Why do CCTV cameras always have extremely poor resolution?

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I can’t think of a reason why other than the cost but surely it’s worth the potential to solve more crime

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Its not always. Some cameras have high resolution.

The main reason why CCTVs has crappy quality is compression. It takes a lot of storage to keep this much of video. For example cheapest recorder will have at least 4 camera support which means in generates 96 hours of video per day and that video needs to be kept for some time, like a week or two so it can be retrieved if needed.

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