Year by year and month by month, two factors impact the declining cost of analog CCTV security equipment:

• component cost reduction

• migration to IP video from analog video

That means great deals for security professionals that are still...

Our inside sales support team is crucial to our success.

Rick Buehler and Joe Veiga are available at our office to support our outside sales team as well as direct customer inquiries.

Tom Fontana took a few minutes recently to get to know Joe a...

"Where is the security camera encoding process done?"

Depending on security project requirements, the migration to or adoption of IP video security surveillance can bring many challenges.  

If there are existing analog cameras, then an IP encoder can...

Get the inside scoop on the current state of available perimeter protection technology with pros/cons, application ideas and design tips.

Sean Murphy and Tom Mechler recently discussed uses of Bosch technologies to detect intrusion in Security Sales...

"How long will my security camera last?"

Investment in video security systems is growing globally.  The cost per device is dropping at the same time that overall investment in the system is often increasing. 

Security device reliability is measured...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chesapeake and Midlantic Marketing, as well as the majority of our manufacturers including Bosch, will be closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, 2015.

We will re-open on Monday, November 30. Please take this into...

Security professionals need to see images from security cameras during the day and at night.

When ambient lighting is low, camera performance is critical. Day/Night IP security cameras are prefered for outdoor video surveillance applications.

In...

"Does the cost of an IP camera increase as the resolution capability of the camera increases?"

"Does the cost include the housing and communication equipment?"

We asked Tom and Joe to answer these two important questions. There are a significant...

Meet Tom. You'll be glad you did.

If you work in the security industry in the Mid-Atlantic region, you may know the name, Tom Fontana.  Find out a little more about Tom in this video.

• tom@midches.com
• (610) 361-0500

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