Surveillance Archive
Not long ago, security cameras were expensive and inconvenient. They cost a small fortune to install. And to monitor them, you needed a big CRT TV and a VCR. For all that effort, you got some grainy black and white footage. There was no remote monitoring, no night vision, and no motion detection. Unless you ran a business – or were very wealthy – it …
If you’re like most people, your home is your most prized possession. And if it’s not, your most prized possession is probably inside your house. It only makes sense that you’d want to take measures to keep your home safe. Traditionally, this has meant installing a good deadbolt or maybe hiring an alarm service. But deadbolts are easy to circumvent – a determined thief will …
If you’re like most people, you do what you can to make your home secure. Nobody likes to think that they could be vulnerable to a break-in. But the means you use to protect your home will change with technology. Take the humble door lock, for example. People have been using them for millennia. Even the ancient Romans could make a lock more or less …
Modern technology has changed the way we think about security cameras. Not long ago, a security camera system was bulky and expensive. Businesses used them for insurance reasons, and wealthy people might have security cameras. But for most people, they simply weren’t practical. They needed to be hardwired, and you needed a dedicated TV and VCR for monitoring and recording. Most importantly, you couldn’t monitor …
If you’re concerned about your home’s safety, installing a security camera seems like a no-brainer. This wasn’t always the case. Old-school CCTV systems were expensive to buy and even more expensive to install. You needed a boxy CRT television to monitor them, and your recordings were on cumbersome VHS tapes. You didn’t even get remote monitoring. And even after going through all that trouble, you’d …
