USG 5MP PTZ Speed Dome Camera

Urban Security Group offers high grade PTZ outdoor speed dome camera delivering video recording up to 5MP resolution and night vision range up to 400 ft. This product is labeled with a lengthy product number – USGASRIH6920203042AS3042, a long character to remember.

What this product does

USG offers various models of made in China speed dome camera with affordable price to support your businesses.

Outdoor camera

Like those popular PTZ outdoor camera, this USG speed dome camera is a business class HD PTZ outdoor camera for either indoor or outdoor placement designed with IP66 rated weatherproof and NEMA 4x vandal resistant housing. Ideal for large outdoor area to cover such as parking area, airports, marine projects, mining projects and still more.

High resolution

This USG PTZ outdoor camera can deliver high resolution of up to 5MP (ultra HD resolution) and it supports night vision with 8x Germany IR LEDs illuminating up to 400 ft. distance. The good thing is that it comes with 20x optical zoom to provide very clear and sharp image detail even for zooming in long distance objects.

H.265 compression

With the new compression H.265 technology, this USG speed dome camera is ideal to save your network bandwidth eliminating network saturation due to high resolution video traffic. You can connect to NVR that supports H.265 compression for optimal performance, few models of large scale NVR system with H.265 supports such as GW security and USG 32 / 36 channel NVR system are ready for H.265 compression.

Main features

• Business class high resolution 5MP speed dome camera
• Comes with new H.265 compression technology
• Support night vision with 8x made in Germany IR LEDs illuminating up to 400 ft. distance
• 20x optical zoom with varifocal length 4.7~94mm
• Motorized autofocus with aperture ranging from f1.6 ~ f3.0
• Latest H.265 compression technology to reduce latency
• Panning endless 360 degree and tilting up to 90 degree
• IP66 weatherproof and NEMA 4x vandal resistant for outdoor
• Available SD Card memory slot up to 64GB
• ONVIF compliant

This camera is ONVIF compliant and you can connect to any ONVIF compliant NVR system such as Laview 16 channel NVR system, or GW Security 16 channel NVR. Currently this high grade business class speed dome camera is tagged with economical price around $500, cheaper than other competing products including Trendnet.

Comparison

USG 5MP PTZ speed dome camera is made in China is commonly more economical than other competing products including Trendnet and D-link. Let’s take one of Trendnet PTZ speed dome cameras – the Trendnet TV-IP450. The price of this TV-IP450 is $300 more expensive than USG 5MP.

There are many spec differences between the two products, now take a look at the following spec comparison table.

Lens

Both cameras offer the same varifocal length ranging from 4.7~94mm providing 20x optical zoom to compress the distance with clear and sharp image detail. Trendnet offers 16x digital zoom in addition of the same 20x optical zoom.

Resolution

USG speed dome camera offers high resolution of 5MP, aka ultra HD resolution. On the other hand, Trendnet TV-IP450 offers only HD 960p (1.3MP). The higher resolution the more image detail you can get. See also USG and GW security 5MP varifocal IP cameras.

The good thing with USG product is that this camera supports the latest H.265 compression technology, 60% higher compression ratio than H.264.

The following table shows you spec comparison between the two products, USG vs Trendnet speed dome cameras. Other features seem the similar, some features are not specified in detail including USG speed detail and more.

Table 1. USG 5MP Vs Trendnet Speed dome camera

	USG 5MP PTZ Speed Dome	Trendnet TV-IP450
Image sensor	1/3” 4.0MP CMOS	1/3” progressive scan CMOS
Lens type	Varifocal lens 4.7mm ~ 94mm	Varifocal lens 4.7~94 mm
Optical zoom	20x optical zoom	20x optical zoom
Digital zoom	N/A	16x digital zoom
Resolution	Up to 5MP ultra HD	1280x960p (1.3MP) @30fps
Night vision	Yes, 8x Germany IR LEDs   Range up to 400 ft. (122 m)	Yes, Smart IR: Night vision up to 100 meters (330 ft.) automatically adjusts to the zoom factor
Compression	H.265 HEVC   H.264 M-JPEG	H.264   MJPEG
Stream	Dual stream	unspecified
Audio	N/A	Two way audio   External microphone line in / speaker line out (mic. and speaker not included)
Onvif	Yes, Onvif 2.4	Yes
Panning	360 degree endless	360 degree endless
Panning speed	Unspecified	0.1~160 degree/s (manual)   240 degree / s (preset)
Tilting	0~90 degree	5~90 degree auto flip
Tilting speed		0.1~120 degree/s (manual)   200 degree/s (preset)
Network	10/100Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet	10/100Mbps RJ-45 port
POE	Yes	Yes
Housing	IP66 weatherproof   NEMA 4x vandal resistant	IP66 weatherproof
Focus and aperture	Auto focus f1.6~f3.0 motorized	F1.4~f3.5   auto/semi-auto/manual / Iris control: auto and manual
Storage	Micro SD-card up to 64GB	Micro SD-Card slot available up to 64GB
P2P protocol	Yes	No
Price	$500.00	$800.00

See that Trendnet is tagged with the price around $800, almost the same price as GW security auto tracking PTZ camera, $300 more expensive than USG 5MP speed dome camera. However, Trendnet offers richer features including the free TRENDnetView Pro Software that can handle up to 32 Trendnet cameras.

You may also like the new model of USG 4k PTZ camera with high resolution 8.0MP IP PTZ Camera. Intead of Trendnet you may also consider affordable Amcrest IP8M-&2499 Turret model camera (4K).

To learn more detail about each of the product, click the link below to see more manufacturer’s description, current price and rating.

• Click here for USG 8MP Outdoor PTZ High Speed camera
• Click here for Amcret IP8m-T2499 Turret model 4k camera

For 180 degree and 360 degree panorama views you may consider Geovision fish eye camera, and for color night vision IP camera you consider Lorex LNB4321.

Cheers, KG.