Re: home video camera question- outside security

[G. Morgan <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

KOS <computerstuff2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi.  I am thinking of buying a camera to be installed outside my house
>so that I can see who is at the front door. I want to have this hooked
>up to a monitor... Pretty simple.. I am clueless about the systems out
>there. I want something reliable, good camera that can take hard
>winters in New England. but a simple system that will record .. Since
>I only need 1 camera, can someone give me some advice as what it
>should cost? Any good websites I should check out? Thanks

Whatever camera you buy, I would definitely get an outdoor enclosure with a
heater built-in.

Some cameras have a huge resistor for heat built right into the lens cover. I've
never used one, so I don't know how well those work.  I live in Texas where our
main concern is too much heat and we need to ventilate our enclosures well.

try http://www.supercircuits.com/Enclosures/ENCOD-H  for some examples