menus make settings and adjustments simple. It can be used as a desktop monitor, or with an optional bracket, can be mounted on an EIA 19-type rack mount, or wall-mounted using a locally supplied standard VESA bracket. A security slot in the back allows insertion of an industry-standard anti-theft lock. Power consumption is 43W, and the monitor is only 70mm thick.

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Professional widescreen

Eneo's 16:9 professional TFT Widescreen Monitors boast a very clear graphical display, and are housed in elegant metal housings. All three sizes (17-inch,23-inch and 30-inch)have a VGA input as well as analogue video outputs (4 x CVBS, Y/C).

All monitors in this series are equipped with a built-in 4-channel real-time multiplexer. The multi-language on-screen menu can be used to configure the full-screen view options in 16:9 and 4:3 formats and multi-screen with a digital zoom 2x function.

It is possible to combine four analogue images arranged side-by-side with a PC Desktop. The 23-inch Public View Monitor has, in addition to a multiplexer, a built-in 1/3-inch colour camera with integral varifocal lens.

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Built-in triplex

Genie CCTV has launched its new CLM-154 15 inch (38cm) TFT LCD monitor with built-in 4 channel triplex DVR which can record, view control, playback, store and transmit pictures from up to four cameras simultaneously.

It can be used as a single stand-alone system or networked as part of a larger video surveillance system and is equipped as standard with a 250GB hard disk capacity, with a larger HDD as an option. It uses high performance MPEG4 compression technology giving broadcast quality TV imaging and can store up to seven days of video recording in real time at a resolution of 704 x 288 at 50fps.

The CLM-154 is suitable for a wide range of applications and features include: RJ45 or BNC video camera input; P/T/Z control; continuous, motion detection and sensor activated recording modes; 1, 4-channel or auto switching modes; extensive alarm handling; and wireless remote control operation if required. Genie CCTV says the CLM-154 is very easy to install and configure.

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