ome.

An old TV set maybe all the monitor you need, while recording may require considering a few more options, like motion detection, to use tape footage sparingly.

To select expensive equipment with all the options may be unwarranted for a first time project, and may cause disappointment.

It is recommended to start with a simple, self installed set-up to get acquainted with equipment, jargon, options and practical results, and to consider upgrading and expanding your Surveillance Camera Equipment only at a later time, when more experience has been gained.

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You may think that just browsing through catalogues of Surveillance Camera Equipment will give you all the good ideas you need and the guidance you deserve for setting up, by yourself, your Home Surveillance.

Maybe you are systematic and patient, but you risk coming out with more confusion and headache, overwhelmed by the mere over choice. That is why a short guide might be of help in explaining the options in simple terms.

What would you expect from a good Guide? To get a sense of trust, a few hints to dispel your confusion, some good and plain explanation of what is needed and why, and possibly some guidance on how to avoid costly mistakes and pitfalls.

Let us start from the purpose. Despite all the noise and hype claiming to the contrary the basic requirement of good Home Surveillance is to provide a measure of deterrence.

In other words the most important function of the equipment displayed prominently or announced by suitable placards is to be credible to ill-intentioned people hanging around, in search of an occasion to perpetrate their deeds, in order to convince them to try elsewhere their chances.

We would not recommend building Home Security only on deception. That is why dummy cameras, in our opinion, should be considered only as temporary or partial solutions.

With this in mind we would suggest that for Home Surveillance the system should be simple and inexpensive, based on proven and reliable equipment but without costly extras or far reaching possibilities.

The main components of basic Surveillance Camera Equipment consist of one or more cameras, of a reliable video signal transmission system, of a monitor and of video recording capability. A few peripherals or accessories may be useful.

Camera selection depends essentially on the lighting available and on the amount of details one may wish to distinguish, our preference being given to simple and economic devices. The ability to identify an unknown person from a filmed record is not to be considered a high priority.

Transmission can be wireless or wired, both having advantages and drawbacks. Wireless is easy to set-up and to change, remove and transfer, but it may be disturbed. Wired is more reliable but installation may require piercing holes in the walls, making it fixed and somewhat cumbersome.

An old TV set maybe all the monitor you need, while recording may require considering a few more options, like motion detection, to use tape footage sparingly.

To select expensive equipment with all the options may be unwarranted for a first time project, and may cause disappointment.

It is recommended to start with a simple, self installed set-up to get acquainted with equipment, jargon, options and practical results, and to consider upgrading and expanding your Surveillance Camera Equipment only at a later time, when more experience has been gained.

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eeded and why, and possibly some guidance on how to avoid costly mistakes and pitfalls.

Let us start from the purpose. Despite all the noise and hype claiming to the contrary the basic requirement of good Home Surveillance is to provide a measure of deterrence.

In other words the most important function of the equipment displayed prominently or announced by suitable placards is to be credible to ill-intentioned people hanging around, in search of an occasion to perpetrate their deeds, in order to convince them to try elsewhere their chances.

We would not recommend building Home Security only on deception. That is why dummy cameras, in our opinion, should be considered only as temporary or partial solutions.

With this in mind we would suggest that for Home Surveillance the system should be simple and inexpensive, based on proven and reliable equipment but without costly extras or far reaching possibilities.

The main components of basic Surveillance Camera Equipment consist of one or more cameras, of a reliable video signal transmission system, of a monitor and of video recording capability. A few peripherals or accessories may be useful.

Camera selection depends essentially on the lighting available and on the amount of details one may wish to distinguish, our preference being given to simple and economic devices. The ability to identify an unknown person from a filmed record is not to be considered a high priority.

Transmission can be wireless or wired, both having advantages and drawbacks. Wireless is easy to set-up and to change, remove and transfer, but it may be disturbed. Wired is more reliable but installation may require piercing holes in the walls, making it fixed and somewhat cumbersome.

An old TV set maybe all the monitor you need, while recording may require considering a few more options, like motion detection, to use tape footage sparingly.

To select expensive equipment with all the options may be unwarranted for a first time project, and may cause disappointment.

It is recommended to start with a simple, self installed set-up to get acquainted with equipment, jargon, options and practical results, and to consider upgrading and expanding your Surveillance Camera Equipment only at a later time, when more experience has been gained.

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building Home Security only on deception. That is why dummy cameras, in our opinion, should be considered only as temporary or partial solutions.

With this in mind we would suggest that for Home Surveillance the system should be simple and inexpensive, based on proven and reliable equipment but without costly extras or far reaching possibilities.

The main components of basic Surveillance Camera Equipment consist of one or more cameras, of a reliable video signal transmission system, of a monitor and of video recording capability. A few peripherals or accessories may be useful.

Camera selection depends essentially on the lighting available and on the amount of details one may wish to distinguish, our preference being given to simple and economic devices. The ability to identify an unknown person from a filmed record is not to be considered a high priority.

Transmission can be wireless or wired, both having advantages and drawbacks. Wireless is easy to set-up and to change, remove and transfer, but it may be disturbed. Wired is more reliable but installation may require piercing holes in the walls, making it fixed and somewhat cumbersome.

An old TV set maybe all the monitor you need, while recording may require considering a few more options, like motion detection, to use tape footage sparingly.

To select expensive equipment with all the options may be unwarranted for a first time project, and may cause disappointment.

It is recommended to start with a simple, self installed set-up to get acquainted with equipment, jargon, options and practical results, and to consider upgrading and expanding your Surveillance Camera Equipment only at a later time, when more experience has been gained.

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Camera selection depends essentially on the lighting available and on the amount of details one may wish to distinguish, our preference being given to simple and economic devices. The ability to identify an unknown person from a filmed record is not to be considered a high priority.

Transmission can be wireless or wired, both having advantages and drawbacks. Wireless is easy to set-up and to change, remove and transfer, but it may be disturbed. Wired is more reliable but installation may require piercing holes in the walls, making it fixed and somewhat cumbersome.

An old TV set maybe all the monitor you need, while recording may require considering a few more options, like motion detection, to use tape footage sparingly.

To select expensive equipment with all the options may be unwarranted for a first time project, and may cause disappointment.

It is recommended to start with a simple, self installed set-up to get acquainted with equipment, jargon, options and practical results, and to consider upgrading and expanding your Surveillance Camera Equipment only at a later time, when more experience has been gained.

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An old TV set maybe all the monitor you need, while recording may require considering a few more options, like motion detection, to use tape footage sparingly.

To select expensive equipment with all the options may be unwarranted for a first time project, and may cause disappointment.

It is recommended to start with a simple, self installed set-up to get acquainted with equipment, jargon, options and practical results, and to consider upgrading and expanding your Surveillance Camera Equipment only at a later time, when more experience has been gained.

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