Home outdoor surveillance

"JohnnyC" wrote in news:YNzMi.334058$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe16.lga:

WalMart now carries some digital surveillance systems. wireless,to connect to your PC.

Walmart has workable systems in the camera department. They have several systems hanging on the wall with 2 cameras and then extra camera are available on the shelves.

IP camera systems use LAN cable. Wireless cameras work fine if you are in range ie close by. USB cameras have to be withing about 15 feet of the computer.

I've been using the Swann PC DVR 4 Net

for nearly a year, and it's been working fine under Windows 2000. As far as cameras go, get those that use CCD sensors as opposed to CMOS. You get better resolution and light sensitivity.

I've had good luck with these guys

As someone else said, stay away from the CMOS cameras and I'd spend the time to go wired (not wireless) if you can. The day/night IR colour cams are nice. I bought a few of these:

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Just install fake cameras or some fakes if you just want to discourage people mucking around!

The presence of a camera can be a excellent deterrent:) cheap too!

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Thats pretty much what one will accomplish with the "all this for $299" Walmart cameras. People set them up and get so excited that there is a picture that they don't realize how terrible the quality is. I know 2 people who had them and there was a break-in at one place and vandalism at another. When they reviewed the video it was impossible to tell who it might have been.

If you have a "Fry's" in your area, they stock a lot.

Bob

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PB