Our aim is a simple one, to help you decide which CCTV best suits your needs and then supply it in a cost effective package. We also want to provide the best support in the industry both before and after purchase. We set up CCTV42 having gone down the route some years ago of acquiring CCTV cameras and a DVR recorder for our sister company 911virgin, a dealership selling Porsche sports cars. We suffered misinformation, poor service and products which fell way below expectation, this despite a lot of research. Seeing a gap in the market we put our money where our mouth is and headed east.

CCTV Cameras

We travel thousands of miles visiting manufacturers from different countries in an attempt to source good quality CCTV products. We don't just box shift. Every item we sell has been tested by us in the UK. Our 3 acre site in Buckinghamshire allows us to evaluate CCTV Systems during both day and night in a real world environment. We back to back test different electronics components within CCTV cameras, we test the functionality and operation of CCTV recorders and we are always on the hunt for accessories which will make creating an effective CCTV system easier.

CCTV Systems

Many of the products we sell are unique to us. We work with manufacturers to develop equipment, we use their skills and knowledge combined with our awareness of what customers are likely to need. This is particularly relevant with a CCTV camera. Outwardly many cameras look the same, but the electronics will be totally different. Getting the right combination of CCD image sensor and DSP processor is vital, particularly in low light night time filming using built in infra red lighting. We don't rely on made up figures, we gauge actual results for ourselves.

Home CCTV

It's annoying knowing just how much rubbish there is out there and how some companies pull the wool over people's eyes. We have lost count of the number of supposed CCTV images that are in fact professionally taken still camera pictures. Night time images which are simply black and white versions of the daytime picture and so on. Most of the yardsticks by which equipment is judged has very little real world relevance. We see cameras with claimed filming ranges far beyond the capability of the lenses fitted to them for instance.

CCTV Camera Systems

We want to put you in control by educating and providing you with knowledge. Much of our cctv42 website is given over to explaining the technical side of CCTV. There are video tutorials, questions and answer areas and an extensive CCTV knowledge bank. Only by understanding what each component within the CCTV systems do can you begin to establish just what will fulfill your needs.

To ensure you get the right equipment we endeavor to carry all items in stock at all times. We also make sure that we keep a cohesive range of equipment in stock. Our CCTV cameras for instance will always be available in a combination of different lenses within each camera body style coming with the same lens options. For instance its possible to have a 2.8-11mm lens camera with either an internal dome, traditional body, open faced vandal dome or enclosed vandal dome enclosure. This means you don’t have to compromise on the lens or the body, you can have what’s right rather than what happens to be in stock. All too often websites show different options which are available but don’t bother to keep them in stock.

We are also passionate about providing back up support for everything we sell. This is most evident with our DVR recorders. We don’t stock a dozen different DVRs which basically do the same job and struggle to support them because no one can be expected to have detailed knowledge on such a large number of products. Instead we spend a long time researching, testing and comparing different DVRs until we find a manufacturer we are happy with. We then work with them to fine tune a product to our needs.

One of the frustrating things with CCTV systems is knowing just how much rubbish there is out there in the market place. We have lost count of the number of supposed CCTV images that are in fact professionally taken still camera pictures. Supposed night time images which are simply black and white versions of the daytime picture. Most of the yardsticks by which CCTV cameras are judged have very little relevance because the figures are either wrong or don't use standard datum references.