Re: Home video surveillance

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds practical but beware of the X10 cameras - for the most part
they're junk. Get cameras with CCD sensors - not the cheap CMOS ones.

From:Frank
frank062547@xxxxxxxxxx

> Newbie alert ;o)
>
> We are in a rural area not visible to our neighbors and would like to
> use video surveillance to enhance security while we're away.  I've
> checked the www.x10.com website, and it looks like everything I want
> is right there, but I wonder about the wireless technology.  Is it
> really practical for home useage?  My plan right now would be to use 4
> exterior wireless cameras within a 50 foot radius of the computer.
> The computer would be hidden to try to discourage burglars taking it
> with them as they leave.  The computer would have an 80Gb or greater
> hard drive, and as I understand it, the software would erase older
> files as it records new.  I'd put the computer on a UPS to try to
> keep it going through power outages.
>
> Does this sound practical?
>
> thx