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On March 8, 2011, Sony presented in Tokio a new family of image sensors and digital signal processors (DSPs). The new group of components, called Effio System,...

• Video surveillance at a convenience store.
• Let's save VHF antennas.
• Gigabit fiber link.
• Central powering of CCTV cameras.
• How to protect a larger area against intruders?

In November 2011, M2M "working group" was established. Among its members are Eclipse Foundation, Eurotech, IBM, Sierra Wireless. Technical working groups often...

• CCTV in a store - why not megapixel?
• DVB-T antenna system with over hundred outlets.
• Trusted quick assembly connectors from ULTIMODE series.
• How to protect CCTV equipment against overvoltages?
• How to protect your home before holiday trip?
• Problems with GSM coverage in industrial halls.

"Other 3 billion" - it's the part of the world's population that the entrepreneur Greg Wyler wants to make a profit on. He intends to provide Internet access ...

• When to use wireless video monitoring systems?
• Semiprofessional DVB-S-PAL headend in a small hotel.
• How to extend multimode transmission range?
• A universal camera with Effio-E image sensor.
• Mobile access to IP CCTV systems.
• How does DDNS work?

It was presented not in Paris, but in Hong Kong, not powered by Microsoft but by Google, and not manufactured by Nokia but by Samsung. On October 19th, the lar...

• Monitoring of specific sites in a large area.
• Splitting cable TV signal, including DVB-C and the Internet.
• How to split optical signal - FTTH.
• Video surveillance of construction equipment yard and parking lot for trucks.
• How to use alarm connectors in megapixel cameras?
• ULTIAIR - IP video surveillance of roads using wireless transmission.

October 26 is probably the most important day of this year for the global telecommunications. Then, at ITU Telecom World in Geneva, there were announced the wo...

• Professional CCTV system with 32 cameras.
• How to mount antennas to a mast - part 1.
• Extensive monitoring system with central management.
• Transmission of video from multiple analog cameras over one coaxial cable.
• Distributed IP video surveillance system with megapixel cameras.
• Wireless link with an intermediate point.

Stanford University researchers have developed a miniature microscope that allows the study of neural connections in the brain. It has been designed to increas...

• Distributed video monitoring system with 12 cameras.
• Everything what the user should know about Signal DVB-T receivers.
• Coupling glass optical fiber (GOF) and plastic optical fiber (POF) networks.
• A discreet monitoring system.
• Megapixel video surveillance system at a housing development.
• How to transmit 3D video to multiple TVs?

In October, Zeonbud company, the operator responsible for the implementation of digital terrestrial television in Ukraine, launched dozens of digital transmitt...

• Construction site surveillance.
• Antenna system combining satellite and DVB-T signals, with distribution to 4 outlets.
• Apartment building surveillance.
• Retail store video surveillance.
• Free streaming to multiple users.
• Installation of a home GSM repeater without sacrificing living space.

In March 2011, the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology and Department of Physics, Warsaw University, announced information about joint development of ...

• Professional and affordable - SIGNAL DL-8300.
• Shared antenna system (DVB-T+SAT) for eight 2xSAT+TV outlets.
• Quick installation and high reliability - video monitoring of single-family home.
• How to send video from distant cameras in large CCTV systems?
• Detection of suspicious behavior (loitering).
• How to improve LTE connectivity?

This year's satellite and digital TV trade fair SatKrak in Krakow ended on last Saturday, October 15. DIPOL thanks to everyone who visited our booth and partic...

• 1 Gb/s wireless is close - 802.11ac.
• Cheap and effective hybrid CCTV systems.
• Antenna system for areas within a 20-40 km distance from the transmitter, with signal distribution to 4 televisions.
• Video monitoring system for specialized medical centers.
• Powering cameras with high power consumption over long distances.
• Remote access to IP CCTV system via mobile phones.
• Transmission of high-definition signals from several sources with a single HDMI cable.

As every year, the entries were adjudicated by well-known photographer from Krakow, Mr. Pawel Zechenter, who decided on the 1st and 2nd place winners. Another ...

• Weeks of video recordings in a fingernail.
• Protect 701 - not only for vehicles.
• Antenna system for areas with high signal intensity (up to 20 km from high and medium power DVB-T transmitters).
• Choosing the right camera mode.
• Video monitoring of auto dismantling yard.
• Sharing ADSL connection with the use of a TP-LINK router.

The POF-PLUS project aimed at development of new components and transmission technologies for large core (1 mm) plastic optical fiber (POF) in order to impleme...

• Digital MMH-3000 headend in a chain of fitness clubs.
• Signal DVR protects housing development - residential video surveillance.
• How to connect two fiber optic cables? - Quick assembly connectors.
• Intelligent IR illuminators in Sunell cameras.
• IP CCTV system in the "Rynek 16" hotel in Sandomierz, Poland.
• Office WiFi network in 802.11n standard.

Sony has announced the purchase from U.S. company Ziptronix its chip bonding technology. The seemingly irrelevant information covers potential for technologica...

• Three-dimensional content on several televisions.
• Optical fibers - new possibilities for video surveillance.
• How to join two optical fibers? - Mechanical splice.
• How to take advantage of modern CCTV cameras.
• Which kind of CCTV system will be better for the customer, megapixel IP or analog?
• How to wirelessly connect to the Internet provided in the 802.11n standard?

The entries for this edition The rules of participation

• Online poll on the cover of DIPOL 2012 printed catalog.
• How to wirelessly send signal from a DVB-S/DVB-T receiver to another room?
• Comfortable operation of small video monitoring systems.
• How to measure the loss of optical fiber?
• ATR function in cameras with Sony Effio DSP.
• How to create a website with video from a surveillance camera?
• When Fast Ethernet is not fast enough...
• Signal repeaters for systems with no compromise.

Since late August, Hulu OTT subscription service offering access to TV programs through the web in the USA and Japan, has been offered for sale. According to p...

• "Engagingly about Antennas" - we are waiting for your pictures till September 30.
• The latest DVB-T receiver already available in DIPOL store.
• CCTV video amplifiers.
• ULTIMODE Home System - fiber optic network at home. Part 2.
• CCTV camera resistant to overexposure.
• Mobile video surveillance system at air show.
• How to build a Wi-Fi network in n standard?

The IEEE has ratified a new standard enabling data transmission at speed up to 22 Mbps over a distance of 100 km. The transmission will take place in VHF and U...

• "Engagingly about Antennas" - we are waiting for your pictures till September 30.
• Upgrading MATV systems to carry DVB-T.
• DVR controlled from a remote surveillance post equipped with a VGA monitor.
• ULTIMODE Home System - fiber optic network at home. Part 1.
• CCTV over UTP cable.
• How to configure an IP TP-Link camera to be monitored through Nokia phones?

Is it necessary to build CCTV system based on a DVR? Or pay much for specialized services installing the system and then hire the video surveillance staff? Doe...

• "Engagingly about Antennas" - we are waiting for your pictures till September 30.
• How to correctly measure DVB-T signals?
• Protection of CCTV systems against unauthorized access.
• The solution to the problem of voltage surges in CCTV systems.
• How to choose a lens for operation with IR illumination?
• Modern video surveillance system at a housing development.
• How to select the best WiFi router?
• DIPOL at Energetab 2011 - Bielsko-Biala, Poland, September 13-15.

During the last three months we received messages about three events that may permanently change the modern fiber-optic telecommunications. First, in May, the...

• A tower in a "city of beer".
• SMATV system with 240 outlets in the office of an electronics manufacturer.
• The way to eliminate shocks, humming and sparking - Signal galvanic isolator.
• DVRs for the most demanding customers.
• Optical connectors.
• Invisible video surveillance.
• Network video recorders from NUUO.
• How to select the best access point?

The exhibition of the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Jean F. Millet, and Claude Monet in Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, South Korea, is taking place from June to Se...

• A base station and a romantic style.
• How to adapt analog TV systems in hotels and hospitals to DVB-T?
• Full range of CCTV products for the most demanding customers.
• CMRR in video transformers (baluns).
• House monitoring for enjoying summer holidays.
• A backup Internet link.
• A problem with GSM coverage?
• Sintra, Portugal.

250,000 km without accident, with only one fender-bender - a careless driver drove into the back of the car. It seems that the discussion - who are the better ...

• Antennas in Dalmatia.
• RTSP in ATU DVRs.
• Protection of low-voltage installations against power failures.
• Video surveillance in an Egyptian amusement park.
• How to save on phone services?
• Split, Croatia.

At the beginning of last year, Google advanced the idea: "Think Big With a Gig", announcing the intensification of building fixed broadband networks allowing e...

• Antennas in Wadi Musa.
• Lightning flashed... and all conked out!
• IP CCTV cameras have never been so cheap!
• IP door phone.
• Petra, Jordan.

A panoramic camera with a resolution of more than 125 times greater than that used in conventional CCTV systems and a system capable of identifying people in t...

• Tin anniversary of the "Engagingly about Antennas" contest - win the prizes!
• Antennas in an absolute monarchy.
• SMATV system with 60 outlets in an apartment building, based on TERRA MSV equipment.
• Event-triggered high quality recording.
• Central power distribution in large CCTV systems.
• CCTV in a disco.
• GSM repeater in a wind power plant.
• Sultanate of Brunei.

At the beginning of the year, LG showed Optimus 3D smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In March, at CTIA in Orlando, Florida, HTC unveiled a ...

• Antennas in an old town filled with young people.
• SMATV system with 232 outlets.
• Protect 520 - new portable DVR camera.
• Modern IR illuminators for indoor applications.
• IP CCTV system for Vögele Kultur Zentrum in Switzerland.
• A convenient way to extend a HDMI signal over a long distance.
• Oxford, Great Britain.

Anga Cable Show in Cologne, Germany - the "Europe's leading Trade Fair for Cable, Broadband and Satellite" - attracts exhibitors from the telecommunications an...

• Antennas in the smallest state in the world.
• No more problems with programs on adjacent or the same RF channels.
• KWeye - images from DVRs on mobile phones.
• Sunell IP CCD camera compatible with ONVIF standard.
• Wider coverage of wireless network.
• What to do when a television has only one HDMI input?
• State of the Vatican City.

The procedures relating to the adoption of a new version of GigE Vision standard for streaming video and performing control of various devices over Ethernet ar...

• DiSEqC - switching between satellites in individual and multiswitch systems.
• 2MP day/night IP camera - ULTICAM.
• Additional protection for CCTV cameras.
• Automatic license plate recognition.

Wireless technologies have revolutionized telecommunications and human communication. Until recently, it seemed that the delays in the construction of telecomm...

• Antennas on the roofs of old buildings.
• MMH-3000 headend in a chain of fitness clubs.
• Economical surveillance system for a small store.
• Image resolutions of analog cameras with interlaced scanning.
• Wireless day/night IP camera from TP-LINK.
• TP-LINK takes the market by storm!
• Poland.

In mid-April, the Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance handed out the third annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project awards...

• Tin anniversary of the "Engagingly about Antennas" contest.
• Service Information (SI) in DVB systems.
• Management of hybrid systems based on Hikvision DVRs for free!
• Signal-to-Noise (S/N) ratio in CCTV cameras.
• Biometric fingerprint security system.

In Germany, Fraunhofer Institutes in cooperation with Awaiba company have designed a micro-camera with dimensions comparable to the head of a pin. The cube-sha...

• Jaisalmer residents will experience it first hand.
• Recommendations for TV signal levels in subscriber outlets.
• Remote backup of video surveillance data.
• Vandal proof cameras.
• Digifort console.
• Easier power distribution - PoE switch TP-LINK TL-SF1008P.
• India.

Compound eyes are found mainly in insects. An example is the fly's eye, every part of which is in fact a separate "mini - eye" with its own lens, focusing ligh...

• Antennas in floating villages.
• Distribution of HD signals in several areas.
• Remote reading of meters, indicators etc. with the use of CCTV cameras.
• Road traffic analysis.
• Lightning protection of RF and computer equipment - part 2.
• Protecting audio/video/computer equipment against power line surges.
• New high gain wireless N USB Adapter TP-Link TL-WN822N, 300 Mb/s.
• Tonle Sap - the Grat Lake in Cambodia.

In late March, the CEO of YouView, a joint initiative of the leaders of the UK television market (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel Five, TalkTalk, BT, Arqiva), an...

• Antennas in the "Golden Triangle".
• Optical node Terra OD-003 for FTTH systems.
• White balance in cameras with Sony Effio DSP.
• An intelligent "fish-eye" camera.
• Lightning - protection of RF equipment - part 1.
• Laos.

Within the next four months we will witness the testing of a Near Field Communication (NFC) based mobile payment system in New York and San Francisco. Neither ...

• Antennas in the country that comes back to life.
• Second generation headends allow selection of channels in multiplexes.
• Cost-effective video surveillance systems with ATU DVRs.
• Compensation of voltage drops on power supply lines of CCTV cameras.
• Control of IP PTZ cameras.
• Web smart TP-Link switches.
• Cambodia.

On February 26, 2011, at 6:07 Moscow time, the carrier rocket Soyuz-2.1b began to launch into Earth orbit the first satellite from the third-generation Russia...

• Antennas in an extraordinary bay.
• Distribution of CCTV channels as DVB-T signals in systems based on TERRA MMH-3000 headends.
• Hikvision equipment ahead of the competition once again.
• Video surveillance of parking lots.
• Integration of video surveillance systems in scattered locations.
• Vinh Ha Long.

Centrum fur Buroautomation, Informationstechnologie und Telekommunikation (Center for Office Automation, Information Technology and Telecommunication) in Hanov...

• Stork Echelon.
• Internal noise in DVB-T antenna systems.
• Improving image quality - HDR techniques.
• Portable PROTECT camera DVR for simple, cheap, and effective video monitoring.
• Light in CCTV systems.
• Interactive event handler in ACTi cameras.
• How to choose the best mobile repeater?

Since February, Ryanair company, which revolutionized the airline industry, and Maxroam mobile operator, launched a new formula of GSM services on the market. ...

• Distribution of satellite channels as DVB-T multiplexes - TERRA headends in hotels.
• Modification of CCTV system - wireless video transmission.
• Useful features of modern PTZ cameras.
• ACTi in F1!
• How to speed up mobile Internet?

Focus is a dynamically developing hotel chain with branches in several cities in Poland. The investor has decided to equip all the hotels in TV systems based o...

• Finally it is done! Client application for accessing TREND DVRs on PDAs/smartphones with Android system.
• How to monitor a disco.
• H.264 or MJPEG?
• No more range problems - GSM repeater.
• Half-power beamwidth of an antenna.

The development of mobile telephony is connected with the increase in the number of subscribers, as well as the quantity of transmitted data. In the first stag...

• Vatican Radio - is "electrosmog" harmful to humans?
• Remote video monitoring over the Internet.
• Video surveillance for pharmacies - ACTi cameras.
• PoE adapter with leads for LANs.

Between March 1 and 5, 2011, Hanover will again host the world's largest trade fair for IT and telecommunications. The organizers predict that for the first ti...

• SAT finder Schwaiger SF9000 - satellite identification and signal test.
• iVMS4000 - client software for Hikvision DVRs.
• Video transmission via twisted pair cable - when and why to use it?
• Pixord hybrid cameras.
• Wireless IP camera TL-SC3130G.
• Wireless link with an intermediate node.

A camera lens - the assembly of precision optical lenses and the system of their control - represent a significant cost in manufacturing CCTV, video and still ...

• Amplification of digital and analog TV signals.
• New firmware for Hikvision-Ultimax DVRs.
• Megapixel lenses from Tokina and UltiEye.
• Day/night megapixel camera with SD slot - Pixord P600E.
• Installation of a hard drive and a DVD writer in Trend DVRs.
• Wireless video transmission from megapixel cameras.

HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) is an European standard that was launched in 2009. Many experts think that the new technology is a more important breakth...

• Antennas on Chopok.
• Satlook Micro HD - measurements in multiswitch systems.
• Choice of antenna location and determination of satellite positions.
• No more problems with ActiveX controls.
• Day/night cameras.
• Remote monitoring of homes with TP-Link TL-SC3130G cameras.
• Home Wi-Fi network based on the 802.11n standard.

A short message posted on January 11 at Google's Chrome development team blog came as quite a shock to the multimedia market. According to the information the ...

• "Engagingly about Antennas" - 10th DIPOL's photo contest.
• How to find the DVB transmitter in Europe and properly align the antenna?
• Flexible AverMedia DVRs with RTSP protocol.
• Proper selection of the camera and IR illuminator set.
• Online view of the Main Market Square in Krakow.

The world's largest consumer electronics trade fair - Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - was held in Las Vegas between January 6 and 11. The reputation of the l...

• Surveillance cameras at the best guarded square in the world.
• AOS function in the new version of SatNet software makes the designing process even easier.
• How to connect a Quatro LNB to TERRA multiswitch?
• AverMedia hybrid DVRs in a luxury office building.
• Surveillance of a remote location, 2 km away.
• Tian'anmen square in Beijing.

At night it detects a man-sized object from a distance of 21 km, from 11 km it can distinguish if the object is a man or something else, and allows to identify...

• Fortunately, there is a wireless communication in this country.
• Multiswitch systems in Katowice, Poland.
• Hikvision has been selected as the general contractor for the deployment of 500,000 camera points.
• N-cam 690 - high quality camera at an affordable price.
• Video feed window without requiring any ActiveX controls - Aviosys cameras.
• What is DDNS and how to use it?
• India.

Illegal immigration and smuggling from Mexico is a serious problem for the United States. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the government has put press...

• One of the most famous fortresses in the world.
• The most common cause of problems with antenna systems.
• TV on treadmills at a fitness club.
• AverMedia DVRs/NVRs connect with Android phones.
• An effective way of protecting automatic car wash.
• Video surveillance of a ski slope.
• TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND as a DLNA server.
• Masada in Israel.