Security Cameras / DVR / VCR

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
edited July 2003 in Electronics
A good friend of the family has a lake house, and he asked me to start pricing an outdoor/indoor security rig.

Anyone have any thoughts / experience / brand preference? I'd like to have at least color video, probably 6 cameras (2in 4out), motion detecting turn-on, wireless video transmission, even infra-red or night vision modes.

Budget has yet to be discussed, client does not wish to run a lot of wire, so wireless video xmission is a must.

Cheers,
Russ
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited July 2003
    Sounds X10'ish? I just bought a motion detector/ wireless transceiver/ light switch for the 'beer room' from them, but haven't hooked it up yet. They have quite a few camera packages. I'd be curious what other people's experiences have been. This motion detector is my test of their products, as I'd like to expand on it.

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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited July 2003
    Parts Express has some nice packages, as well as ala carte. Broad price spectrum.

    I looked into it for an extended-family member who had a restaurant... he was getting ripped off by some employees not ringing up sales and then pocketing the cash. Unfortunately, the realities of a small town plus the stealing forced him to close before we even discussed what I found.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2003
    I'd like to ask a question kinda off topic....


    How come in stores the security cameras are always so ****? I mean....watch cops and you see some stooge robbing a jewlery store and the video quality is so ****. Why in the age of such suberb digital video cameras are we using those **** analog (?) video cameras?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2003
    Oh I worked **** in to that a record # of times. :D:p:D
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited July 2003
    Based on my little bit of research, I'd have to say price is a big factor. Have to balance that, I guess, with what an owner believes is the realistic probability that he'll actually get robbed.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited July 2003
    Well remember that guy that was abducting kids a few weeks ago at some of those big chain stores? The cameras were horrible looking. Why not get a regular video camera and set it to record?
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2003
    because their trying to be conservative(IE:cheap) (not to be confused with the political definition) and save some bucks at the exspense of young kids and employee's..
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