Re: Compact cheap "surveilance" camera

[Matty F <matty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IRO wrote:
> In article <e7oh4r$bie$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  Matty F <matty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>There must be lots of old Handycams that chew up tapes but the
>>camera still works. I have one and could connect it to a computer
>>that could record when there is motion. If I knew of suitable
>>software, which I don't.
>
>
> Total overkill!! Everyone is thinking in terms of connecting computers
> and/or VCRs when we want to identify intruders, not make a blockbuster.

It might be overkill, but the camera is free and otherwise
useless, and I already have a TV capture card in my computer, and
that usually stays on overnight when the vandals are doing their
thing.