If you expect to be able to use these cameras for remote type stuff, picture quality may be an issue. My bud set up some 4 cams w/1 pci card fer $200 type deal, which works alright for seeing if someone is there type whatnot, but when the vending machine people wanted some mug-shots (we had some local yokels snaking money from 'em), the quality wasn't very good.
So if you actually want to be able to nab folks who rob you later, you might invest in a higher quality camera, as it will improve the chances of getting a good face shot. Course, if all the equipment is there, it might get robbed too. Um. Yeah... anywayz, just wanted to bump the picture quality issue. On 1/11/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that's exactly what I'm getting. The dvr just records from up to 4 > cameras and merges them into 1 picture for your tv. The dvr has a > built in web server so that you can also access it from your lan or > wan. > > If all you want to do is see who is at your front door, you could get > a regular ip camera, which is a single camera that would hook up to > your network via wired or wireless placed near your front door. The > camera has it's own built in web server, but probably wouldn't have > any recording abilities and wouldn't be viewable via the tv, just the > pc. > > The cheapest I've found them is here: > > http://www.gadspot.com/ > > > On 1/11/07, Erika Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > wait a second. I need something like this. My office is in the basement. > > Door and windows facing back of yard. So I have no idea about who comes > to > > the fron or side of house. SOMETIMES I here someone come to the door if > they > > stomp loud enough on the front porch. I have missed deliveries before > > because I didnt hear the doorbell. > > > > But Im confused. > > > > What works and what do I need? In, sort of, laymen's terms? > > I can program, but I'm crap at setting up VCRs and DVD players ... :) > > > > Something relatively inexpensive that I can logon to from the outside > and > > see what is going on.... > > > > On 1/11/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > xactly what I'm talking about. Heck though, I've got a couple 100g > > > drives sitting around not doing anything right now, so those should > > > suffice for the time being. > > > > > > The one downside I've figured out from this is that my productivity is > > > going down since everytime I'm notified, I want to figure out who in > > > the hell is at my door. > > > > > > So far today, I was notified of: > > > > > > my wife leaving the house > > > my father-in-law meeting w/some engineers on our property > > > the fed ex guy > > > my wife coming back to pick up the fedex package > > > > > > it's almost like I've got zTV. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225260 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
