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I’m thinking of getting Logitech WiLife digital video system.

I just want a simple indoor system to watch over my elderly parent just in case.

Remotely from work if possible.

May add an outdoor system later but I live in a fairly safe neighborhood.

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SYSPRO-8P1606A Video Security System with 8 Pro Surveillance Cameras  Warranty and SupportElectronicsCult Returns Policies: You may return any new product purchased from ElectronicsCult that is “deadon arrival,” arrives in damaged condition

SYSPRO-8P1606A Video Security System

I’m thinking of buying a wireless video security system connected to a PC.

How secure are these devices. Could someone “look inside” from the outside?

Are they scrambled or security enabled?

I’m thinking of buying Logitech WiLife digital video security system.

I just need four cameras. Two indoors and two outdoors.

Needs to be simple to install and “wireless” as possible, as I’m no electronic genius.

I want an opinion from a policeman.

Don’t say just get a gun, as I’m more likely to shoot myself or my family with a gun!

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Aposonic A-BR1B4-A250 Digital Video Security System With 4 Infrared Night Vision CCD Cameras

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The SYSPRO-8P809 video security system comes complete with 8 pro cameras which may be used indoors or outdoors (with optional outdoor housing). The iDVR supports remote internet viewing from a PC, iPhone, Blackberry or Windows Mobile phones . The cameras are our Sony CCD high resolution professional cameras with 480 lines of resolution. Each camera comes with a 3.5-8mm vari-focal lens. These lenses allow the installer to adjust the lens for each camera for the proper angle of view. The iDVR has many advanced features including a graphical, easy to navigate user interface, motion detection and a USB port for video back-ups to a Thumb drive or an external CD/DVD Drive. It also comes furnished with a 500 GB hard drive for plenty of video storage. This system is equipped with every cable and connector needed for an easy and complete installation.

Video Security System with 8 Pro Cameras and DVR, iPhone Compatible

Please advise on what to look for when buying a video
security system for my home. Mainly interested in
front and backyard security. Nothing fancy, but nighttime
surveillance is important, any brands or packages
you can suggest.
parts of yard are not accessible
to a dog, that is why I am asking
about the cameras.

Choosing a DVR

For businesses that do not want to constantly change tapes, DVRs are definitely the way to go. While security VCRs usually offer a time-lapse mode that lets them for long periods of time, the resulting images are not a good record of events – they record only one snapshot every eight seconds. To get higher quality, you need to change tapes every day or more often. DVRs, on the other hand, can record for weeks or even months.

DVRs are more considerably more expensive than VCRs, which is their only major drawback. However, the DVR prices have fallen considerably over the last year and will continue to do so. Already, low-end DVRs and high-end VCRs are in similar price ranges, and most manufacturers have stopped introducing new VCR models. Despite the increased cost, we recommend video security system buyers purchase a DVR whenever possible.

Choosing a DVR
As part of your CCTV shopping preparations, decide how much quality you need out of your recorder. There is no magic number or spec here: you need to decide how “good” the recorded picture needs to be, either for your own use later or possibly to use in court. Once you decide this, you will be able to look at samples on the DVRs you are evaluating and see if they meet your standard. Vendors may be eager to throw compression settings, pixel counts, and other statistics at you – but those numbers are irrelevant if the picture itself does not offer the detail you need for legal or investigatory purposes.

The size of the hard drive will dictate how much you can record. On the low end, an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard drive will store about five to eight days of full-motion video from one camera. Most of the time you will not be recording full motion, so this is much more than it might seem. For most businesses, spending a little extra to get 120 or 240 GB is a worthwhile investment. Units expand up to 1.2 terabytes (1,200 GB), which can store many cameras’ worth of data for long periods of time.

Replaceable hard drives are a cheap way to boost storage capacity. With some DVRs, you can buy additional hard drives for as little as $150 and swap them in and out as you need. This gives you the advantage of being able to store your data separately from the main security system.

You will also need to consider how many cameras you want to connect to the DVR. Keep your future expansion needs in mind – buying a higher-grade model to get more inputs and more storage space can save you considerable money in the future. The DVR will also function as a multiplexer, putting up to 16 cameras on one display and allowing operators to call up any one image for closer inspection.

Also, if you ever have to use your security images – in court or in other ways – you will need to be able to export the video. This is an important consideration: some systems let you create industry-standard .avi files, which can be played on any PC, and burn them to CD. Others only allow you to export proprietary formats that can only played on the same brand player. Most DVRs do offer the option to connect a standard VCR – this allows you to simply tape the digital recording onto a standard VHS cassette.

I have Comcast cable along with that I have a Video Security system I was able to combine the Security system with the cable channels, so on any T.V in the house I can just turn the Security system on by just going to channel 123, it worked great for years, I was also able to see all the other channels I was getting from my cable Company.
Now that cable went digital I had to get a digital box for all my T.V and I am not able to see my Security system.
My question is how I can get my Security system back.