Matt F Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 I had a VCL day/night dome on the front of my old house connected to a time lapse vcr covering the front driveway. A 50 watt Dennard I/R lamp for night viewing. The system was connected to a RF modulator so it could be viewed all over the house. The system produced fantastic images then one day my wife was about to get into the car when some low life attacked her got the keys off her and made off with the car. The police were on site inside of 1 minute to take a statement and the fantastic images of the whole event on tape. From that on the only thing I have received from the police is a speeding ticket for the stolen car 30 minutes after it was taken. So my point is: I had a system worth £2000 but if the police are not going to do anything with the evidence what is the point of having the system? The only plus point is the insurance paid out no problem when I told them to see the evidence the police were holding. We have now moved to a new house as my wife was so upset with what happened. Regards Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SecurityMan Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 The company I work for has begun manufacturing our own digital video recorder systems. After packaging them with cameras, we have been able to sell off a lot of them to home owners that are in the process of having thier houses built as well as a few retro-fits. We are an integrator so what we find is a lot of people want these things modulated into thier televisions, hooked up to alarm systems, and plugged into thier networks. So when the doorbell rings they can flip the plasma over to the modulated channel and see who's at the door, and either buzz them in or set off thier alarm from thier phone system. Typical system for one of these customers is around $25,000-$30,000. What would I spend on CCTV for my house? I have put about $500 into it for one 4 inpute DVR card and 3 infrared color dome cameras. The computer that they are wired into also doubles as a movie server for my living room television so that price is not included. A decent system for say a small townhouse would be easy to put together for around $1,000 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SecurityMan Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 As a PS: When you sell someone a CCTV system for thier home, chances are they will never use it. Not like a store or corperation ever would. It's the sense that they have that extra line of defence, that's what people drop thier money for. Last month we did an install for a fairly well off guy in Delaware. One front door camera, one side door cam, on rear gate cam, one driveway camera, DVR, the whole nine yards. This guy just did not need any of this stuff.. He just moved into a gated community for one, 20 foot brick walls with pikes on top surrounded the entire place. Second, everyone living around him had just as much money and stuff as he did. Third, he was moving into the very first gated community in the area with THUMBPRINT RECOGNITION. On top of all that, his security system, and the locks on his doors, the only reason he could possibly need any more security would be for the peace of mind that he has done everything in his power to protect his family and valuables. Either that or he's just a show off. Probably the latter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSS Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I've got 5 cams, 1 on drive, 1 on next door's drive, 1 on front door, 1 on side looking back, 1 looking at front side gate! Digital sprite, viewable over ip from work, pda etc connected to remote c/s 2 way audio via ip (and pstn from gate) plus voice annunciator message box to scare the cat from next door remote gate release for deliveries beams, external pir's and contacts on the gates. garage has smoke cloak, maglocks on doors with prox via galaxy house has hi security locks and dualcom gsm Why? Well with 3 attempt breakins and 1 breakin I bit the bullet, now people take the p*** but I can shout at them via IP from work.... and the delivery bloke jumped a mile when, after i spoke to him via the door phone, i came into the garden behind him.... ahh the joys of modern technology... (total cost for piece of mind £3000) James The only thing I've caught so far is a bloke going for **** outside my neigbours' house... didnt he look silly when i printed it off and pinned it to the gate.... TSS Communication is "A question asked, and an Opinion given." I offer mine to help you with yours. Statements I make are my personal views only at the time they are posted, if I offend you sorry, must be taken in context and do not neccesarily represent those of my employer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mw101 Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 thats a serious system,cctv via pda?,what software on the pda?or just html lookup? thanks mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secure4 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 cctv via pda? its great!! and wows the **** out of people when you show them! Regards. Mark secure4.me.uk digital cctv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avcctv Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 anyone else put that many cameras in their house?? After having had my van robbed on Mon night, I am franitically spuddlin through my garage to see what I've got. The older I get, the faster I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camerabloke Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 i only have one cam at the moment but intent to stick 4 up maximum Eucam Security Systems 0845 4630 746 www.eucam.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camerabloke Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 my house is the only one on my road with an alarm, but kids still hang around, thats why i want more cams on it just in case, i keep having my car tampered with ie wing mirros moved and the odd scratch so i want to keep an eye on that plus i want to connect my cams to my BRAND NEW 42 inch LCD via auto pic in pic via redwalls Eucam Security Systems 0845 4630 746 www.eucam.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpat Systems Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I've got 3 day / night vandal domes, covering front and back gardens and one on the garage. All connected back to a dedicated server with GeoVision card. I've also got an old baby monitor plugged into the garage so I can hear anything strange that goes bump in the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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