May 22, 2025

Sam Glover

The Top 5 Game-Changing Features of UNV CCTV Systems

Installers, are you still updating CCTV firmware manually? Here are 5 reasons why UNV (UniView) is the smartest CCTV system for your next project. ...

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January 17, 2025

Sam Glover

OwlView - Revolutionary Night Vision: See through the Dark with AI

In the world of surveillance technology, achieving clear, full-colour footage in low-light conditions has been the holy grail of security cameras. ...

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September 02, 2022

Ellie Raven

Why is Hikvision Banned? Will Hikvision be Banned in the UK?

Are Hikvision Cameras Any Good?  Update: There are fresh calls to ban HikVision's use in UK institutions as May/July 2022. It is looking increasi...

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June 27, 2022

Ellie Raven

Hanwha Techwin Launches WiseNet X Series of AI Cameras

Hanwha Group is a South Korean conglomerate that is active in a number of industries including construction, finance, aerospace, mechatronics, gree...

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June 09, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

Dahua Technology Review and Features

Dahua is the second-largest producer of CCTV security solutions in the world with an estimated 5.6% market share. Headquartered in Hangzhou, China,...

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May 31, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

Hikvision Camera Reviews, Ratings and Features

Hikvision is the world's leading suppliers of CCTV cameras worldwide. The company is the number one manufacturer and supplier of CCTV security came...

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May 15, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

Hikvision Vs Dahua

Hikvision and Dahua are the world’s leading CCTV manufacturers. In first place sits Hikvision, with a market share of around 20%, followed at a dis...

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May 05, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

Best Wireless Cameras - Best CCTV Camera For Home

In this piece we're going to be taking a look at DiY CCTV Cameras or "The Best Stick Up Cams", if you're interested in professional, commercial or ...

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April 15, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

Best Wireless Alarm Systems In The UK

Securing your home is easy with a wireless alarm system. In the past, getting a home security setup meant calling a professional fitter to install ...

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April 05, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

Hikvision Vs Uniview

Today we’re going to review two of the world’s most popular CCTV camera brands: Uniview and Hikvision. Together, Uniview and Hikvision account for ...

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March 23, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

Why You Need A CCTV Tester Tool?

 If you are undertaking a commercial CCTV installation or maintenance job, having a CCTV tester tool is will ensure the job is done quickly, effici...

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March 03, 2022

Mike CCTVdirect

What Is The Best CCTV Camera Brand In The UK In 2022?

If you want to secure your home or business in 2022 then one thing you’ll need for certain is a high-quality CCTV system that can keep your propert...

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October 27, 2021

mike litson

Construction Site CCTV - What you need to think about when planning CCTV for construction sites

More than £800m a year is lost to construction site thieves, and that was just the 2017 figures* this doesn’t account for the last couple of years ...

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October 20, 2021

mike litson

How to pick good CCTV Installers

There’s no shortage of CCTV installers in Yorkshire, where we’re based, or anywhere in the UK for that matter. And like any trade it can be a compl...

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October 09, 2021

mike litson

Why Make the Switch to 4k CCTV Cameras?

4K CCTV is the latest advancement on the market and the obvious benefits speak for themselves, crystal clear images. But, aside from having crisper...

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October 02, 2021

mike litson

UNV WHITE LIGHT IN STOCK

UNV WHITE LIGHT IN STOCK We’ve released a new range of UNV White Light cameras!The NEW ColorHunter series from UNV has built-in LED’s into the...

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September 29, 2021

mike litson

The Best Wireless Alarm System For Farms

Farm security has always come with several unique difficulties, the large area, limitless access points, half of which can’t be blocked off due to ...

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August 30, 2021

mike litson

CheckMyCCTV

Most installers sell CCTV camera maintenance as an extra package. Historically, a customer would report a fault (after the system has already malfu...

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August 13, 2021

mike litson

Why An Ajax System Makes A Great Shed Alarm

Shed security is always an issue in the UK. Over 22500 shed burglaries are reported every year, and a lot of insurers don’t cover these robberies. ...

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August 05, 2021

mike litson

New AJAX releases

When Ajax revealed their new releases at the event, Everyone around the world got excited.They mentioned a bunch of stuff from products to software...

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July 30, 2021

mike litson

How to Clean CCTV Cameras

In the majority of video quality reduction cases it is a dirty camera lens that is the culprit. Cleaning your cameras is vital in maintaining...

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July 09, 2021

mike litson

UNV Cloud Updates

UNV Cloud Updates Nobody likes having to deal with firmware updates. UNV have made it simple. It takes literally seconds to update UNV camer...

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July 03, 2021

mike litson

EZView Features

In today’s blog post, we’re going to be looking at the EZView mobile app. The app which is exclusive to Uniview, allows you to access CCTV th...

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June 04, 2021

mike litson

Types of CCTV Cameras

According to a study by the College of Policing, CCTV reduces crime by about 21%. Studies show that 16 crimes in 100 are prevented with CCTV instal...

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May 26, 2021

mike litson

Face & Wrist Fever Scanning Solution

Following changes in government guidelines, it's vital that employees are kept safe when returning to work. Their safety is paramount and usi...

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January 09, 2021

mike litson

UNV & Sentinel team up

Our UNV NVR recording solutions are now compatible with the Sentinel platform for 3rd party monitoring.Through the Sentinel platform, our 8-128ch...

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November 27, 2020

mike litson

Geofencing with AJAX

Geofence is a reminder that notifies you to arm or disarm your security system. This is done through GPS and a user-defined boundary. After s...

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October 07, 2020

mike litson

Need To Change The Time On Your CCTV Recorder?

Need To Change The Time On Your CCTV Recorder? You’ve Come To The Right Place!Now that the clocks have changed back an hour to GMT, it’s time...

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June 29, 2020

mike litson

CCTV Cabling Tips

Cabling your CCTV system is often the most challenging part of an installation. We wanted to make it a little bit easier for you by compiling a few...

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May 22, 2020

mike litson

Frames Per Second for CCTV Cameras

What does frame rate mean?Frame rate refers to the number of individual frames that make up one second of recorded video. So, how many frames per s...

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May 02, 2020

mike litson

Corridor Mode - UNV Feature Series

Welcome to the first edition of the UNV feature blog series, in the series we’re going to cover features included across our range of Uniview...

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March 29, 2020

mike litson

Clocks Changing

The clocks are going forward one hour this Sunday at 1am, which in turn means we lose an hour’s sleep! This also means that you may need to c...

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March 02, 2020

mike litson

WHAT IS DNR?

DNR which stands for Digital Noise Reduction is an image processing technique which aims is to eliminate the visible noise from an image.This ...

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February 19, 2020

mike litson

ULTRA STARLIGHT

Let us take a look at the intelligent Ultra Starlight technology. In this blog post, we’re going to be looking at the technology and why you n...

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June 02, 2019

mike litson

Why buy Uniview?

Why is Uniview the best brand on the market?  Starlight Uniview’s 1080P Starlight technology provides crystal clear colour images in extremely lo...

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February 10, 2019

mike litson

Starlight Vs Darkfighter

We know how great the UNV Starlight technology is but that's not enough to convince you.We put our brand new UNV Starlight F1.2 lens bullet c...

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January 05, 2019

mike litson

CCTV Camera Pixels - What Does It All Mean

Understanding PixelsMegapixel is the general term used for any camera that has over 1 million pixels in the sensor. The pixels are organised in a m...

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