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The top 10 live web cameras on Streamdays.com as voted by you, the viewer in March 2007.

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Video Servers are useful devices.

What they can do is simple. The can transform your existing analogue CCTV cameras into powerful network IP cameras by digitizing the analogue video stream to send digital images over an IP network such as a LAN or the Internet.

Watch your existing cameras over the internet!

This allows the viewer to watch live feeds from their existing cameras using a regular Internet browser, on the network or even across the Internet!

The benefits don’t stop there though… Simultaneous viewing of your video streams can be enjoyed by those accessing the video server from different locations, and even Pan Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) cameras are supported and can be controlled remotely by those who are authorized to do so.

Advanced Features

Because the existing analogue cameras are now digitally controlled through the video server they now have many more advanced features. Motion detection and event triggering for example will notify the owner that the camera has detected movement and send an alert accordingly, ideal if you want to monitor your office, shop, manufacturing line or many other areas which require discrete monitoring.

Go Digital!

I’m sure you’ll agree that there are many benefits to adding a video server to your existing CCTV system, and if you have the cameras already, a cost effective solution for an IP based network camera solution.

Look at some of the video servers we have in stock right now for more information:

Axis 240Q - 4 Port Video Server
Axis 241S - 1 Port Video Server
Axis 241SA - 1 Port Video Server with audio support
Axis 241Q - 4 Port Video Server
Axis 241QA - 4 Port Video Server with audio support
Axis 243SA - 1 Port Video Server
Sony SNT-V704 - 4 Port Video Network Station with audio support

AXIS INCREASES WARRANTY COVER FROM 1 TO 3 YEARS

Axis Communications announced on March 15th that it has increased the warranty period on its network video products from 1 to 3 years. The new, three-year hardware warranty applies to purchases made from January 1, 2007 and onwards. It is applicable to all Axis network video products except for the Axis 206 and Axis 207/207W/207MW network Cameras.

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Aberdeenshire’s Banff Harbour Webcam has gone live utilising Streamdays Webcam Hosting. A high-zoom PTZ was used to best capture the harbour and the surrounding areas.

We’re sure the North Sea and the North wind will give it a battering. As a weather cam this one is great and recreational mariners are advised to check the camera before venturing out of their cosy homes!

It looks mighty rough out there…

We’re always on the lookout for interesting uses for IP cameras and webcams and while on holiday in New Zealand last month this one caught my eye.

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We wondered how long it would take. It’s now possible, so long as you pop your clogs in County Down, to have your tearful send-off webcast to the online masses - or, we hope, just to your loving friends and family.

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Winter will be leaving us soon (did it ever really arrive?) and what better way to see it out than to ski the French Alps, or even better, do it from the warmth and comfort of your own home?

The Ski La Source live webcam shows amazing views of Mont Blanc and the valleys and while there has been less slow this year than of late the skiing is good and the views remain spectacular.

This camera has been offline during the winter but has emerged from hibernation resplendent as a newborn and with crisp, clear images of some of the finest views in the Alps, is not to be missed.

As avid rhino-cam watchers we were proud to be watching when Paignton Zoo’s heavily pregnant Black rhino, Sita, gave birth to a baby girl rhino. The birth is part of an endangered species programme at the Zoo.

A dedicated team of rhino watchers kept a close eye on Sita, and on the webcam, during the run up to the birth.

Infra-red lights on the camera made sure that images were captured at crucial parts of the birth

With only around 4,000 black rhinos left in the wild this is an important step in the conservation of these magnificent creatures and shows how webcams can bring people closer to the animal kingdom of which we are part, and help conservation efforts locally as well as globally.

See more on the birth and rhino conservation >>

We are often asked why we only stock network camera products from the big boys: namely Axis, Panasonic and Sony. The reasons, for us, are simple and clear: reliability.

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