OMO Home CCTV & Security systems

I went for the 600 line cameras, much higher res than the basic ones. Worth a thought. Was only an extra £30, and well worth it. You can actually identify people at distance. My system has been fine for over a year, but the higher def cameras mean i only get 3 days record time. Looking at a bigger HD currently for that.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by daddyjob

Yup! Being done same time as the gutters, so shouldn't be too noticeable. Until I give in and buy the tannoy system too

Why didn't you get the optional laser blaster kit to solve your problems or were they out of stock.

[Winder]

I can show you how to make a pipe bomb

Originally Posted by Winder

I can show you how to make a pipe bomb

Bloody Irish.

[embee]

Been on hols for a bit and just picked up this thread. I had (have?) a similar situation with just occasional minor vandalism/damage, seems to be either my property or the neighbouring downstairs flat as targets, pulling windscreen wipers off seems to be a favourite but there has been some really bizarre stuff too, sugar through letterbox etc.

We know who it is. Strangely we are on quite good polite chatting terms, it's when they do a bit of a bender and feel the need to "get" at someone it seems.

I fitted some CCTV and made a point of explaining to the "suspect" very carefully how it works and what it covers, also showing them screenshots so they could see how easy it was to identify people. I said I have 4 cams, although there are actually only 3 which can be seen clearly, they don't know where that elusive 4th cam is.

You can film your property and public areas, but should have the agreement of neighbours if it covers their property. Obviously the downstairs flat occupant is very happy for me to cover their area, and since it is in the cause of safety I assured the "suspect" that it was in their interests to cover their area too, which they couldn't really argue against without looking suspicious.

We've had no further problems.

A couple of practical aspects. Get the right focal length/coverage cams. I'd suggest get a big enough hard drive to leave it recording continuously, I get a lot of false/missed triggers when trying to use motion sensing, also a lot of issues with cobwebs and windy weather etc. Continuous makes it simple. You can reduce frame rate to extend the recording time, 4fps is probably enough in real terms. 2TB drives aren't too expensive now. I can cover well over a month continuous, which is fine for holidays etc. I could schedule auto backup onto another drive if I wanted/needed to. You might consider a PIR detector which switches an infra-red flood to improve image quality if it is very dark, camera LEDs are relatively modest and detail is lost. The street lights go off here at midnight so it's pitch black. The IR flood doesn't disturb neighbours.

I've had stuff from both http://www.cctv42.co.uk/ and http://www.digitaldirectsecurity.co.uk/ with useful help from their techs.