The Official Home Surveillance Systems Thread.

[CantRepeat]

Originally Posted by JimN

You could also get a camera that looks like a motion detector and put it in the room with the DVR, but has an SD card slot. That way, if someone does take the DVR, you have it on the SD card.

Thanks a great idea. Any recommendations on which unit?

[JimN]

Originally Posted by CantRepeat

Thanks a great idea. Any recommendations on which unit?

You could look at Brickhouse Security. I only tried one of their cameras and it was a little black box- the video quality was so-so but they may have something better. For a wired PIR (motion sensor), I used a couple of Speco and they were decent. Not IR illuminated, but decent in normal light unless the light was aimed at it.

[east tx skier]

Our system isn't hi-def. And we need better lighting in any event. But here is our pumpkin thief from a couple of years ago. Anyone know him.

[CantRepeat]

Yeah, I JUST started reading the camera manual and there are for sure a lot of settings that need to be gone through. There is no doubt when it comes to surveillance cameras you get what your pay for, or a lack there of.

I kind of wish I would have passed on the 2 default cameras in the package but we'll see what they look like once I get them installed and setup. If nothing else, like Jim recommended, they will be come multi-coverage cameras.

[CantRepeat]

Originally Posted by east tx skier

Our system isn't hi-def. And we need better lighting in any event. But here is our pumpkin thief from a couple of years ago. Anyone know him.

It kind of looks like Eddie!!!

[east tx skier]

Originally Posted by CantRepeat

It kind of looks like Eddie!!!

Possibly. But to get slightly back on topic, I think with more lighting, I can keep the subpar cameras.

/with the little $hit had tripped.

[CantRepeat]

Originally Posted by east tx skier

Possibly. But to get slightly back on topic, I think with more lighting, I can keep the subpar cameras.

/with the little $hit had tripped.

Maybe an external IR source?

[GoneBoatN]

Is this what is really going on here?

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by east tx skier

Our system isn't hi-def. And we need better lighting in any event. But here is our pumpkin thief from a couple of years ago. Anyone know him.

2020.....looks like your camera predicts the future...that will make it easy to catch him....

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[JimN]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

2020.....looks like your camera predicts the future...that will make it easy to catch him....

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By 'predicts the future'. do you mean "catch them in the act, instead of whole they're running away afterward"? DVRs have a video buffer that's always receiving signal and when it's set for motion detection (not constantly recording), it saves the video, starting at about 5 seconds prior to the motion event.

I have captured videos of break-ins where the person had to have known he was on camera (his mom is married to the bar/restaurant owner) and the place had indoor cameras that were easy to see with a triple ring of LEDs for IR illumination. The second time, when he stole all of the TVs and was at the front of the bar and filling a waste basket with bottles of booze, he would look directly at the closest camera about every 30 seconds. Nice, bright video of the DB.

Sometimes, people think some of the cameras are dummies, so they take their chances. That's a good thing because is makes them do really stupid things in front of the real ones.