Thread: Has anyone setup surveillance cameras around their home?

If you need to use more then one camera get Active WebCam. It will record from quite a few cameras and only record when it sees motion. I use it from time to time at my home.
http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm

I went with a security vcr off of ebay for cheap coupled with a $70-ish lorex outdoor camera. The vcr friggin rocks. 40hours on one tape and it still plays smooth. I got the vcr for around $30+shipping, normally they go for hundreds. It's even got RS-485 and RS232 jacks


I got two, the other one is going to end up in my trunk with a quad processor so I have a video record in case of accidents. I can hook my alarm input into the vcr's alarm input so it will mark on the tape any alarms.

As long as you notice damage within 40 hours, your golden.

I like that mini dvr 150 for $200 bucks! Does anyone have one of these?

Originally Posted by Bailey

4 flat tires, total of 15 stab wounds, no idea who did it... I asked everybody. No one heard of anybody talking. It's been almost a week.

Damn! Someone must've been ****ed!

Originally Posted by techeros

I like that mini dvr 150 for $200 bucks! Does anyone have one of these?

I was looking at stuff like that, but most of them didn't have enough options for controlling it without getting into the strautusphere.

Originally Posted by KB5WID

If you need to use more then one camera get Active WebCam. It will record from quite a few cameras and only record when it sees motion. I use it from time to time at my home.
http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm

Ah, yes. This is very good software--I have used it before. But again, for it to be practical you really need a dedicated computer.