Re: Video Survilance Suggestions?

[shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si Ballenger)]

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:17:25 -0500, "Alan Whitehouse"
<nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Got broken into a bit ago.  Live in a rural area so even with an alarm, bad
>guys can come, steal and be gone before cops can get here by a long shot.
>Cop that handled the break-in suggested that video survelance may help deter
>and definately help catch anyone in the future who breaks in.  I am thinking
>of 2 or 3 cameras, 1 for the back door, one for the front door and one by
>the driveway to catch cars and license plates, etc.
>
>I am doing remodeling so while I have been doing that I have run runs of
>RG-6 and CAT-5 to the outside locations near where a camera would go.  There
>is also 120 volt power near by.  All areas are high enough such that someone
>just can't sneak up and cover or move the camera.  Some areas will have
>motion activated lights near them, some won't.
>
>So looking for suggestions as to hardware for camera for outdoor use
>(exposed to weather -- hot, cold, rain, snow) that tie to a computer and not
>VCR.  Need computer software that will save locally and move copies of
>photos to a directory at my ISP just in case the computer at the house is
>stolen as well.   System also needs to deal with low light situations as
>well.   Distance from camera to person could be from 15 to 25 feet to 50
>feet depending on final placement location.
>
>Anyone have some links or names that could point me in the right direction?
>I live in Ontario Canada north of Toronto.

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