Security Products Readers' Choice Award
Every year, Security Products spotlights those products deemed most interesting and relevant to our readers. The 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards highlight a wide array of products from leading manufacturers in the security industry.
Our readers voted for the product winners throughout the year by responding via the magazine’s readers’ service cards or on the site. Check out the winning products below. Congratulations to all the winners.
Sperry West
Spyder SW2600DVR
The Spyder SW2600DVR from Sperry West can be set to only record motion or continuous activity. With a 4 GB SD card, the camera records up to five hours of video. The camera comes with a 12-volt power supply, battery back-up system and remote control. Recordings can be downloaded to an SD card.
Vicon Industries Inc.
Vicon SMS
Vicon’s new IP-based access control management system, Vicon SMS, is designed for seamless integration with ViconNet video surveillance networks. The product automatically triggers ViconNet recording of access control events and allows for easy call-up of corresponding video.
Inscape Data Corp.
AirEther SB54
Inscape Data’s new outdoor dual-band multimode wireless base station, AirEtherTM SB54, features a wireless bridge that is designed for outdoor video security applications with transmission distance from 100 meters to 50 kilometers. The bridge is based on the IEEE 802.11 a/b/g standards operating on 2.4 or 5 GHz. The SB54 is highly cost effective with WPA2 encryption and other key features, including RF site survey and integrated 12 dBi panel antenna. The station is IP-68 compliant, supports temperature ranges between -40 and 85 degrees Celsius and is PoE ready.
SECO-LARM
DP-121Q
The DP-121Q displays an image of a visitor in real time on the phone’s monitor. A built-in microphone and speaker on the camera lets users communicate with visitors and grant them entry with a push of a button. The camera turns on automatically when a visitor calls or can be turned on manually to provide surveillance of an entrance. The video door phone comes with a single monitor and a camera. Other features include six LEDs built into the camera for nighttime operation, a CCD camera chip, adjustable contrast, brightness and ringer volume as well as a built-in camera-angle adjustment.
SDi
Smokesabre
Smokesabre®, a solution to problems previously associated with aerosol smoke detectors, eliminates harmful residue and focuses on targeting test gas at the detector. Smokesabre offers more tests per can, faster detector activation and clearing, and lowest cost per test; the product is UL listed, manufacturer endorsed and made from biodegradable plastic.
Centronics
DSK-15
The DSK-15 remote CCTV/surveillance kit comes complete with four day/night, waterproof cameras, a four-channel DVR, cables, four camera brackets, or remote control, and a user CD. The unit is Internet ready for remote surveillance, has an on-screen display, is alarm system compatible and is shipped with a 160 GB hard drive. The system can be integrated with Windows Vista and XP.
SecuraKey
ET9
The ET9 midrange reader (ET9-RO-W-MR) is an ISO 15693 compliant contactless smart-card reader designed for indoor or outdoor applications such as parking and entry doors. The product provides better a read range of comparably priced wall-switch sized readers, a low-profile housing design and a standard SIA Wiegand interface, compatible with the Secura Key SK-ACP two-door access control panel, or any standard access control panel.
MobiDEOS Inc.
MobileCamViewer
The MobileCamViewer 3.0 from mobiDEOS lets users watch and control their security cameras from their mobile phones. It connects a mobile phone with popular IP cameras and DVRs/NVRs such as Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Axis, Dedicated Micros, Milestone, Vivotek, Toshiba and Canon. The software is compatible with BlackBerry smartphones.
Axis Communications
AXIS P33
Axis Communications’ new AXIS P33 network cameras are a series of indoor- and outdoor-ready fixed dome cameras designed for quick installation with new and unique remote focus and zoom capabilities. Offering HDTV video quality and unique remote focus, the cameras are specifically designed for efficient installation in both indoor and harsh outdoor environments.
LOREX Technology
LW2002
LOREX’s LW2002 is a portable wireless monitoring system that uses a 2.4-inch color LCD monitor and a camera that transmits audio and video wirelessly. It is equipped with night vision, a built-in microphone and can be battery powered. The system can be used alone, connected to a TV or integrated with an existing surveillance system.