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    Surveillance Cameras

    Looking for recommendations on a DIY surveillance system. I need cameras, don't need sound, and cameras need to be able to have a good enough resolution to pick a guy out of a lineup. They need night vision. I want to be able to check all via a website (or remote login) or app on my phone. Needs to be Mac compatible, we don't have any PCs. It needs to be able to record and store at least a month's worth of video. System will be set up in the Adirondacks, so it needs to tolerate sub-zero temperatures, 2 feet of snow and once in a while a moose nibble. I can do most home electronic set ups and wiring myself, though I am not an electrician and not comfortable going into walls.

    I currently have a Dlink system in our house, but that's just to snoop on Luna and is real-time.
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    I know that while I was in the military and had to pull 24 hr duty to monitor the security of the Brigade, answer phone etc...night vision security cameras werent all that. I could see that a person was walking up to a building, but no way could I identify who the person was...if that is a feature you absolutely need, you will pay for it. something I would have to see first hand with a demo.
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    If you find a good one post up what kind if you would. I also have Mac/iPhone iPad

    i'd like motion detectors too.

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    Could the night vision be able to read a license plate? The house has a long enough driveway where any would-be burglars would need to pull their car down the driveway, and there's no other access points to the house.
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    We installed a Lorex system at a friends place, it's wired,.Didn't want to have to deal with interference, and it wasn't a huge deal finding ways to get the wire from the camera to the recorder, it's one small cable that does power and picture. The system came with 6 cameras, and they added on 2 more higher definition ones pointing at the driveway(it reads a license plate even at night) and the front door. All the cameras but one are outside. They are colour during the day, and black and white at night. The recorder holds a ridiculous amount of video, I think almost 2 weeks worth. It can be accessed remotely from your phone or computer, it's hooked up to the homes Internet (it was not wifi, so got a dlink unit that acts as an access point attached wireless to the network, and it's plugged into that).

    They bought the system on sale at Costco for something like $699, then later added the other two cameras. Tye tech support from Lorex was wonderful during the setup.

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    We own a seasonal home in a rural area with no neighbors in the winter. Our first line of defense against off season intruders is triple dead bolted doors (side, bottom and top) and well secured windows that can't be unlocked just by braking a pane and reaching in. We don't keep anything for valuables in the home. Our biggest concern is kids breaking in and partying and trashing the place.

    Our second line of defense is an extremely loud alarm/siren that will go off if any door is opened. All the doors have stickers advertising the alarm. The alarm probably would not alert anyone in the winter, but we think it would probably scare off anyone who heard it, or at least make it uncomfortable to spend any amount of time on the property.

    We've never really considered cameras, but it seems like you'll only be discovering what's done after the fact. Then, even if the camera image can be used to find, arrest and prosecute someone, the damage is still already done. You can't turn back the clock on that.

    That said, you may want to check out game/wildlife cameras. They are designed to be set up in the woods and left for long periods of time, and they have motion sensors so they only record when something is moving within the camera's field of view, and some do record at night as well. Having months of footage stored seems like it would be difficult to monitor and review, so I would think you'd definitely want some sort of motion sensor feature with an alert that activity has been captured.

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    We have an alarm system set up that automatically calls the police and the alarm company if it's not disabled within 15 seconds. There is a sensor on every single window, door, and gate. The alarm system is ultra sensitive and has gone off before on a windy night, so cameras would be to remotely check and see if it's a false alarm. It takes me an hour to get to the house door to door, and my parents 3 and a half.

    The game and wildlife cameras sounds like a great idea, though I worry about the wildlife part of it... we have bear, moose, turkey, deer and coyote neighbors, but no humans!
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    maybe putting the cameras on the inside of the house will help you more? have your alarm set up to start recording when alarm trips, turn on lights in home, send you text message, etc...all these features are offered by the major alarm companies in my area.
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    We don't want to go through the alarm company, they have been absolutely horrible. There are no other companies within 100 miles.
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    i should have mentioned, they installed the cameras shortly after they were broken into. They did (and still do) have an active house alarm with LOUD siren and monitored - police were dispatched but the theives had left before they got there (8 minutes or so, rural so pretty good response time and it would have been quicker had the police not turned the wrong way on the road). There were a couple very faded alarm company stickers, so they've put new clean stickers everywhere, and very big obvious "you're on camera" signs up. And of course the cameras themselves are obvious, and they overlap, no way to disable one and not have the person on camera from another one. They figure the very loud alarm scared the theives off because the only thing taken was a tv that was really close to the front door - ie just far enough into the house that the alarm delay would have shut off, and the alarm sounded. Its the damage they wanted to try and prevent - front door had to be replaced, sliding glass door had to be replaced, and shed doors replaced. What a pain! and of course if someone else tries it, would be nice to have clear evidence to provide.

 



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