The near future will bring many more improvements and at lower cost. A high resolution 600-line chip camera will soon be available, and solid-state cameras will soon feature greatly improved light sensitivity. Color chip cameras are becoming a significant part of the CCTV market, and camera equipment and accessories are becoming smaller. Matrix switchers and controllers will advance in design to increase user options. Other innovations will include improved software-based control systems, digital recording on video or floppy disks, dual-direction fiber optic systems permitting video and control signals to share the same cable, and fiber optic systems allowing many video signals to be passed over the same cable. The new equipment on the market is making CCTV the tool of choice for more security applications than ever before, and as costs continue to drop, more companies will take advantage of its benefits. Illustrations.