[Shop-talk] outdoor low light "security" cameras

[Mark Watson]

Hi, Marcus,

    First off you hit the nail right on the head when you said: "The 
collective wisdom on this list never ceases to amaze me."

    About x10.com - well they sure bought into the "sex sells" message. 
What do scantily clad young ladies have to do with the systems being 
advertised?  The "eye-candy" distracts me from looking at the product so I 
end up not looking at their site at all.  Hype is right.

    How about poking around Smarthome?  www.smarthome.com  On their "Cameras 
and Surveillance" page they have a "Camera Selection Assistant" that lets 
you narrow down the number of cameas to review.  I don't know how they 
compare price-wise.  They have been around for quite a while - I've been 
looking at their catalogs for years and dreaming of what I'd like to do 
given any money and, more importantly, time.

    Let us know what you do - I've got an area behind my garage that I'd 
like to be able to watch.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcus Pless" <mpless at servo.ucsd.edu>
To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:05 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] outdoor low light "security" cameras


> I'm looking for a cheap outdoor low light "security" camera solution
> to figure out which varmints are poking around the garage at night.
> I've definitely seen foxes in the back yard right next to the garage and I 
> suspect there might be a coyote as well. I'm hoping to avoid
> walking out of the garage at night and tripping over a skunk or
> coyote. ;-)
>
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> Does the stuff at x10.com work as advertised? Their website is so
> full of hype that I'm having a hard time believing the info there.
>
> The collective wisdom on this list never ceases to amaze me. Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --Marcus
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