We're installing camera systems with software motion detection--cheap with free operating systems and the like. They'll auto-upload to remote servers. Some pretty decent cameras that will do starlight or near (very low lux) can be had for about $100 now, but they need to be sealed and covered against weather. The infrared cameras are a pain (use too much power for us, pick up too much dust, moths, etc.).
I am working on that "literally" now. Do you have an opinion on the
Lorex system.
I have found that the new motion sensors are pretty amazing. They are cheap, battery powered and the receivers can be programmed by tone for each location. The changes over the past year have been pretty amazing. The range of the new models will allow me to cover the majority of approaches (woodlands) to my property. I should add a ditto for the motion sensing
LED spotlights. They use 3D cells and the batteries last over a year. I have installed them at the barn, woodshed, and two on the rear tree line.
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Do you have an opinion on the Lorex system."
Not yet. I'll have a look at it and get back to you. Meanwhile, you might like to read this, if you haven't already.
The Collapse Of The American Standard Of Living, Inflationary Depression
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2716995/posts