Fans of “Law and Order,” “CSI” and other popular crime shows have seen their fair share of video surveillance tricks — but have you ever stopped to compare Hollywood surveillance footage to what you see on the 11 o’clock news? In the real world, still images or video from bank or convenient store robberies are often grainy with greenish hues — terrible image quality for anyone looking for forensic evidence or identification.
In a world where HDTVs, Blu-ray and 3D IMAX features dominate the entertainment landscape, how can video from surveillance cameras be so poor?
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Reeling Video Surveillance Into the Digital Age
Posted by: Matt Krebs June 15, 2011 05:00 AMFans of “Law and Order,” “CSI” and other popular crime shows have seen their fair share of video surveillance tricks — but have you ever stopped to compare Hollywood surveillance footage to what you see on the 11 o’clock news? In the real world, still images or video from bank or convenient store robberies are often grainy with greenish hues — terrible image quality for anyone looking for forensic evidence or identification.
In a world where HDTVs, Blu-ray and 3D IMAX features dominate the entertainment landscape, how can video from surveillance cameras be so poor?