Re: CCTV at night

[Matt Ion <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx>]

dylan wrote:
>  >I called the local police crime
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>>prevention dept, they said CCTV is a waste of time and money,
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> take a look at
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/6091170.stm
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2582495.stm

Yeah, I think part of the police skepticism comes from the numerous "cheap"
systems out there, in use mostly by homeowners and cheap-ass businesses, that
record low-res, low-quality video from tiny camreas with cheap plastic
wide-angle lenses to time-lapse VHS tape using cheap tapes on cheap transports,
ending up with video that's pretty much useless.  Put a couple of bucks into the
system, and you can get plenty of useful video out of it.

A "good" basic "pro" camera will run you a couple hundred bucks, with another
$50-$100 for a "good" lens.  How much do you really expect to get from a
"complete four-cameras-with-TV-and-built-in-recorder" package that costs $200 at
Costco?