Home Surveillance Systems – Lorex 17 inch 8 Channel Home Surveillance System

Keep an eye of your home and property with home surveillance system. With the progress of wireless technology, having and installing home surveillance systems is now really simple. There are also many manufacturers that wide range of home surveillance systems from low end to high end and personal use to industry use.

Actually, by understanding the component and functions of home surveillance system, you can build it by yourself so you can save your budget. What are those components? Well basically each home surveillance system consists of these 4 parts: Camera, Recorder system, Recorder Software, and PC / laptop. For camera, you can use a wired or wireless security camera, currently there are so many affordable security camera in the market. How many cameras you need is depend on how many areas / spots you want to observe, for home uses I think 4 cameras with mid range capabilities is more than enough. One important feature you need to consider is night vision. With such feature, you can always have a clear images / video even if you are monitoring in low / no light condition. It is also obvious why we should buy a camera with night vision since home surveillance system is needed mostly at night. The second component is a recorder system / DVR. This component really important since it allows you to record and watch the security footage. The third component is DVR software, this is the component that makes the recorder works properly, you can use the pre installed software or third party software for advance user. The last component is PC / laptop; I think you guys already know what the function of this component is, it is for displaying the record and send the records through the internet so that we can always keep an eye of our home, wherever we are as long as we can connect to the internet.

Well, I’ve shared about a DIY home surveillance system in above paragraph and now you can give it a try. But if you want to buy a home surveillance system, you may consider this great offer. It is the Lorex 17” Color LCD Dual Quad Observation system with Internet Remote Security Viewing provides flexibility and peace of mind. The system allows you to view up to 8 camera locations from across the hall or around the world. The slim and light weight LCD monitor is ideal for placement on any desk or counter top, or in a standard rack mount application. Here are the full specifications: 17″ LCD high resolution 2 page monitor with 8 camera inputs, Built-in server for stand-alone network operation, Free DDNS service for easy remote viewing, Built-in motion detection, multiple viewing modes, freeze frame, on-screen time, date, and camera title, Professional color 1/4″ CCD weather resistant day/night camera with 6mm lens and 12 IR LEDs.