Recently I have experience a lots of eggs being thrown at my house and car. I am looking to install a CCTV system with day/night capability to catch/deter the little bu**ers.
I bought an indoor LinkSys WVC11B digital network camera which I have linked to my laptop via an Ethernet connection. The problem with this is that it has no low light capability. I work in IT, so I have a good understanding of computer hardware.
I would like to upgrade this camera, which is situated at an up-stairs window, with a day/night digital camera and get one or more external cameras installed outside. I plan to buy a new home PC with a large hard disk, so would like to use this to record/view the images rather than buy a separate dedicated CCTV recorder + monitor.
Any suggestions for CCTV hardware or recomendations for companies operating in Kent to install external CCTV cameras would be appreciated.
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Inexpensive digital CCTV linked to Home PC
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Posted 08 March 2005 - 10:22 PM
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Recently I have experience a lots of eggs being thrown at my house and car. I am looking to install a CCTV system with day/night capability to catch/deter the little bu**ers.
Secondly, start giving the kids sweeties at halloween, it saves you needing the bucket sponge and fairy liquid in the first place.
Ok serious stuff now.
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I would like to upgrade this camera, which is situated at an up-stairs window, with a day/night digital camera and get one or more external cameras installed outside.
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I plan to buy a new home PC with a large hard disk, so would like to use this to record/view the images rather than buy a separate dedicated CCTV recorder + monitor.
I would suggest you buy a pc dedicated to recording the images which you can network to a home pc, you could use a data switch to use the same monitor. Or alternativly a pc based recorder that will also be able to use an existing monitor.
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Posted 08 March 2005 - 11:57 PM
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Posted 09 March 2005 - 12:58 PM
Thanks for the feedback so far 
I have made a huge effort to get to know the local kids and have invested already in a bucket, sponge and fairy liquid. However, when it snows they seem to think they have carte blanche to throw snowballs at my house and several neighbours. This is OK as a one off, but repeated battery by eight or more kids has left my wife a nervous wreck. Asking them to stop seems to have little effect.
Speaking with one of the worst offenderâ??s parents seems to have initiated this latest spate of egg throwing, so I have a good idea of who is behind it all. However, the last time I phone this boy's mother she gave me a lot of grief because I could not 'prove' her son was at fault. Hence the need for CCTV.
I live on a corner, so have problems with kids at the front and side of the house. Historically there have been only a few problems, so the level of CCTV paranoia is at present â??mediumâ??, but could rise to â??highâ?? if problems persist.
Yesterday I had a site survey by //.National Installer.// who recommended two day/night cameras which would cost about 2,400 fully installed with recorder/monitor. My house has tile cladding on the front corner which limits the position of external cameras. The best location at the front is actually close to where I have placed the LinkSys camera - in the front bedroom window. The other camera position needs to monitor the side of the house facing to the rear.
Both cameras need to be as wide-angle as possible with a low-light capability. I am happy to spend money to buy a couple of good cameras and have them installed, but I would prefer not to have to buy a dedicated PC to store/view the images, but would use a dedicated large disk drive for CCTV image storage on a new PC which I intend to purchase shortly.
I have aware of cameras such as http://www.iviewcame...NetworkCCTV.htm but I am not sure if an I/R camera or a low-lux camera would be best suited to this application (needs to be as wide angle as possible). Any feedback on the cameras such as http://www.cybertron... lux camera.htm would be appreciated.
I have made a huge effort to get to know the local kids and have invested already in a bucket, sponge and fairy liquid. However, when it snows they seem to think they have carte blanche to throw snowballs at my house and several neighbours. This is OK as a one off, but repeated battery by eight or more kids has left my wife a nervous wreck. Asking them to stop seems to have little effect.
Speaking with one of the worst offenderâ??s parents seems to have initiated this latest spate of egg throwing, so I have a good idea of who is behind it all. However, the last time I phone this boy's mother she gave me a lot of grief because I could not 'prove' her son was at fault. Hence the need for CCTV.
I live on a corner, so have problems with kids at the front and side of the house. Historically there have been only a few problems, so the level of CCTV paranoia is at present â??mediumâ??, but could rise to â??highâ?? if problems persist.
Yesterday I had a site survey by //.National Installer.// who recommended two day/night cameras which would cost about 2,400 fully installed with recorder/monitor. My house has tile cladding on the front corner which limits the position of external cameras. The best location at the front is actually close to where I have placed the LinkSys camera - in the front bedroom window. The other camera position needs to monitor the side of the house facing to the rear.
Both cameras need to be as wide-angle as possible with a low-light capability. I am happy to spend money to buy a couple of good cameras and have them installed, but I would prefer not to have to buy a dedicated PC to store/view the images, but would use a dedicated large disk drive for CCTV image storage on a new PC which I intend to purchase shortly.
I have aware of cameras such as http://www.iviewcame...NetworkCCTV.htm but I am not sure if an I/R camera or a low-lux camera would be best suited to this application (needs to be as wide angle as possible). Any feedback on the cameras such as http://www.cybertron... lux camera.htm would be appreciated.
Edited by ghengis, 09 March 2005 - 01:00 PM.
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Posted 09 March 2005 - 09:36 PM
Peter James, on Mar 9 2005, 09:25 PM, said:
I would suggest you get more than one quote, you will get more of an idea of what you can do.
Very diplomatic, Pete!
I would also agree. Ring some local installers out the Yellow Pages and/or post your location here.
You can achieve an acceptable result with a standalone system for less than you have been quoted. The equipment may not be as good, but you may not need the equipment you have been quoted for.
If you don't know......ask.
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