CARROLLTON,
TEXAS - March 24, 2009 - SAMSUNG | GVI Security today announced that it will
preview some of the new products that incorporate the new Samsung Electronics
A1 video chip at ISC West. The new chip provides a host of new benefits for
security surveillance products and systems that will be available in the near
future. The forthcoming products will be on preview at the SAMSUNG | GVI Security
booth 12041 in the Sands Convention Center April 1-3.
"This
is an extremely significant product enhancement, not only for what the product
does but for what it represents," emphasizes Steve Walin, CEO. "It
is proof positive that Samsung is investing in its existing customers, the ones
that are buying today. Just because IP is the hot subject of the day, the fact
is that 85 percent of all products bought today are analog. Although our own
IP line continues to grow, both Samsung Electronics and GVI will not abandon
our analog users. In fact, we look forward to bringing them new technologies
such as this new A1 chip generation of analog video solutions."
With the A1
chip, GVI will be able to offer an impressive, groundbreaking standard feature
set. The A1 chip takes camera resolution to 600tVL. It offers WDR (wide dynamic
range) and XDR (extended dynamic range) as a standard feature. In addition,
the new chip provides On Screen Display on all cameras to support easy installation.
For many, the most exciting inclusion will be that the new SAMSUNG | GVI Security
analog camera line will have built in analytics for intelligent video.
GVI has also
announced that it will be presented a 10-year anniversary appreciation award
from Samsung Electronics in the media conference room of the Sands Convention
Center at 9:30 am, April 2, just prior to the opening of the second day of the
ISC West Conference. Inrock Do, vice president of the VSS Business Team, Digital
Media Business, Samsung Electronics will present the award to SAMSUNG | GVI
Security CEO Steve Walin and COO Joe Restivo.
"It has
been an honor to have Samsung Electronics as our engineering partner for the
last 10 years," affirms Walin. "Not only has Samsung Electronics worked
with us on Americas-centric product development in the past but will continue
to do so for the future. The new A1 video chip is sure to excite both our channel
partners and their customers as the heart of forthcoming products that will
provide increased ease of installation and ease of use while raising video surveillance
industry standards. We've enjoyed the past 10 years and look forward to another
10 years and beyond."
Among many installation
highlights are -
To show the
importance of the partnership between both companies, Samsung Electronics announced
that it wants its security portfolio to grow quickly. In comments at the Security
World Expo 2008, held in Seoul, South Korea, last June, Park Jong-Woo, President
of Digital Media at Samsung Electronics, said, "We will further enhance
security business among promising solution business to nurture business with
more than 1 trillion Won in three years." (1 trillion South Korea Won =
US $1 billion). The plan targets a doubling of sales in the Americas. To help
do so, Samsung Electronics has already provided $1 million to GVI to help accelerate
the expansion of the GVI sales and marketing organization and programs.