NVT Moving You Forward

Network Video Technologies (NVT) is the "Kleenex Brand" of the UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) market for video security.  NVT manufacturers baluns that convert analog video signals allowing either video, power and data to be transmitted over ordinary, unshielded telephone wire.  There is a wide range of products to choose from dependent on your video transmission needs and wire selection.

Think IP Cameras and NVR technology are hurting NVT's business?  Well their business keeps increasing year after year.  What's one of the reason for this?  Integrators are using NVT's transmitters and receivers in new installations so a migration path is available for a full-blown IP camera system down the road......not to mention the labor cost savings over installing potentially heavy coax cable.

So how does this all work?  Check out this diagram of a typical application of NVT's NV-16PS10-PVD (16-Channel Power Supply Cable Integrator Hub):

NVT's PVD Hub, with the proper transmitter at the camera end, allows up to 16 cameras per hub to be powered and the video transmitted over, let's say, a CAT-5e cable.  Installers are planning on using this same cable structure down the road when they migrate the customer from analog over to IP.

A few tips.......to help protect yourself with future IP camera and NVR technology it's recommended to use CAT-6 if possible (CAT-5e at a minimum given where everything is headed these days).  Equally important....an IP camera can only be transmitted about 300 feet away from the network switch, so watch your UTP cable runs and plan ahead for any necessary IDFs!  Doesn't mean you can't transmit a camera over 3,000 feet of UTP with NVT today, just means to have the necessary points planned to build in your IT network later.

See NVT's website for additional information on NVT applications and technical data.