Dome IP Camera Selection

Dome ip cameras are similar to analog dome security cameras in their shape and form but that's about it. Once you remove the cover you will see that instead of a video out bnc connector there is a RJ45 connector to plug into the network. IP dome cameras vary on pricing based on the manufacturer, features like resolution and most importantly compression. Mpeg4 is the most popular video compression, but now the ip camera manufacturers are releasing cameras with H.264 compression. The great thing about the H.264 compression is that the packet size of this compression is 1/3 the size of a Mpeg4 compression. That translates into more storage space for video