[muddipaws]

Hi

Can anyone recommend a decent CCTV for the home, it's for my security and also keep an eye on my car parked on drive (I don't have a garage)

[Nigel Goodwin]

What sort of system are you wanting?, wired?, wireless?, mutliple cameras?, digital recorder?, network cameras and recorder?, internet capability? - there are endless options.

An easy option would be to use a WiFi camera like this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foscam-FI890...al+wifi+camera

I've got something similar I use.

[muddipaws]

Two cameras, one for back and front of house. A recorder, wireless and one that records in the dark

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by muddipaws

Two cameras, one for back and front of house. A recorder, wireless and one that records in the dark

I should have a look on Amazon then, or even your local Maplin - but wireless is less common for non-IP cameras.

[White-Knight]

http://www.iviewcameras.co.uk/

http://www.geovisioncctv.co.uk/index.php

http://www.henrys.co.uk/cctv/ircameras.htm

No experience of any of these, just places I book marked a long time ago when looking for myself.

Generally speaking I'd say you want high resolution colour (the higher the better, but at least 500 tv lines), a DVR recorder (digital recorder). Also, look for good night vision and contrast handling capabilities eg when the light gets tricky eg if the sun is shining towards the camera itself.

Avoid quad systems etc as with them you get 4 small pictures recorded instead of each individual one full screen.

Also, watch for frame rates and resolutions on DVR's as usually the quoted maximum frame rates are usually SPLIT amongst all the connected cameras. eg If you have a DVR with 30fps capability, then with 2 cameras, each camera can only record at 15fps. With 3 cameras it would be 10 fps. Same with resolutions. 30fps at 300 tv lines might only be 10fps at 500tv lines. So make sure any quoted frame rate is at the resolution of your camera and sufficient to allow each camera to record at 30 fps.

Ideally you want maximum the resolution you can get and 30fps per camera (any slower and the picture starts to look jerky).

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by White-Knight

Avoid quad systems etc as with them you get 4 small pictures recorded instead of each individual one full screen.

Sorry, but that's completely untrue - quad recorders (and higher) record all the individual cameras separately, and at playback time allows you to select which, and how many, you want to see - just one if need be (and one is what you use if you're trying to locate an incident). I'm presuming you're thinking of an old quad-adaptor, that combines four cameras together and records the combined signal on a normal VCR.

As he's wanting wireless cameras, it may be easiest to just get two wireless IP cameras, and use a PC as the recorder - most cameras come with software to record and view one or multiple cameras, anywhere on the network or over the Internet.

[muddipaws]

I am female

Need CCTV for home protection having just gone through a messy separation, I am now on my own but ex isnt giving up if you get my drift. So I thought CCTV would bring me some comfort after changing all my locks on my doors