A quad is an accessory to your surveillance
system that splits a video monitor into 4 screens.
Without a quad you would only be able view one
camera at a time. A quad is only needed when
you are using more than one camera and using
a VCR or VISEC to record or when you are only
monitoring and not recording at all. Below are
two examples of how a quad works:
This is a surveillance
system that is monitored only:
This is a surveillance
system recording and monitoring:
The quads that we carry are high
resolution real time quads that support up to
4 cameras. You also have the ability to playback
and zoom in on recorded video.
There are other products out there
that can split a screen more than four ways.
However, video quality worsens the more ways
you split a screen.
A quad is not needed when using
a Digital
Video Recorder because DVRs have a built-in
quad. |