Abstract: A surveillance system, an image compression serializer and an image decompression deserializer are disclosed. The Surveillance System includes a video camera, a coaxial cable and a central control machine. The video camera provides a real time record and has an image compression serializer which compresses a digital image, captured by the video camera, down to a specific resolution and converts the digital image of the specific resolution into a serial format. The coaxial cable couples the image compression serializer to an image decompression deserializer of the central control machine. The digital image in the specific resolution and serial format is conveyed to the image decompression deserializer to be converted into a parallel format and decompressed to be video encoded.