Posted on 03/25/2013 12:58:58 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
I wanted to see if any of you out there have experience or could recommend a home surveillance system. I am looking for a few things (and yes, there is a ton out there I have read up on, I am looking for any of you with first hand experience): Local Storage and how many hours can it store? Motion detection/activation (save on stoarge) Four cameras (wired or wireless, makes no difference to me) Ease of setup Relatively easy to hide cameras, I don't need james bond, but nothing overly noticable. Audio? USB port for backups. Going out on a limb, ability to backup segments to "the cloud". Anything else I am overlooking? Warranty? Support? I would like to keep the cost down (don't we all). I have been seeing in the 300-500 range so far.
thoughts?
Later
Consumer Reports might have some good information. They usually have quick and easy to read information. Put up a phony camera housing to take attention away form the real stuff.
Are you willing to prosecute?
Will you have a face you can see?
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Just getting ready to step away, under what I believe will be the circumstances, yes, I would prosecute.
Yes, I Would like to have decent definition from the cameras.
Nice one...didn’t think about them. I’ll look them up when I get home
Thanks, I’ll read up on that this evening.
What if you don’t have an iphone, or even a cell phone?
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Get a big dog.
Have one already. It’ll do the job against strangers.
I agree.
And I think video cameras are effective. \
My home was broken into in December 2012 and I am looking for a super system with motion lights all around the house, video monitoring, the works.
Costco sells them. They were on sale a month ago.
Zoneminder is free, open source and runs on Linux. You only need a computer and cameras.
(2) On your budget, Sam's Club has a 4 camera "Night Owl" model with an 8" LCD monitor that looks like a good system.
2 cans would help.
open source http://www.zoneminder.com/
I have not used it but that’s what I would look at.
Needs someone who can install linux/unix software, etc.
Then, software costs you nothing, package seems pretty good, you just need to pick hardware ($400-type pc, wiring, cameras, cards on the pc that cameras connect to) and buy it.
“Obvious surveillance cameras have a deterrent value...”
I’ve seen fake security cameras for sale that look like the real deal. You can put up a few fakes to be noticeable and hide the real ones.
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