This happened last week and i'm kicking myself about how I handled it.
It was 6:15AM, my dog usually comes up at daylight to sleep with me until its time for breakfast. He heard something and barked which is a bit unusual for him....I wake (barely) and check my security cam monitor and there is a man at my front door. My first thought is that he is from town and leaving me some papers to sign or something (I am on the fincom now)....I could see his car with door open probably running in the driveway. By the time I woke enough to realize he was there he turned around, got in his car and left.
I woke fully about 20 minutes later expecting to find an envelope at my front door, but there was none.....hmmm. Later on in the day I read that there has been a rash of breaks in Lunenburg that got me thinking and I called my PD and told them about the incident and gave a description. The officer asked if I had a video tape (I dont) and told me I should have called it in right away (duh). I'm thinking this guy was casing the place...no reason to be visiting me at 6:15AM.
It occurs to me that I need to have a DVR or something attached to my cam. Also the low light quality of this cam is barely usable. Does anyone know of a dirt cheap DVR that accepts svideo inputs? I was thinking someone must make a flash based DVR that records a small amount of video....all I really need is the last 12-24 hours. Do they make 110V IR illuminators to enhance night time camera video?
Thoughts?
It was 6:15AM, my dog usually comes up at daylight to sleep with me until its time for breakfast. He heard something and barked which is a bit unusual for him....I wake (barely) and check my security cam monitor and there is a man at my front door. My first thought is that he is from town and leaving me some papers to sign or something (I am on the fincom now)....I could see his car with door open probably running in the driveway. By the time I woke enough to realize he was there he turned around, got in his car and left.
I woke fully about 20 minutes later expecting to find an envelope at my front door, but there was none.....hmmm. Later on in the day I read that there has been a rash of breaks in Lunenburg that got me thinking and I called my PD and told them about the incident and gave a description. The officer asked if I had a video tape (I dont) and told me I should have called it in right away (duh). I'm thinking this guy was casing the place...no reason to be visiting me at 6:15AM.
It occurs to me that I need to have a DVR or something attached to my cam. Also the low light quality of this cam is barely usable. Does anyone know of a dirt cheap DVR that accepts svideo inputs? I was thinking someone must make a flash based DVR that records a small amount of video....all I really need is the last 12-24 hours. Do they make 110V IR illuminators to enhance night time camera video?
Thoughts?
