Security Camera Blog and CCTV News

Here is one of the craziest moments in life that you will never hear of or know about, that only a security camera will capture. This video shows how sometimes even the brightest and more wealthier people in the world can make critical mistakes. This is footage of a Bank that looses more than just [...]

Take a ride with us and sample this real-time video of what it is like to have a dash camera in your car. We are going to be selling a bunch of these kits in the near future and marketing them with www.automotiveaddicts.com. We have had some close friends and family that had recent disputes [...]

So you got your security cameras in the mail and you have mounted the camera outdoors and you go to get the power supply and you realize that the power adapter cord that came with the CCTV camera is too short to where you want to run the adapter too! This is a big problem [...]

New to our Free CCTV Tools section, is JVSG CCTV design software. This software is amazing! If you are looking to blue-print your CCTV system setup before you start calling sales reps and consultants, try this. It has the ability to help you calculate the plans of your home, business, or commercial property and determine [...]

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It's a bit of a trick question, but it's one that we get asked quite frequently.
It's not the security camera that records, but rather you will need a security dvr with a hard drive in order to record the video that the surveillance camera is sending.
The amount of recording time that you can store depends [...]

Here is yet another common question in many commercial operations. Unfortunately CCTV systems can be very complex, especially if you are new to the equipment, process, and jargon. It would probably be a lot easier to just call us at 866-414-2553 and we can walk through the process with you or email us your floor [...]

Try This Link To Watch The Video If You Don't Have YouTube Account Because It Is A Private Video

Above is a video that shows why surveillance systems are really needed everywhere. Yea we know, people will say and scream invasion of privacy, world doom, computer take over. As usual life has a balance to everything [...]

Here is another question that came through. "Which is better RG59 video cable or CAT5 wire?" Over the years we have seen applications developed with CAT5 and video baluns to accomplish plug and play setups and distance issues. RG59 tends to be tedious, especially when terminating ends for your bnc connectors. First, you have to [...]

We have some strange questions that come through by email. However, this topic is an interesting one! Infrared cameras have been posing problems for people who try to integrate security cameras with infrared lights indoors. It is very difficult to use infrared cameras indoors! The main reason why is due to the reflective surfaces that [...]

Looking for a security camera that has a motion detection feature? There are three classes of cameras. There are cameras that are hard-wired (meaning they need to have a video cable run from the camera to a T.V., V.C.R., and DVR), wireless cameras (cameras that have an antenna to transmit signal to a receiver, still [...]

Often in the application development, there never seems like a cherry way to do things. There is always a guide for how things should go, but that book never seems to have the dust knocked off it in real-time situations. CCTV is one of the projects, where change and adaptation is constant. Many of our [...]

So you are in the beginning stages of planning your CCTV system yea? Or do you have all your equipment and you are starting to doubt if you have the right equipment to make for a good installation? Either situation is a great point to start to think if you are on point with your [...]

Well it is official, this week we are going to have our most anticipated section up! Our SPY security cameras! We have all kinds of simple SPY cameras that will enable residential applications a lot more options to placing cameras in their homes. SPY cameras are very simple cameras to setup. Most of the cameras [...]

So you bought a PTZ camera and you are unsure why it does not work properly or if you have the baud rate set correctly. Depending on what type of PTZ control you have will dictate what baud rate rate you set it to. The baud rate is the address setting and speed in which [...]

Looking at this picture may make you scratch your head, however, know that this is a beast of a security camera. JETprotection Corporation apparently has this security teamed up with some A.I. (artificial intelligence)! This is a long range surveillance camera designed to prevent surveillance from another party. In fact, you can just call in [...]