I have a friend that just bought a house and wants two outdoor cameras with ? IR night vision capability to remotely watch his yard during the day. He has some Siberian Husky dogs that are known to be attractive to thieves.
Doesn't want to pay an arm and a leg either. I don't know how far IR lights on a camera can project. I was looking at Newegg at cameras between $60 and $150 but I there are few reviews. I told him wireless cameras might be good, but since he would have to run a power supply wire to each camera anyway, maybe running coax for the video would not be much more effort. Then again copper video coax might be somewhat expensive and he would have to then run the wire to a video capture card on a dedicated computer. As far as choosing the camera, I would think one primary factor would be ruggedness against outdoor elements to avoid premature camera failure, and secondly optical quality. Any ideas or security companies that might be receptive to a phone call for advice would be welcome. Thanks, Phil
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