adamnreeves Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Anyone got any experience or recomendations forthe above. I am after a camera that connects to my WiFi that will stream over the internet to my PC. Good quality image. Night vision. Motion detection. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E. Coyote Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Do you have a budget in mind? And what's your reason for wanting it? Mate of mine has a fairly cheap Maplin effort that he likes but it's only really any good for seeing "a person" or "people" approaching the property (i.e. you'd be hard pushed to identify them) or that there's a car on the drive (doubt you'd read a number plate using it). There's an outfit CCTV42 that gets a lot of mentions on PistonHeads but their kit is a lot more expensive (seems much better though). (I'm also looking around at the mo, as I want to be able to see visitors arriving whilst I'm in the garage, so interested to see what others come up with) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikef Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I bought SWMBO a bird box camera for Xmas from here: http://www.spycameracctv.com It relays the film over my WiFi to my PC. They seem to have CCTV cameras for most applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnreeves Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Budget, well I was thinking around £100 but if I need to spend more I will. Reason. This sounds daft but I noticed a car the other day parking outside my house. It was partially blocking my drive and as I looked at the car, person ducked. I then went inside and car drove off. Didn't really worry about it too much. This was a few weeks ago. Then this evening my son mentioned he saw a car parked on the road a bit up from us and people ducked as he walked past it and then it drove off. My wife then mentioned that a car parked outside our house at 03:00am. I'll call the police tomorrow on the non emergency number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E. Coyote Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Can completely understand wanting to keep a lookout. Gut feeling is that if you want to do anything beyond knowing when it's parked there, you might need to spend a little more (especially if you want to record the footage without murdering your PC in the process). That said, if it's a car you want to look out for, there's a £35 one mentioned here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=207&t=1236438 that might be worth a look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (smokey mow) Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I used a D-link wireless IP camera for a while, but am currently looking at an http://www.axis.com/products/video/camera/index.htm'>Axis camera both would be over your budget though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnreeves Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thanks for the info guys. Actually tired of looking now! I've gone from a single IP camera to a 4 channel DVR and 2Megapixel HD night vision cameras with pan and tilt control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTR2Turbo Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I think I would resort to old fashioned surveillance and knock on their window and ask what they are doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 A decent fake security camera might be enough to see rid of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell O'Neill Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I think I would resort to old fashioned surveillance and knock on their window and ask what they are doing Do it on you're way home from baseball practice too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Nuts Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Get the registration numbers I would do that especially if you saw behaviour like that, and if you have any valuable and desirable metal. As you said you are contacting the police make sure they take proper notice, it helps sometimes to exaggerate matters a little. The lad who got an axe held to his throat in Birmingham during a car robbery is distant family; it has been devastating for the family especially the parents and grand parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welly Jen Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Budget, well I was thinking around £100 but if I need to spend more I will. Reason. This sounds daft but I noticed a car the other day parking outside my house. It was partially blocking my drive and as I looked at the car, person ducked. I then went inside and car drove off. Didn't really worry about it too much. This was a few weeks ago. Then this evening my son mentioned he saw a car parked on the road a bit up from us and people ducked as he walked past it and then it drove off. My wife then mentioned that a car parked outside our house at 03:00am. I'll call the police tomorrow on the non emergency number. Of course, it might be the police who are staking out your house... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammy Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 There are some cheap CCTV video recorders on ebay for about £50 ( without HD) ,they have internet connectivity for remote monitoring , No experience but have been tempted. You can connect virtually and camera to them ( again ebay) . If I was in need I'd probably go this route. I actually have a secondhand non internet HD recorder I picked a couple of years back second hand , which has worked fine with cheapo ebay cameras. Black and white cameras "usually" can view in infra red light for night vision, colour cameras often have IR filter to keep the colours correct. bit of a tit man myself too., top shot is from an inbox camera taken with IR light at night, where this bird used to kip ( the Circles on the back wall are from the IR LED's used) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skOOby Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I have a D-Link DCS-5222L and have been really pleased with it. skOOby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks for the info guys. Actually tired of looking now! I've gone from a single IP camera to a 4 channel DVR and 2Megapixel HD night vision cameras with pan and tilt control. upgrades before even starting - good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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