Video Security Camera Systems at Home
Many home owners at some point of time have considered installing video security camera systems in their homes. One big concern is whether to mount a camera on to a pole so that it is obvious or spend a little extra and use a concealed micro camera.
Security Cameras
For most home owners, the mountable video security camera is the most popular similar to the ones seen in departmental stores and banks. Since these cameras are visible and easy to spot, it acts as a deterrent, as most people are not going to steal if they know that they are being watched!
The micro video security camera is for those who want to keep an eye on their property without others knowing that they are being watched. These cameras come disguised and hidden in garden lamps, flower vases, smoke detectors, buttons, teddy bears, dolls, etc. Individuals can buy these cameras and disguise these cameras in whichever way they wish. However, one thing needs to be remembers here is that as you get smaller in size, video clarity gets sacrificed. Cameras which offer high video clarity are often very expensive and beyond the common man's budget. However, the capabilities of video cameras have gone from unwieldy, bulky wired cameras and videotapes with racks of monitors for all round surveillance to tiny cameras that can tilt, zoom, pan, and be assessed by personal computer or a wireless system from anywhere in the world.
The cheapest video security camera system is still a video camera attached to a monitor and a VCR. Digital recording is slowing gaining in popularity and is being more preferred than tape recording, as the quality of tape degrades with each subsequent use. A digital video camera can capture pictures in a much higher resolution than a conventional video camera.
One of the big advantages of digital cameras is storage capacity. You can store much more on a digital camera than on a video camera. A 2GB digital video storage card is about the size of a credit card, compared to a video tape size with lesser storage space. The digital video security camera can be hooked directly to a server and the images transferred and stored on the hard disk drive, freeing the storage space in the camera for more pictures. The digital video card can be used and reused a number of times, and wear and tear happens only due to mishandling.
