I would like to know the brand of home security kit that you used.
thanks

I saw your article in the paper today and just wanted which wireless security cameras you had?

Thank you,

Craig

Patti / Craig,
You can just barely see the name in the photo above. See the logo on th camera? It says Swann.

Hi Tim,

What are the specs and Swann kit model of the "high-powered DVR that records up to 55 days" that you mentioned in your column on 01-27-08? I am very interested. Thanks

Mary,
That is the DVR 4 Pro Net I believe. I think it has a 160GB drive.

Your 12/26/08 article on the Washington Post "Indoor-Outdoor Cameras..." failed to mention a couple of very important points. Wireless cameras transmit on the 900 MHZ, 2.4 GHZ or 5.8 GHZ bands. The most common used band is 2.4 GHZ, sharing bandwidth with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Online spyshops sell a plethora of portable and powerful wireless camera receiver/monitors for less than $100. A potential home invader can sit inside a car a street block away and monitor your indoor and outdoor cameras for activity, e.g., when you leave for work and your spouse is alone at home taking a shower. Hackers do this all the time to get free access to home Wi-FI networks. Unless you can install expensive, secure, encrypted-signal wireless cameras, you are safer with an old fashioned wired system. They are impervious to weather and remote tapping, except for by the most sophisticated spooks.

Alexander,
Thanks for this information. My column was about wired systems, but you can bet I will look into what you have shared when I do a column on wireless systems.

i have bought a wired security system that caims it has night vision, but it dont pick up a good pic at night. so i wonder if the wireless security cameras would be better at picking out a pic at nite the cameras are outside and has audio.Please help me..

Jason,
Some people confuse night vision. There are different types and sensitivities. Many of the cameras have infrared lights in the camera that casts *light* on anything within say ten feet. The camera has sensors that can see that, but not stuff say 50 or 100 feet away. If you want military-quality night-vision cameras that can see the ambient heat of objects without illumination from anything, they will cost you more.