The new Surveillance Camera Code of Practice was published today, with police and public authorities in the UK set to be subject to it. Under the new code they will have to prove that a system’s technical capabilities are “proportionate”…
Yearly Archives: 2013
The Advantage of HD CCTV Images (Pictures)
Everyone is always super enthusiastic about the specifications of HD CCTV (Be it IP based, Analogue based or HD-SDI), but spec sheets can be a little bit overwhelming to most people. What is important is what HD CCTV will do…
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A Fully Installed 4 Camera HD-SDI CCTV system for £1600!
From today, Astbury are able to offer a complete entry level 4 Camera HD-SDI CCTV installation from the extraordinary price of £1600 Plus VAT! Astbury HD-SDI CCTV systems can capture 4 times the amount of detail over that of a…
3 Men went to IFSEC 2013….
Good morning, Yesterday, in the wind and rain, three men braved the elements and attended the event that was IFSEC 2013 at the Birmingham NEC. Despite huge delays on the southbound M6 due to continued roadworks (filling the many many potholes I believe!)…
CCTV Evidence does work!
This morning we received a letter through the post from the Criminal Justice System thanking our staff for their assistance in recovering footage from one of our CCTV systems that had been installed in a large residential home for one of our…
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Free-to-air satellite growing fast in UK
Freesat added 150,000 homes in the last 12 months, taking its total to 1.7 million homes. This accounts for 6% of UK households but does make the free-to-air satellite service the fastest growing established TV platform in the country. Freesat…
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Curved TV Screens? Why not!
LG to start selling curved OLED TVs in South Korea LG Electronics says it will begin deliveries of curved OLED television sets next month, making it the first to offer such a product to the public. The use of organic…
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Retuning Instructions for most Digital TV Receivers
Have you been affected by the recent frequency re-allocation at Winter Hill and Keighley transmitters (and their associated relay / relief transmitters)? Are you having trouble retuning your freeview receiver, whether its a separate ‘set-top-box’ or is built into the TV set…
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Communal aerial systems still affected by the BBC ‘retune’?
Following the re-allocation of 2 multiplexes on the Winter Hill and Keighley Transmitters (And their subsequent relay transmitters), a number of properties are still not able to receive the BBC channels on their new frequencies; Why is this? The huge majority of people…
Posted in IRS+ Upgrades, TV
10th April 2013 retune for Winter Hill, Keighley TV transmitters and relays
To allow for the launch later this year of 4G mobile broadband, changes are being made to some digital TV transmitters. Many viewers in the North West of England (as well as parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands) will have…
