One of outstanding features of the latest firmware is its active bandwidth management. During network congestion, Compro network cameras can intelligently force down current user defined video bit rate and will bring it back when healthy bandwidth levels once again become available. This is to avoid video quality deterioration and frame dropping by restricting the network camera from sending excessive amounts of megapixel video data when the network is already unable to handle it. The active bandwidth management will effectively transform so-called megapixel imaging into realistic advancement for IP video surveillance.

The second main feature of the Webvuer 1.50 firmware is the auto bandwidth detection. This little network connection speed diagnostics tool is significant in helping users to better define appropriate video quality for their unique applications environment. Without the need for any blind testing through all the quality and quantity of video, the Compro network camera will inform users of the availability of bandwidth connected therefore they can adequately determine which direction to adjust to and how many network cameras of similar or identical video settings may additionally be attached in the same network. While conventional megapixel network cameras are indulging in so-called quick installation auto-runs, Compro's real megapixel technologies, on the other hand, have made installed megapixel network cameras a workable investment in challenging situations.

Compro is aware that users often find configurations of free email server (SMTP) available from their Internet ISP problematic: they either block certain ports or are limited in size. The former makes setup difficult and the latter is usually at 50MB, which a few megapixel image attachments would instantly fill. These two obstacles make conventional megapixel network camera’s snapshot-to-email event notification function impractical. In terms of these common barriers, the Compro Webvuer 1.50 is both Hotmail and Gmail supported.

Compro establishes SSL authentication with Windows Live Hotmail and Google Mail in this release, allowing event-snapshot emails directly to these most popular webmails. Setup is just a few clicks away and storage space is ever-growing (more than 7GB for each Gmail account today, capable of storing thousands of emails with megapixel evidence snapshots). More importantly, users can use popular handsets such as iPhone to access their email accounts without boundary since not every ISP’s SMTP server provides web client for access anywhere, anytime. With the Compro real megapixel technology, not only the bit-rate control architecture has been advanced, Compro has also made megapixel event notification truly accessible in IP video surveillance.

Storage bottleneck is not mythical but a challenging reality. Unlike conventional megapixel network cameras which could snapshot or record videos only to remote PC desktop or network attached storage (NAS), which in effect would consume tremendous network bandwidth and storage space. All Compro network video surveillance products feature high-capacity micro SD slot, allowing event-triggered or scheduled snapshots and videos (audio included) to record locally.

In addition to that, the new Webvuer 1.50 also supports remote recording to third-party NAS. Users have the freedom of choice as to where to record to, either locally or remotely, and via one of the three storage devices in array: embedded micro SD/SDHC slot, Comproview software NVR (freely bundled), or hardware NAS.