Arecont Vision reports an industry first with its debut of a full line of H.264 megapixel IP cameras. Comprised of four models offering 1.3, 2, 3 and 5 megapixels, the new line features Arecont Vision's proprietary implementation of H.264 compression technology providing a broad range of video formats and resolutions required for various applications. The new H.264 megapixel cameras support multi-streaming capabilities for the transmission up to 8 H.264 video streams at different video formats, frame rates, and/or resolutions.

   Arecont Vision's new H.264 megapixel camera line applies the company's world-class expertise in the field of FPGA-based hardware image processing. The resulting proprietary H.264 encoder implemented on a single FPGA delivers 80 billion operations per second, a feat that would require 25 Pentium computers. The compression improvement (stream size reduction) with high video resolution is up to 25 times greater than conventional MJPEG compression when capturing a typical street surveillance scene. As a result, a high-quality 3 megapixel video stream at 20fps can be as low as 2 Mbps.

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   ScanSource Security announces the addition of GE Security, Inc to its line card. ScanSource Security will provide the GE's broad line of security solutions to dealers.

   "GE Security is a valuable partner to ScanSource Security, as they have an extensive product line, a strong position in the market and are committed to manufacturing superior security management systems - all of which will be of great benefit to our dealers as they look to deliver comprehensive, integrated security solutions to their end-user customers," comments Tony Sorrentino, vice president of merchandising, ScanSource Security.