Samsung Techwin DVRs specified for Disney Stores

(13/10/2009)

Disney currently has 56 stores located in most major cities of the UK. The stores sell a wide range of merchandise including collectables, toys, clothing and accessories for all ages, home ware, books, DVDs and videos.

Samsung Techwin has announced that its digital video recorders have been specified for the next phase of Disney Stores' UK expansion programme. Subject to the size of the CCTV system, the next phase stores will be equipped with either Samsung Techwin’s SVR-960 nine channel or SVR-1680 sixteen channel DVRs.

Paul Miller, Integrated Solutions Director of Staines based RJ-Pro-Vue Ltd, who have for the last eighteen months been installing all the Disney Stores’ CCTV systems, said: “Up until now we have installed another major DVR manufacturer's machines. We have however a clear brief from Disney Stores that they wish to capitalise on the latest technological advances to create a safe and secure environment for staff and customers, as well as provide a deterrent to would be thieves. Technology has moved on at a rapid pace and our research led us to believe that the latest generation of DVRs manufactured by the professional security division of Samsung Techwin offers the advanced features and functions which best meet Disney Stores’ operational requirements.”

The SVR-960 is capable of recording real-time CIF (352 x 288) resolution images across all nine channels or D1 (704 x 576) resolution across selected channels, whilst the SVR-1680 is capable of delivering real-time D1 resolution across all sixteen channels. They can both multi-stream video over a network using MPEG-4 compression. They also have in-built DVD writers for easy evidence back-up and offer ATM/POS transaction data recording and search facilities.

“A key benefit of Samsung Techwin’s DVRs is that they are supplied with license free SNM-128S Central Management System (CMS) software which makes it very easy for Disney’s security management either on site or remotely to control the DVRs and therefore monitor live images or retrieve recorded video.” added Paul Miller. As its part number suggests, this operator friendly software can facilitate the remote simultaneous display of video from up to 128 cameras. It can, however, be connected to up to 1024 devices which can be standard cameras, IP cameras video servers or DVRs.

RJ-Pro-Vue Ltd has also supplied Samsung Techwin SCC-3100A keyboard controllers which further add to the operational efficiency of each of the CCTV systems with their 3D joystick control, easy-to-use keypads and large character LCD displays.

Commenting on the quality of the Samsung Techwin DVRs, Lee Gamble, Head of Loss Prevention for Disney Stores said: “Both the SVR-960 and SVR-1680 meet our main criteria very well in that they are easy to use, provide excellent remote dial-in facilities and deliver very high quality images. They also give us the option to purchase the hard discs from any source, allowing us to shop around if we need to increase the recording capacity of any of the machines in the future.”

Related topics:  CCTV recording, DVR, VCR, Multiplexers   Surveillance 

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