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Tiger Tiger benefits from advanced CCTV system in Newcastle nightclub
Mar 11 2003
Tiger Tiger, the innovative concept nigthtclub, bar and restaurant chain (www.tigertiger.co.uk), is benefiting from an advanced CCTV system at one of its latest venues at Newcastle upon Tyne. Installed by Devon-based AC Systems (www.acsystems.co.uk) and sourced exclusively from Norbain SD (www.norbain.com), the digital system comprises Ultrak domes, Vista domes, cameras and monitors, and two Vista Triplex™ Columbus Digital Video Recorders.
Created by Urbium plc, which currently operates twenty-six venues throughout the country, the Tiger Tiger concept is targeted at a core market of consumers in the 25-40 age group. The format comprises a variety of differently designed environments in a single venue. Typically holding late licences and with a capacity for up to 2,000 customers, each venue comprises a variety of rooms encompassing each aspect of a dining, dancing and lounge bar experience. The Newcastle venue, set out over three floors, comprises six bars, two dance floors and a restaurant. Individually designed rooms and musical styles include the laid-back Lounge Bar, funky Kaz Bar, contemporary restaurant and up-beat Club. The venue is open until 2am six days a week and 12.30am on Sundays.
"A nightclub environment requires that the CCTV installation is very discreet but highly effective", explains Ian Lusty of installers, AC Systems. "To achieve this in the Newcastle venue we recommended a combination of high quality domes, that can capture quality images in challenging and varying light conditions, and digital recording based upon the Vista Columbus Triplex™ DVR. This advanced unit can record, view and playback images simultaneously. This is much valued in a nightclub environment where it is often important to monitor several groups of people in different parts of the venue at the same time."
Equipment installed at the Newcastle Tiger Tiger venue includes two Vista Columbus Triplex™ DVRs (VC16Te-320 16-way), sixteen Vista monochrome mini domes (VFD13M), one Vista high-resolution colour camera (VPC9132), three Ultrak internal domes (KD6), a Vista PIR covert camera and Vista Monitors (NVM14BM and PVD1400DG).
